Headquarters. President trump met with the drug company executives. Late last night the president firing acting attorney general sally yates, her dismissal coming just hours after see defiantly ordered the Justice Department not to defend the president s controversial executive order on immigration. The white house accusing her of betrayal and insubordination. Now, the president naming a new acting nomination, dana boente, until his nominee, jeff signatures sessions, can be confirmed. It was 1973 when president Richard Nixon fired his attorney general and Deputy Attorney general for refusing to dismiss the federal prosecutor in the watergate case. We had a monday night massacre, sally yates, a person of great integrity, who follows the law, was fired by the president. She was fired because she would not enact, pursue the executive order on the belief it was illegal, perhaps unconstitutional. And former president obama also speaking out against trumps travel ban saying it fundamentally
Mold of justice antonin scalia. Gorsuch said this in his acceptance remarks. Standing here in a house of history and acutely aware of my own imperfections i pledge if im confirmed i will do all my powers permit to be a faithful servant of the constitutional laws of this great country. Bill senator john cornyn at the white house serving on the Senate Judiciary committee what oversees the hearing for neil gorsuch. It was a surprise. They kept it secret. How did the president arrive at this decision . Good morning to you. A long, deliberative process to get to the announcement last night. Nine months ago candidate donald trump listed names of Supreme Court justices and expanded it to 21. He whittled that list down to six finalists and interviewed four. During the transition he interviewed neil gorsuch at trump tower he knew he had his man and said the judge is qualified to sit on the Supreme Court. I studied every aspect of his life. He could have had any job at any law firm for any amoun
A public hearing. But any investigation of this kind will start with private interviews to determine the value of what a witness has to provide for the committee. One thing were really conscious of, we werent given a free pass to do a witch hunt. We were asked to do a real investigation and well see highprofile people and well see analysts from the Intelligence Community. Or we may see a 28yearold that happened to answer the phone at the white house on the wrong day when an ambassador called him and when they went around and said, who talked to the ambassador, they raised their hand. Mark and i dont want that person to have a get a lawyer to be interviewed. We would like to bring him up and understand what role he played, if any, without any liability that extends to him. So were really trying to assess each individual person of what the need is, but dont rule anything out for anybody relative to how public the information might be. Im not going to tell you one way or another. Yes, maa
Encounter that may have occurred, that some say occurred in the mayflower if i had remembered it or if it actually occurred, which i dont remember that it did. Reporter sessions remained stern and emotional as he fought back against all allegations he had improper contacts with russians during the campaign. The suggestion that i participated in any collusion, that i was aware of any collusion with the russian government to hurt this country, which i have severaled wi eserv for 35 years, or to undermine the integrity of our democratic process is an appalling and detestable lie. Reporter sessions repeatedly refused to comment on the details of his interactions and conversations with the president. Im not able to comment on conversation with officials within the white house. That would be a violation of the communications rule. So im understanding, does that mean are you claiming executive privilege here today . Im not claiming executive privilege. Thats the president s power. What is the
The Senate Intelligence committee. The firing of former f. B. I. Director james comey and russia. Bill team fox coverage this morning. John roberts live at the white house and James Lankford is here in a moment. First Catherine Herridge begins our coverage back in the hearing room on capitol hill. Catherine, what will happen today . Good morning. Our expectation is that the attorney general Jeff Sessions will address at least two key issues that were raised during last weeks testimony from the fired f. B. I. Director james comey. The first takes us back to midfebruary of this year and this discussion between comey and President Trump about former National Security advisor mike flynn. Youll recall based on that meeting comey testified that the president told him he hoped he would let go of the flynn investigation. Mr. Trump has disputed the characterization of comeys testimony. In any event comey said he did not take the matter to his boss, the attorney general, because comey had either