fire any fbi director. how it was done and the circumstances have made this a much bigger story and set of circumstances that has driven the kind of poll numbers you indicated are out there. very interesting different feelings from the parties and circumstances. it has been an eventful week, richard, i can tell you that. the president has quite a bit on his schedule but filling that position is one of the top priorities. an eventful weekend as you know since you re at the white house. kelly o donnell with the latest reporting on james comey and his potential replacement. the senate intel committee s of the democrat saying on that very topic, hold on a second on that next fbi director and voting upon who might be chosen. he wants a special prosecutor appointed to lead the investigation on russian connections first. but senator lindsey graham tells chuck todd on meet the press
and so i think all of them need to be extensively vetted that their only loyalty is to the law and the american people. you ve probably heard mark warner s statement, the senate intel committee s top democrat. he said hold on a second. chuck schumer echoing the new sentiment say nothing vote on a new fbi director even if one name were to be pushed forward here. first of all, let s get a special prosecutor named. why does that make sense? it makes a lot of sense but richard, may i offer you some additional suggestions? we have a very difficult and very serious situation. there is a possibility that the president has engaged in obstruction of justice. certainly a special prosecutor is one tool, of course, to have that done you d have to have action by the deputy attorney general. have to be convinced to get that done. also an independent commission is a possible tool again. which you ve called for.
somebody like a john cornyn, the senate whip, it would be unthinkable he wouldn t gate majority of the votes in the senate since republicans have the majority and he s the guy responsible for counting the votes. i think those political figures would have a better shot. and the other name we re hearing, merrick garland from a couple the two utah senators and even mitch mcconnell on another network saying through his former chief of staff that he would be supportive of that. your thought, number nine, is that the magic? well, they don t need democrats here, right? so they can do whatever they want to. i would think miami gardens would merrick garland would be a long shot for donald trump. is friday doable, do you think here, paul? sure, why not? again, he s got a list of good candidates, he need to make himself comfortable i also don t think he want this is whole thing hajjing out there. he d like to clean up the comey thing before he goes on the
get to your best smile up to 50% faster. visit invisalign.com to get started today. to our third pulse question of the day, we have been asking will the president s relationship with the fbi suffer because of his remarks about james comey? we have the overall numbers first off. all age groups strongly agree. 5% saying no. now to the age groups for you, you see that 18 to 24 a little bit different at 10% saying no. political party, democrats, independents and republicans all strongly agree. republicans slightly less so. the final numbers, 97% saying yes. will the president s relationship with the fbi suffer because of his remarks about comey? yes. another spoof of sean spicer on saturday night live. much anticipated here. we re asking you to weigh in you saw it on the final pulse question.
saturday night live last night, alec baldwin s president trump mocking the comey decision. comedienne melissa mccarthy played sean spicer pleading to keep his job and there s a kiss. did saturday night live nail it last night? pulse.msnbc.com/america. first of all, here s trump. okay? he s the biggest one and he s the most beautiful. and he wasn t happy with the performance of the fbi director, boom. this geicomy. because comey wasn t being nice to our friend, boom, hillary. okay?