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
districts the republicans could be in a world of hurt. the senate is not in play. they could miss out on an opportunity to gain seats, but it is not in play. in the house because of the way the seats are structured where hillary won 23 of these particular seats, that in a sense if this got out of trouble they could be in deep trouble. we got an opportunity for the president to make a decision that might swing some popularity back in his favor, right, when he picks who will be the next fbi director. and you talk about the senators having some real influence, what happens in the senate, lindsey graham spoke out and gave this advice to the president today. the president has a chance to clean up the mess that he mostly created. he really i think did his staff a disservice by changing the explanation. so i would encourage the president to pick somebody we can all rally around, including those who work in the fbi. so, patrick, what can the president do to fix this mess, as he puts it?
office, andrew mccabe the acting f.b.i. director and garcia associate judge on new york s highest court. the ranking democrat on the senate intelligence committee because sessions recused himself. i don t think he should be part of this review process if he has a true recusal. whoever the new f.b.i. director it should be a law enforcement professional. this position has never been politicized. skip a politician for the job is echoed by republicans. we have a chance to reset here as a nation. the president has a chance to clean up the mess that he mostly created. he really i think did his staff a disservice by changing the explanation. i would encourage the president to pick somebody we can all rally around, including those who work in the f.b.i. make lee told fox news
director, but the fbi director has to be loyal to the law. john cornyn is a wonderful man under normal circumstances. would be superb choice to be fbi director. we have a chance to reset as a nation. the president has a chance to clean up the mess that he mostly created. he really think did his staff a disservice by changing the explanation. i would encourage the president to pick somebody we can all rally around, including those who work in the fbi. let me ask you something about the russian interference. later in the show, i have an interview with rex tillerson. i conducted it yesterday. and he would not give an explanation as to why russian interference wasn t brought up during his meeting with foreign minister lavrov. we go back and forth and not once was it thought of as a top priority. can we move on in a relationship with russia if we don t confront them on this? absolutely not. i don t know if they privately talked about it. but secretary tillerson did a masterful job in th
the president has a chance to clean up the mess that he mostly created. he really, i think, did his staff a disservice by changing the explanations. nbc s peter alexander joins us with the latest reporting from the white house. plus, former white house press secretary, josh earnest, doing away with daily press briefings. morning joe is back in a moment. in these turbulent times, do you focus on today s headwinds? or plan for tomorrow? at kpmg, we believe success requires both. with our broad range of services and industry expertise, kpmg can help you anticipate tomorrow and deliver today. kpmg.