trump campaign, and the russian government. and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russia s efforts. it would later be revealed that trump had demanded loyalty from comey, and repeatedly pressed him to end the investigation into trump s first national security adviser, michael flynn. after he refused to do so, trump fired comey in shocking fashion. in a remarkable oval office meeting the following day, the day after he fired him. trump told russian diplomats that by firing comey, the previous day, quote, i faced a great pressure, because of russia. that is taken off. around the same time, he all but admitted to lester holt that he had fired comey because of the, quote, made-up russia investigation. with comey gone, andy mccabe became the acting fbi writer director. in one of his first actions, the very next day, was to open up a counter intelligence investigation into the president, in his ties to russia out of fears that he too would be fired. and
we have an entirely different show planned for tonight, but the business the former fbi director, james comey and his former deputy, andrew mccabe. both of whom president trump saw as enemies. both of them faced rare, supposedly random, but highly intensive irs audits. you may remember back when then fbi director james comey oversaw the early stages of the investigation into ties between the trump campaign and russia. in the summer of 2016. with questions swirling about those ties, as trump took office, comey dropped a public bombshell in the early days of the trump presidency. i ve been authorized by the department of justice to confirm that the fbi, as part of our counter intelligence mission, is investigating the russian government s efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign, and the russian government. and whether there was any coordination between
you covering. you don t with shootings. you never get better at. it it s just the repetition and the same stuff that you feel all the time. that is why people are fed up with. yes, we go through our ritual, our television ritual for this. it has become the single most predictable form of american television in this american way of death. there is nothing else that we can do, if we could think up a better way of doing, it we would. but we have no better idea of how to handle this. well, enjoy your show tonight, i ll be watching. thank you. fani willis speaks, and lindsey graham goes silent. that s a news day that we did not see coming. the normally silent full-time county district attorney fani willis gave an exclusive interview to nbc s, blake alexander. she discussed her grandeur investigation of republican interference in the republican election in georgia. she said that it was possible that donald trump could get hit with a subpoena to testify to that grand jury, jus
our way of showing our appreciation. with rewards of all shapes and sizes. [ cheers ] are we actually going? yes!! and once in a lifetime moments. two tickets to nascar! yes! find rewards like these and so many more in the xfinity app. today we learned the identity of the seventh victim killed in the mass shooting in highland park illinois, eduardo uvaldo, pronounced dead just before 8:00 a.m. this morning surrounded by members of his family, members of his family including wife and grandson were injured in the shooting spree. he joins the list of seven people murdered by the highland park gunman, those killed ranged
-year-old eduardo vallow. he was pronounced eta atm, today, surrounded by his family. members of his family, including his wife who was injured in the shooting spree, he joins the list of seven people who were murdered by the highland park gunman. those who killed range in age from 35 to 88. they leave behind devastated families, including a two -year-old toddler whose parents were both killed, as well as a terrified community. pray for those lives lost in the shooting, the gunman has been charged with seven counts of first degree murder. prosecutors say that they don t plan on stopping there. that does it for us tonight, we will see you again tomorrow. that s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell, good evening. good evening. hearing the details of those murders, the awful reputation of it is the most absurd part of it. and unlike politics, but you know a lot about, or at the things that we cover. you get better at it every time