While 30 say it has given them a less favorable one. 61 said it had no impact. And finally, this is the most troubling number 46 said they feel that President Trump fired comey to slow down the russia investigation. And 38 buy the original explanation from the white house, that it was done over legitimate concerns over how comey handled the Hillary Clinton email issue. And theres a report that a frustrated President Trump is considering firing many of his Top White House aides. It adds up to a week, at best, the administration has a communications problem. Or at worst, it is facing accusations of obstruction of justice. I was going to fire comey. Donald trump contradicted his white house aides and his Vice President , adding to questions as to why the president chose to fire fbi director james comey when he did. No one from the white house. That was a d. O. J. Decision. He took the recommendation
but the president needs to back off and let the investigation go forward. We need to call
to the thought that he was trying to stymie the russia campaign. i sat down with secretary of state rex tillerson and asked him whether he agrees with the president the russia story is fake news and witch-hunt? the president has made it clear he feels it s important we re-engage with russia, the relationship with russia, as he has described and i have described as well, i think at an all time low point since the end of the cold war, with a very low level of trust. i think the world and it s in the interests of the american people and russia and the rest of the world we do something to see if we cannot improve the relationship between the two greatest nuclear powers in the world. the president, i think, has committed to make an effort in that regard and asked me to make an effort as well. i understand that. you look at what s happening in the western european nations, france and germany and italy and
room to adapt to changing circumstances to achieve our ultimate objective. but if we put our values in front of our policies and say, this is our policy, we have no room to adapt to changing circumstances to achieve our ultimate objective. if we are successful to achieving our ultimate diplomatic and national security objectives, we will create the condition for advancement and freedom of countries all over the world. secretary tillerson, i know you re busy and have this big trip head of you. thanks, chuck. i want to wish all the mothers out there a happy mother s day, particularly my own mother, my wife, and my two daughter-in-laws, the mothers of my two grandchildren. mr. tillerson also made the point that any decision to move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem would not be made for some time. you can see a lot more of this interview on our website on meetthepress.com. coming up, could we see makings of a democratic wave next year? a light note here at will
comey a lot of democrats jumped to the thought that he was try to stymie the investigation with the russia and the trump campaign. i sat down with secretary of state rex tillerson and asked him whether he agrees with the president the russia story is fake news and witch-hunt? the president has made it clear he feels it s important we re-engage with russia, the relationship with russia, as he has described and i have described as well, i think at an all time low point since the end of the cold war, with a very low level of trust. i think the world and it s in the interests of the american people and russia and the rest of the world we do something to see if we cannot improve the relationship between the two greatest nuclear powers in the world. the president, i think, has committed to make an effort in that regard and asked me to make an effort as well. i understand that.
of yours you could foresee supporting? you know, i ve generally made it a practice, chuck, of not commenting on nominees publicly. let s see who they nominate. as i said, certainly somebody not of a partisan background, certainly somebody of great experience and certainly somebody of courage. what did you make of the merrick garland suggestion? not going to comment on any of them. i like him as a justice, though, he s very good on that d.c. circuit. i don t know if he d want to leave. you think that was a little too cute at that point? no comment. smiling. senator chuck schumer, i will leave it there. thanks for coming on meet the press to share your views. when we come back, signs of a big white house shake-up. yet more reporting this morning that president trump may be prepared to do a little housecleaning in one part of the west wing. as we go to break, a moment from president trump s commencement address yesterday at liberty