Important. This president needs to be impeached. No one, no one in this country is above the law. Someone who might be subject to investigation, looks like obstruction of justice. Dont have press conferences. You dont mean that. You know sean spicer. He is a wonderful human being, hes a nice man. Any other questions . Better day is waiting for you. Glad to have you here. President trump is hours away from giving his first commencement address since taking office. Speaking to graduates at the conservative Christian Institution of Liberty University. Theres a live shot. People are getting into place, about two hours from the time the president will take the stage. In the meanwhile, it is the first day of interviews for a new fbi director, the most controversial job right now in washington. Sources tell cnn these four candidates you see here are in the running to replace james comey. The new hire will be in charge of investigating russian meddling in the election, possible collusion between president Trumps Campaign team and russia. This as the president s threat to comey on twitter is getting questions in response. He hinted to having tapes of their private conversations, but the president snotty lis not elg on that at all. What about the idea that in a tweet you said there might be tape recordings. That i cant talk about. I wont talk about that. All i want us for comey to be honest and i hope he will be, i am sure he will be, i hope. Cnn washington correspondent in lynchburg, virginia ahead of trumps commencement speech. Any idea what trumps message will be . Victor, one thing for sure, dont expect the president to talk about the tumultuous week in washington, the topic of james comey to come up at all. Instead this is going to be a message of encouragement to the graduates here at Liberty University. This is a significant place for the president of the United States. It was the endorsement of the School President , dr. Jerry falwell, junior, that started to allow him to coalesce evangelical voters in that republican primary and he rode that support all the way to the nomination and eventually to the white house. In many respects, this is the president saying thank you to this base of voters that supported him. Last time someone from this administration was here in lynchburg, when mike pence visited in october before the election and that was shortly after that access Hollywood Tape came out. He attempted to defend the president and ask for forgiveness, he wasnt the president at the time, there was a smattering of boos from the crowd. We dont know exactly howl be received, we expect a warm reception. Seen red make America Great again hats in the crowd. There will be protesters but relatively far from where we are here at the commencement address. Overall, victor, this is expected to be a warm reception for the president of the United States. Brian nobles at Liberty University. Two hours away from the president s commencement address. Cnn political commentator with us as well as douglas brink lee, cnn president ial historian. We look to what might be said, we know george w. Bush and barack obama when they spoke there in their terms, they did speak about some things political based on the head spinning we have seen this week. Would it do the president some good, is there anything he could say in this speech coming out that might tam p things down . Sure. We can always hope for that. I wouldnt expect it though, the president has used these kinds of settings where he is addressing the base directly to give himself a morale boost, go back to some of the greatest hits from the campaign trail. Frankly, what im listening for, what if anything he says about his ban on muslim immigration, which is red meat to this crowd, but has been a great source of controversy and frustration and tied up in the courts now. This is the kind of thing he would hit on again and again when speaking to this sort of crowd on the campain trail. We will see if he is going to be in Campaign Mode today. Doug, between the comey investigation, there are calls from at least nine dems for impeachment. What do you think has been the most jarring this week and could pose to be the biggest obstacle for the president in the coming days . Without question, the firing of comey. It just shocked everybody. Heres the head of the fbi that was investigating perhaps collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia and suddenly he hes nixed from the scene and creates a void at the fbi when the investigation was starting to gather some momentum. He is going to get a high today at Liberty University, he seems to thrive getting out of washington, d. C. He does better in maralago or in front of an arena of people that like him. At liberty he has a group of students and faculty that will be cheering for him wildly. Most universities and colleges didnt want donald trump. He is seen as too polarizing a figure. The exception of an evangelical school like liberty or military academy, west point u. S. Naval academy, it would be hard this commencement season for this particular president to even give an address. Jack houston is with us. Do we have jack with us . Yes. Hi, jack. Thank you for being here. Appreciate you being here. Let me say this, we will take him at university of georgia, could get him at georgia tech, texas a m would love him, North Carolina or at least North Carolina state. If the president is looking to give commencement speeches, we could line him up. I dont doubt it. I would doubt it. You would doubt it . I would. We will have a gentlemans bet. Why isnt he there . Where are the invites . People are scared to invite him. Because there has been so much that happened this week, and youre right, were talking about the commencements, but i want to talk about sean spicer here a little bit. Jack, i want to ask you about communication between the president and his communication teams. We had spicer come out as well as huckabee, could give no indication of whether there are indeed taped conversations in the white house, no indication if there will continue to be news briefings. They didnt have a lot of information. If they did have information, it seems to contradict what the president said in his nbc interview. Where is the disconnect . Im not 100 certain. I will say this. Donald trump is an entrepreneur. One of these self made guys who in many cases operates out of his head. I served under Newt Gingrich when he was speaker. Often the communication wasnt perfect and the reason was because those type leaders are entrepreneurial in thinking and make decisions quickly, sometimes get ahead of their team. I dont think it is unusual. I think in this case it was unfortunate. All righty. I want to listen to senator mark warner here, Senate Intel Committee chairman talking about fbi director james comey and him testifying or not testifying in front of the Senate Intelligence committee. Lets listen. We just heard from the director that he is not able to make tuesday. It is my hope that well be able to find a time. I think its really important that the congress, more broadly, the American People hear director comeys side of the story. Reporting in New York Times this morning, a source close to comey says he does want to testify but wants to do so publicly. Do you think that will happen . I certainly hope so, christi. Thats the thing that has been missing from a lot of the conversation has been the truth, the truth expressed publicly, freely, openly with a chance in real time to ask questions, to clarify what is meant. If james comey now unfettered by requirements of leading the fbi wants to speak on the record in public with helpful and add v adversarial questions put to him by members of congress, thats our institutions working. I hope he would take them up. From the clip you played, christi, sounded like it might have been a logistical problem, perhaps wants to confer with his lawyers, wrap up loose ends from having been fired as director of the fbi. I hope it is nothing more serious than that, and that he does intend to show up and i Hope Congress will take him up on it. Remind us of the tweet yesterday when the president tweeted out james comey better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaks to the press. That started a whirlwind of is the president taping conversations behind closed doors in the white house. It has been characterized as equating to nixonian era. Any time you say white house tapes or secret tapes, rings peoples bell. Nixon wanted to hide the fact he was taping. Nobody nguyen 71 and 72 that he was taping. It is only until 73 it got discovered and caused him a lot of problems. Conversely, donald trump is right out of the gate in his presidency kind of bragging that i may have tapes. My gut tells me that was a bluff tweet. He tweets all sorts of things. Probably wasnt a tape of that dinner conversation, but who knows. Theyre so easy to do. Peoples phones can pick up conversations, maybe he had that dinner wired for his reasons that he wanted a transcript of it. Well have to find out, but it has created a lot of havoc for the white house, the connection that secret tapes are being made of private conversations. Jack, the last word. Would it be smart to tape conversations . I dont know if it is smart, it is legal that you can do that in washington, d. C. I bet you every time i have been interviewed as a member of congress, the journalists who would be interviewing me record the conversation, and rarely do they tell you. Often you go back, you say are we recording, on record. Common. All hearings are recorded. A guy from the fbi should be used to knowing theres no privacy in this town. Certainly they were listening in on many, many conversations, including that of general flynn. I dont think theres anything unusual about it. I think it is one of these sort of maybe a white house, not so much a threat as maybe a volley. Just sending a signal. Always grateful to have you here with us. Thank you, gentlemen. Thank you. Take that live shot at joint base andrews, air force one on the right of the screen, awaiting President Trump to board the plane. On the left, where he is headed, lynchburg, virginia and Liberty University. 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I want him to be a good representation of america. I love this country. Hey allergy muddlers are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec® its starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. Arent you glad its the weekend. Take a nice deep breath. I am christi paul. I am victor blackwell. Good morning to you. In about 90 minutes, donald trump, president of the United States will deliver his first commencement speech as president to Liberty University. He may be bringing with him soninl some of the remnants, the cloud of the investigation into russia meddling in the 2016 election, the controversial decision to fire fbi director james comey. Theres a live picture on the left side of the screen of the graduates as theyre getting ready, on the right side, joint base andrews as the president gets ready to depart for lynchburg, virginia. As the president heads to that speech. Some of us waiting to hear from him say theyre conflicted over support of the president. Reporter the white family tackles everything at the dinner table from their projects to politics behind the controversial firing of the fired james comey. Those were protrump, voted for trump. I think Something Like this isnt going to shake them one bit. Larry white and his white kathy are raising their family in lynchburg, in the center of virginia, leaning right, more than 50 of the city voted for donald trump. We all basically have the same world view, a christian world view but when it gets into politics theres certainly going to be some variation. The whites are highly conservative but also conflicted when it comes to their views on President Trump. I didnt actually vote for him. 23yearold anna white one of a few in her family who did not cast a vote for president in november. Recent trump tweets reassure her of her decision. For trump voting family members, they stand by the choice. I dont think theres one time where im like oh, okay, shouldnt have voted for him, he was not the hero i thought he was. He wasnt a hero to begin with. You didnt vote for him because of thinking he was a hero. Yeah. I would add i have trust issues with the former president and the president before that. So the idea of trusting this president or not trusting is not new. This is the kind of dialogue you find at the whites dinner table. Intense. We all get in tense and passionate. Dont get angry but get passionate when were talking. And theres a lot of us, it i hard to talk. This weekend, it is trumps turn to talk in lynchburg, a place that welcomed him as a candidate and now as president. This part of Virginia Home to some of trumps steadfast support as the citys republican advice chair griffin. He was part of the Reagan Administration and moral majority. Thats why it is important for people to come to lynchburg, meet voters, see what liberty is all about. Over 100 days into trumps presidency, griffin and fellow republicans seem unfaced by the cloud of controversy swirling over the white house. I want to support the role he plays, the job that hes doing. I want him to be a good representation of america. America. I love this country. The whites faith in President Trump is being tested but their faith in the office is unshakeable. A feeling shared by many in this brass buckle of the bible belt. Polo sandoval, cnn, lynchburg, virginia. Democrats attorney generals blasted the firing of james comey and called on the Deputy Attorney general, rod rosen stein to appoint an independent counsel to continue the investigation. Washington attorney general joined the push says that they perceive no response to the call so far. So there is a response i talked about that the deputy ag,