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
conversations, chuck. the real impact it serves yet again to undermine the trust between the united states and russia. as i have said and the president has said, you know, we re at a very very low level of trust between our two countries right now. so what we re exploring is how do we begin the process of restoring that trust. ultimately, it will touch on all these issues. i want to give you a chance to respond to an op-ed senator john mccain wrote, where he invoked your name, sir. in a recent address to state department employees, secretary of state rex tillerson said conditioning our foreign policy too heavily on values creates obstacles to advance our national interests. with those words, secretary tillerson sent a message to oppressored people everywhere, don t look to the united states for hope. our values make us sympathetic to our plight and when it s convenient we might officially express that sympathy. pretty tough words from senator mccain. what do you say in response? fi
let me go to the other side of the aisle. senate democratic leader chuck schumer of new york. senator, welcome to meet the press. i hope you re more enthusiastic to be on than senator graham. yeah, i didn t see senator graham. i want to join him in wishing all of the moms happy mother s day. in particularly to my mom, who will turn 89 in three weeks. well done. let me start with the issue of a special prosecutor. why do you believe it needs to be done. senator ben sass indicated that if you do that, it is sending a message you don t trust the intel committee to do their work. and it s a vote of no confidence there. shouldn t you let them do their job to see if they can do it without a special prosecutor? well, there are two separate lines of activity here. one is the oversight function of the intelligence committee. they re doing their job. mark warner has done a very good job.
that was the most important message to say. happy mother s day. appreciate it. to the other side of the aisle, senate democratic leader chuck schumer of new york. welcome book meet the press. i hope you re a little more enthusiastic being on than senator graham was? i didn t see senator graham. i just want to join him in wishing all the moms of america, your family, chuck, happy mother s day. particularly to my mom, who god willing will turn 89 in three weeks. all right. let me go to the issue of a special prosecutor. why do you believe it needs to be done? as you know, senator ben sass indicated if you do that it is sending a message you don t trust the intel committee to do their work, a vote of no confidence there. shouldn t you let them do their job to see if they can do it without a special prosecutor? well, there are two separate lines of activity here. one is the oversight function of the intelligence committee,
impact, but the fact that they got into it, what should the repercussions be now in your mind? they re just part of that broader landscape of conversations, chuck. the real impact it serves yet again to undermine the trust between the united states and russia. as i have said and the president has said, you know, we re at a very very low level of trust between our two countries right now. so what we re exploring is how do we begin the process of restoring that trust. ultimately, it will touch on all these issues. i want to give you a chance to respond to an op-ed senator john mccain wrote, where he invoked your name, sir. in a recent address to state department employees, secretary of state rex tillerson said conditioning our foreign policy too heavily on values creates obstacles to advance our national interests. with those words, secretary tillerson sent a message to oppressed people everywhere, don t look to the united states for hope. our values make us sympathetic to your pligh