it. it s a disappointing way to lose a game. frustrating. just getting off the phone with the league office. they blew the call. should never have not been a call. they said not only was it interference, it was helmet to helmet. they couldn t believe it. it happened, though, so can t dwell on it. you know, we ll probably never get over it. and this highway sign outside new orleans sums up how the fans feel this morning. robbed. and this is the cover of the times picayune. reffing unbelievable is the headline. and a tainted super bowl liii between the patriots and the rams. my heart goes out to all those saints fans. i can t even imagine being robbed of a super bowl. it wasn t even close. it wasn t close. they blew the call there.
but bill ben difficuenedict s c fewest flags in the season. the no call was so bad, the nfl s have not he of officiating called sean payton right after the game. it is a disappointing way to lose a game. frustrating, you know, just getting off the phone with the league office. they blew the call. they said not only was it interference, it was helmet to helmet. they couldn t believe it. it happened. can t dwell on it. we ll probably never get over it. the afc championship game was also a thriller. for the first time ever, there were four lead changes in the fourth quarter. tom brady making all the big throws when he needed to late in this game, outdoing patrick mahomes. patriots win in overtime 37-31.
be recused. we ve had him leave. we ve got an acting attorney general there now. there s different reporting about whether or not the acting attorney general matt whitaker or rod rosenstein is overseeing the investigation or dealing with important developments in the investigation on a day-to-day basis. do you have any concern that this statement from the special counsel s office might be an effort to dissuade you and dissuade your reporters from pursuing this, even if it is accurate, either because it interference with the special counsel s investigation in some way or it is otherwise too uncomfortable as territory for this justice department? i mean, you know, there s a these are some of the best lawyers in america here and this statement is obviously crafted by lawyers to mean something. it is not totally clear what it means. but, you know, and i think we would like to know what it means. it s hard to speculate on the motive when you aren t really clear on what it means. mmm-h
i mean, let me put it to you, though, do you question there are notes, that the memos exist? i assume there s a memo, i assume there s notes. i ve known james comey for years. the most part i ve gotten as far as i know a very good relationship with him. i have serious questions about what s happening right now. the reason i say that is first of all, if this is as serious as it s being implied, then jim comey had an obligation to report it. to report it to the justice department congressman, how do you know he didn t? well, i can tell you from my knowledge he never told the senate or house intelligence committees and we are constantly reviewing the investigation with them. also andy mccabe when he testified last week before the senate, he said that no one in the white house had interfered with the investigation. maybe if the investigation was proceeding at the fbi, he didn t consider it interference. i mean, i think that this is what my old colleague, don rumsfeld, would call
is there an on going investigation to anyone in russia and the third part of sit interference in the election is that what you re going to listen to most closely? right. one of the first questions we do expect the fbi director james comey to answer today is tun proven claim that president barrack obama wiretapped trump at trump tower. we expect that the president s claim is not true. after that his answers are likely to get much trickier so