The russia investigation, something about the way i was conducting it, the president felt created pressure on him that he wanted to relieve. And its my judgment that i was fired because of the russia investigation. I was fired in some way to change or the endeavor was to change the way the russia investigation was being conducted. That is a that is a very big deal and not just because it involves me. It involves the president. Comey said President Trump made clear that he wanted him to drop the investigation of general michael flynn. He quoted the president as telling him, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. Do you know of any case where a persons had been charged for obstruction of justice or, for that matter, any other criminal offense where this they said or thought they hoped for an outcome . I dont know well enough to answer, and the reason i keep saying his words is i took it as a direction. Right. I mean this is the president of the United
Were asking if you believe the president does have secret recordings. Another battle between comey and President Trump. Each has accused the other of lying. So following his testimony, how much credibility does comey have now . And bill cosbys Sexual Assault trial. Theres rumors he could take the stand. The pros and cons on that risky strategy. Now to voice your opinions throughout the hour, just grab your digital device, phone, laptop, whatever youve got, go to pulse. Msnbc. Com america where you can participate by selecting your response. Vote as often as youd like. Of course, well be sharing the results throughout the show. Okay, now to the big headline this sunday, attorney general Jeff Sessions and tuesday. He Just Announced hes giving testimony to the Senate Intelligence committee. Expect to hear the word russia a lot and specifically a potential third undisclosed meeting that sessions had with the Russian Ambassador. It was mentioned in the closed door hearing that comey had on
Since james comeys testimony last week when the fired fbi director briefed senators in a closed hearing that sessions may have met with kislyak for a third undisclosed meeting at the mayflower motel. I did not have any private meetings nor do i recall any conversations with any russian officials at the mayflower hotel. His denial was concise but when press bid chairman richard burr his answer seemed less clear. I would have gladly have reported the meeting, the 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. And 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 served with honor for 35 years, or to undermine the integrity of our d
Which requires a stepchange, a different direction and a different movement to character the scourge of terrorism, extremism and hatred. We cannot deny that the threat from islamist extremism is one of the gravest we face. It is a perversion of islam and a perversion of the truth. The acts of these three men on saturday night was cowardly, was evil. Its very much a member of the community. Very familyoriented person. We knew our resolve, stronger than ever before, to protect the United States and its allies from a vile enemy that has waged war on innocent life and its gone on too long. This bloodshed must end. This bloodshed will end. As so many grapple with the awful attack, President Trump is on a tweet storm this morning using the attack to push his executive order on travel. Tweeting, quote, the lawyers and the courts can call it whatever they want, but im calling it what we need and what it is, a travel ban. He then goes on via twitter to say, the Justice Department should ask for
Tough business. With us president of the council on foreign, author of the book a world in disarray. Youve had one of those. Also New York Times jeffrey peters. Were going to talk about the updates of the weekend, comey. Im going to say two years from now, if he does what hes supposed to do, Richard Haass, we may look back at macron and say hes the most significant world leader on the stage in a century. First he won the presidency without a party. Now hes forged a parliamentary majority without a party. 75 to 80 in a country that was just about as stayed when it came to Political Parties as us. Its a political the contrast with britain one of the two established, tories, George Osborne described theresa may, the Prime Minister, as the walking dead. Youve got a limping Traditional Party there. In france dynamism, possibility as opposed to defunct. This is an Extraordinary Development in france. For the first time since, my gosh, i dont know how long, the french are not following. The f