system. republican lawmakers are drawing attention to this exchange about clinton aides. the only way an interview takes place with the two central witnesses and the subject of the investigation is if the decision has already been made that all three people in that room are not going to be charged. and colleagues of ours believe i am lying about when i made the decision, please urge them to contact me privately so we can have a conversation about this. there may be broader implications for comey. he may not be a credible witness that we may be under the documents that the director was loose and i m candid with congress. he told them that s wide ranging. the special axis down the council team bret: thank you. immigrants detained on a wild weekend after president trump signed his first travel ban get
lever of of russia needs time to decide this afternoon. late this afternoon, smoke was seen pouring from the chimney at the russian consulate in san francisco. it was 100 degrees today at san francisco. not sure about the fire inside for the fire department says it was from a fire burning in a fireplace. so was something being burned purposely there? perhaps paper? we are still awaiting reaction from the russians and the state department. president trump is reacting to report we told you last night that then fbi director james comey drafted a letter exonerating hillary clinton long before the investigation into her email scandal and her mishandling of classified information was complete. chief intelligence correspondent katherine harris tonight with what comes from the administration continuing to defend comey s dismissal as wel well. those close to the president say he had several good reasons to fire fbi director james comey in may, and they liked him in
the next day, a federal judge in york blocked some of the order. days later, a u.s. district judge in seattle halted the migration ban nationwide. a month later, the trump administration issued a new, limited order. a federal judge in hawaii blocked that executive order. in june, the supreme court reinstated some of that while it considers the issue. supreme court oral arguments are considered next month. they will consider how much power a president has over immigration, national security concern, and if any role that religion played in this order. bret: atop smalley official is warning the u.s. and al qaeda affiliate has seized of down the control of uranium mines in africa to supply iran with nuclear fuel. the state department is not disputing that report and is referring reporters to the somali government. as bad as things are in texas,
legislation just for dreamers. but obviously, this all comes out of the fact that president obama couldn t get immigration reform through congress when he was in office. there is no chance that we are going to have any sort of comprehensive immigration reform. it s going to be this one little piece. medicine, looking at the white house briefing today, those reporters were trying to get the answer. is it conceivable that he could end this program can send all these people out of the country? the vice president said that the president will use a big heart to make his decision. what is the definition of big heart? determine, he s been working since the storm had to help the community in and around texas. is what s happening in texas and even louisiana i think the decision itself is weighing in on him. bret: they try it in all different kinds of ways to get them to answer. but tuesday, she kept on saying. they are going to have to wait until tuesday.
that s not just desperate to even think the outcome of the hillary clinton investigation was predetermined before key witnesses were interviewed for the majority of information was even gathered at all, that s insane. it really threatens the principles of how much the country was founded upon. this looks fishy from the start when comey exonerated hillary clinton right after the fourth of july weekend when she had been interviewed. but one of the biggest features of washington investigations is charges of making false statements. they almost always involve that. now we find out that they basically decided to close this case up before they even interviewed 17 people? it does look fixed. bret: and a lot of coverage of the new york times story about the president considering firing comey before he said he was ready to consider firing him. now a lot of coverage on this part? no. james comey was portrayed throughout this in the media as the stand-up guy, straight shooter. the more we