Of candor. In a statement mccabe responded in part and its a long and emotional statement, i am being singled out and treated this way because of the role i played, the actions i took and the events i witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of james comey. This was an unprecedented effort by the administration driven by the president himself, to remove me from my position and possibly strip me of a pension that i worked 21 years to earn. To have my career end in this way is incredibly disappointing and unfair, but it will not erase the important work i was privileged to be a part of, the results of which will in the end be revealed for the country to s see. Another dramatic moment on a friday night. Repeating our top story, former fbi Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe has been fired tonight. Now to the Rachel Maddow show. The National Security adviser to the president of the United States did not get fired today. And that counts as both news and a surprise because the white house sparked
Problem. To us he was close to perfect. Not totally perfect. The man couldnt stomach vegetables, especially broccoli. [laughter] and by the way he passed these genetic effects along to us. [laughter] im back back in the new york groove im back back in the new york grove answer answer ace frehley tried to Say Something he didnt say much back. He was with kiss. Ainsley ask him questions and he wouldnt respond. Brian it was very frustrating but i do believe we are back in the new york groove. Steve not any groove its the new york groove. Ainsley what makes you believe that . Brian because i feel it i cant describe it its a feeling. Ainsley i was in my Office Getting ready for the show and you were out here on set giving the tease of whats coming up on our show and he said we have the jeopardy winner on who he won. One of the reasons he won because he knew the name of our show fox friends. He gave us an exclusive interview. Brian at the last minute he bailed on all the other shows on cnn a
Mcdougall, which is really between him and david. The special counsel stated emphatically that the information i gave to them was credible. And helpful. This is a substantial amount of information that they possess, that cooperates the fact that im telling the truth. Harris cohens remarks are in stark contrast to what the president himself told me in the interview i had with him at the white house yesterday. Watch. Michael cohen says that he lied in order to protect you. What is your response to that . Let me tell you, i never directed him to do anything wrong. Whatever he did, he did on his own. He is a lawyer. A lawyer who represented clients, they are supposed to do the right thing. Thats why you pay them a lot of money, et cetera, et cetera. He is a lawyer, you represent the client. I never directed him to do anything incorrect or wrong. Harris weve had some developments now at the white house. Our correspondent, kevin corke more from the north lawn. Kevin . Harris, good afternoon.
This mans life, this is how we treat our heroes . Because he didnt remember a fact. Lying, and the fbi didnt even think this guy lied. This is wrong. And i am worried that we have one Justice System if youre a democrat or hillary and another for the rest of us. Laura or cheryl mills. Sean i agree with you. I think again our viewers, people across the country, a lot of this stuff is just complicated, theyre addenda and redactions and trying to follow what the substantial assistance flynn gave, we dont really know. Thats all kind of actioned out. Sean remember this is all information they obtained illegally against general flynn. Laura also, it wasnt collusion before the election to throw the election to russia. At least what we know thats out the window. Thats certainly nothing to do with flynn. I think thats what people have to keep their frame around, the frame of reference and the timing of what theyre saying. A false statement is never good. You cant lie to investigators, but you al
I have ever witnessed. I have been here in washington nearly 20 years. The bottom line for folks at home is that the sentencing of the former National Security advisor, Michael Flynn, has been put off for another 90 days. There will be a status report filed in midmarch. Let me just walk you through what has happened in the last couple of hours. The federal judge in this case, emmet sullivan, began the proceeding by stating to the court i cant think of a day when the court has accepted a guilty plea from a defendant that is not guilty, and that is not going to start today. He then walked the former National Security advisor Michael Flynn through several elements of the case. He gave him multiple opportunities to withdraw the guilty plea, the guilty plea agreement, with the special counsel. He gave flynn multiple opportunities to challenge the circumstances of his fb interview in january of 2017. These are the specific issues of not having consultation with the white House Counsel being