Pete someday, isnt it . Great to be here. Sandra i dont know what you mean. Lots of news to get to. We are following testimony from a whos who of Americas National Security Team on the most dangerous threats facing the u. S. Looming over the proceedings, the abrupt firing of james comey, less than 48 hours ago. The white house continue to defend the president s decision. Counselor to the president , Kellyanne Conway early on fox friends. We need and fbi director that is impartial, that has the trust of those at the bureau, the trust of people from both sides of the aisle in the house and senate and across the land. I think everybody has seen jim comeys performance since january. Just this week, the fbi had to correct his sworn testimony before the senate where he got wrong by a portion of thousands apparently, the questions about whom aberdeens email. Sandra democrats calling the firing unprecedented and has less to do with Hillary Clintons emails when more to do with russia. Democrat
Evidence of that collusion. And then there is this. It has been extraordinarily painful to endure these many months of false accusation of treason and other outrageous acts but i acknowledged that the accusations i spoke of in court today were wrong. John roberts on the north lawn, we are live right now. Good afternoon today, sorry, i couldnt hear you for a second. We got our first statement from the white house a little while ago, the president s attorney on the russia investigation is working inside the white House Counsel office. Michael flynn was the National Security advisor for a duration of only 25 days and then going on to say the false statements involved the false statements to white house officials which resulted in his resignation in february of this year. Nothing about the guilty plea or the charges implicates anyone other than mr. Flynn. The conclusion of this phase of the special counsels work demonstrates that the special counsel is moving with all deliberate speed and
The legal subpoena power. We are fighting all the subpoenas. These arent impartial people. The democrats are trying to win 2020. President trumps blanket defy clues fighting a subpoena, former white House Counsel of done mcgahn. Refusing to allow Stephen Miller to testify on immigration. Blocking a testimony on the census. Suing the subpoena about his Accounting Firm and refusing to release his tax returns to Congress Despite the law requiring the irs to do so upon the request of the house ways and means chair. There could be consequences to openly defying congress. We are going to resist. If a subpoena is issued and you are told you must testify. We will back that up and use any and all power in our command to make sure that is backed up. Whether contempt or going to court, whether fines or possibility incarceration, we will go to the max to enforce the constitutional role of the legislative branch of government. Joining us now msnbc analyst, author of how to catch a russian spy, and