farthest, how the conversation s gone in terms of preparedness, not only for the state of hawaii but also for the west coast of the united states and alaska. there s a great deal of concern because we have this new threat and i think as i said before, i think step one is to make sure that, you know, we tamp down the threat and release or minimize as much of the anxiety as we can by not putting ourselves in a position where we have a president who is essentially taunting a nation that has the ability ability to potentially threaten us. do you think the north korea/south korea talks are moving toward that very direction you re suggesting. that s the hope. i ve had some conversations with south korean military leadership, and you know, they have expressed some concern, to make sure that when it comes to the discussions between the north koreans and south korea that the united states play a supportive role and not exacerbate an already tense
secured. one of the things that was shocking, when we went to the republican leadership on the hill, john brennan and others, they believed or said they believed that we were actually politicizing things, that there wasn t a threat, and that they weren t going to join us in issuing a sort of joint statement. so that was very, very disappointing. i think it might have made a difference, had we all been able to get on the same page early on. david, president trump is going after the obama administration. he says the real story is that president obama did nothing after being informed in august about russian meddling with four months, looking at russia and did not want to rock the boat. just from a political standpoint, how unprecedented is this finger pointing towards a former president? well, it s been continuous, hasn t it? going all the way back to how obama bugged him and we found that wasn t true.
elections officials throughout the states to make sure the systems themselves were secured. one of the things that was really shocking and very, very dismaying and disappointing is that when we went to the republican leadership on the hill, john brennan and others, the director of the cia, they believed, or, at least, said they believed that we were actually politicizing things, that there wasn t a threat, and that they weren t going to join us in issuing a sort of joint statement. so, that was very, very disappointing. i think it might have made a difference, had we all been able to get on the same page early on. david, president trump is going after the obama administration, saying that the real story is that president obama did nothing after being informed in august, with four months, looking at russia, did not want to rock the boat, he didn t joke, he colluded or obstructed. how i mean, just from a political standpoint, how unprecedented is this as far as finger pointing toward
pledge his loyalty during the dinner. source close to comey says the fbi chief refused and instead promised to always be honest with the president. in fact, fbi employees pledge to be loyal only to the u.s. constitution, not to any individual, including the president. all of us in the fbi are focused, hyper focus on to the mission. reporter: comey assured mr. trump he was not under investigation related to the russian probe and asked to keep him on. a source tells cnn this is a fabrication that comey did not ask to keep his job and in fact three days earlier, the president told comey he would stay on as fbi director. the source adds former fbi chief as quote not worried about any recorded conversations between him and the president after trump issued a thinly veiled threat to comey, tweeting james comey better hope there are no
former director james comey. as if he wanted to warn him now that you re out, please don t say anything. don t talk to the media and watch out. we have to see what happens going forward. you play out that sean spicer says it is a fact on twitter. looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, i think we call it a threat. we are calling it a veiled threat on cnn to the least. mr. trump hints there might be recording device present during conversations with comey. the president nor his press secretary would confirm or deny whether recording devices are there. what are the implications if they are there? i mean, the fact they wouldn t confirm or deny is already quite telling in itself, we know about trump and spicer have always very forcibly rebuked any statement they thought was inaccurate. the fact that they re vague hints at the fact there might have been some recordings.