Expectations. They closed the day at 23 1 2. I had a better toupee back there and have gone through puberty. Amazon had a lot of doubters, particularly those that found buying things online off kilter. They were the consensus, largely the experts. The group predisposed to dispose of anything new. That was amazon in 1997. It was teamed a revolution not unlike another one by the so called smart money crowd. The year was 1903 when the president of the Michigan Savings Bank said this to henry fords lawyer. The force is here to stay but the horse is a fad. And a movie producer said of entertainment that television wont last because people he get tired of staring at apply wood box. Or the down of the computer when ken holtzman said there is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home. Who can forget, ibm dismissing the founders of a Company Called xerox. Not just things but events. Variety magazine on rock and roll in 1955. It will be gone by june. It wasnt. Or the New York T
Trump campaigns alleged ties to russia. A leading voice of the intelligencen community telling cnn he feels the government system of checks and balances is eroding. Lets listen. Our institutions are ushd assault internally. Internally from the president . Exactly. Because hes firing the checks and balances. I think the Founding Fathers in their genius created a system of three coequal branches of government and a built in system of checks and balances. I feel as though thats under assault and is eroding. Were waiting now for press Secretary Sean Spicer to head u up there to the podium in the White House Briefing room. As we wait, i want to bring in senior White House Correspondent jim a kcosta. We have senior political reporter nia henderson and dana bash and cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor laura coates. I want to start with you, jim. Youre there in the briefing room. Tell us what were expecting. Theres so many outstanding questions when it comes to comey, when it comes
Katy, theres eight of them. The department of justice has been interviewing among them people like senator john cornyn, for example, someone who has raised eyebrows, particularly on capitol hill. There is concern that could politicize his position. They are meeting with the crown prince in the oval office. He was asked just moments ago about this search, how its going, how its progressing. He said its happening, quote, rapidly. We expect to see any minute the tape playback from that. Thats why this briefing has been a little bit delayed. Typically they may be 10 to 15 minutes past when theyre set to start. We were waiting for the crown prince to be in the white house for the president to have that meeting. Were expecting to see sean spicer to talk to him about a number of headlines that have evolved over the weekend, specifically about the fbi search as well as the tapes. The president has not personally interviewed any of these candidates yet, and thats not expected until that short l