>> democrats and republicans agree on one thing, james comey is guilty of politicizing the fbi and meddling in the 2016 election. in your eyes he may be guilty too of self-righteousness, self-regard and the inappropriate production of a petty cash for gossip revenge attack on president trump. but no one is above the law, even james comey. so tonight, is he guilty of federal crimes, we ask that. in a moment top lawyers for the prosecution and defense goes head-to-head in the next revolution special as we put james comey on trial. >> welcome to this special edition of the next revolution. i'm steve hilton. i'm joined live in new york by the best legal team in television standing by to cut through the spin and politics and focus on the three areas where there are grounds to believe that james comey may have broken the law. his handling of the clinton e-mail investigation, his role in leaks of confidential government information, and the actions he took in connection with that infamous russia dossier. as we investigate the charges, let us know what you think. you might see your comment

watch you. >>> all right. thank you for that. right now, open book. former fbi director james comey pulling no punches detailing his interaks wi interactions with the president p. >> i was floating above myself looking down saying you're sitting here briefing the incoming president of the united states about prostitutes in moscow. >> enough said. an nbc exclusive between president trump and robert mueller's team now seems unlikely in the wake of the fbi raid on the president's personal attorney. that despite this claim three weeks ago. >> would you still like to testify to special counsel robert mueller? >> i would like to. >> i beg your pardon. the president planning to pardon scooter libby. convicted of obstructing justice and lying to the fbi more than a decade ago. what that move my indicate about potential pardons to come. >> the message being sent is you can commit perjury and i will pardon you if it protects me and i deem you're loyal to me. i think the message is very damaging to our democracy and the rule of law. >>> good day. featuring former fbi director james comey as the politi

is among other things very media savvy, knows that james comey is going to dominate the headlines. in many ways he's trying to cut him off at the pass here. today the tweets and comments from sarah sanders was a pre-buttal. >> and offense some potential blushes for the paperback edition, i think. >>>ever rempsed the tweet moments ago -- i never asked comey for personal loyalty. i hardly ever knew this guy. just another of his many lies. his memos are self-serving and fake. >> what's your thoughts, conference, what do we stand to learn about that relationship in particular between the now former director and president trump? >> there's no question that in a broader context this is unprecedented, we should note that, that you have these two institutional powers going head to head. quite frankly so publicly. point number one. point number two, you talk to sources inside the white house, and you take a step back here, and we should note there's a well-orchestrated response coming not only from the white house, but also from the republican national committee about how to combat this. q

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true. you explained it to sunday night. >> i don't believe she did anything improper. >> james comey, the authority of lou "a higher loyalty." i'm sorry that i asked you 40,000 questions you were not allowed to answer. thank you for your lifetime of public service. i'm sorry the president ended it the way he did. >> me too thank you. >> that does it for us tonight, now it's now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >> i've been sitting here, taking notes. i haven't missed a word of this. i want to get your reaction to what you think are the highlights of what you just discovered. it's hard when you're doing it yourself. but were there moments you popped and i didn't see that coming? >> in the interest of full disclosure, dude is sitting next to me still and he's 6'8" so there's a looming presence in the room. also i'm not sure i breathed yet because we did an hour long interview, basically, without a break. i will say it is important to get director comey on the record right now live and in person at a time when his memos, which are part of an active ongoing investigation

. we'll have more on that. james comey with a new defense of himself, his words, his writing, on what is sort of day three of his book tour, listen to what he says about the president's comments that he should be in jail. >> the president of the united states is accusing people of crimes without evidence, and pronouncing them guilty and saying they should be in jail. that should wake all of us up with a start. there has been so much of it that we're a little bit numb and that's dangerous. >> make america numb again. the words from james comey right there. just minutes house speaker paul ryan will take questions, will' dress the james comey book? the james comey comments? will he address tensions around his own job and whether he should stay in the speakership. we're monitoring all of this for you. to florida now, kaitlan collins is there near the president's mar-a-lago resort. kaitlan? >> reporter: well, if things couldn't get more complicated in this news cycle, now james comey is weighing in on michael cohen, the president's attorney. of course, after fbi agents raided michael cohen's

know james comey in your circles? >> i have met him. >> i know the stories in here because i listen to them but i have never met him or worked with him. >> is the book convincing to you? >> some of it is. but there is a whole part on scooter libby and he did not do the facts well with that version maybe he didn't know what the facts were. >> victoria toensing i want to read this part from the book because you worked from the justice department what you from you congressman. >> to have political leaders with the justice department because the administration of justice must be evenhanded. >> yes. that is true i worked for one of the best attorney generals that ever was and i remember once when smith was asked to go to the election and the staff people set it up he was asked to do something for somebody under investigation he came back and a bunch of people were in trouble for setting up the luncheon for not knowing what it was about. he was ronald reagan's personal lawyer but if you get into that justice department you better be straight. i have never seen a justice department when i

. >> good evening everyone. our top story tonight james comey expose. former fbi director james comey saying he shared his infamous memos with more people than previously thought. three individuals think he illegally leaked classified memos but no mention of that. when he testified under oath last june but also tonight attorney general jeff sessions will review a second special counsel to investigate. >> i do not think we need to willy-nilly appoint special counsel. there is wrongdoing uncovered we will act on that. we have to be careful we don't smear everybody. if somebody makes some errors and some of the errors can be disciplinary matters rather than prosecutorial matters. trish: congressman matt gaetz is one of more than a dozen house republicans who say there is more than enough evidence right now of wrongdoing to appoint a second special counsel and we ought to be doing it. he joins me in just moments in the senate confirming mike pompeo a secretary of state to the former cia director playing a pivotal role ahead of a highly anticipated summit between president trump and kim jong un.

. also, tonight, yes, the book tour has begun, after months of buildup, fired fbi director james comey has finally kicked off his quest to become rich and famous and just as we predicted, he is now trashing all things trump, engaging in wild speculation, throwing everybody under the bus, and is the most pitied human being on earth. as it turns out, james comey's "higher loyalty" is to james comey. tonight we will break down some of the most egregious moments from last nights interview. we will show you the questions that clinton sycophant george stephanopoulos should have asked last night in his softball sitdown interview. this was by far the worst interview i have ever seen. also tonight, we'll analyze friday's u.s.-led military strikes in syria. it is time for assad to wake up. the week, ineffective days of doing nothing of obama are long gone. we will have that and so much more into nights important breaking news opening monologue. ♪ we have to start tonight with us. today, for hours and hours, the media has been absolutely apt apoplectic and hyperventilating over some breaking news t

: new calls on capitol hill, former fbi director james comey and several other high-ranking officials, let's go, "outnumbered: overtime," i am harris faulkner. 11 republican lawmakers have written a letter to attorney general jeff sessions urging yet another criminal investigation in washington. and outlining a long list of allegations including bias against president trump. on top of the claims made against hillary clinton and james comey, they point fingers at andrew mccabe, loretta lynch, and acting attorney general, sally eights. for more on the developing story, let's bring in catherine harris live from washington -- catherine herridge. there's a lot of material here. it's because there's a lot of action this morning, harris. according to this new letter from 11 house republicans to the attorney general, fbi director and u.s. attorney, they are asking for a criminal investigation of at least five key players in the email and russia investigations. james comey, the lawmakers focus on his statements recommending against criminal charges in the clinton email case and his testimony a

just the last few hours. the dispute between the fired fbi director james comey and the president of the united states. this war is now a dirty war. the fired fbi director james comey is talking for the first time this morning about the unverified, salacious information that was in that dossier that he discussed with then president elect trump back in 2017. the allegation that russian authorities recorded donald trump watching prostitutes urinate on each other in a moscow hotel suite this . this is what james comey had to say about this a little while ago. >> i said to him, sir, when he started talking about it, i may order you to investigate that, i said, sir, that's up to you, but you want to be careful about that because it might create a narrative that we're investigating you personally and, second, it is very difficult to prove something didn't happen. >> did you believe his denial? >> honestly never thought these words would come out of my mouth, but i don't know whether the current president of the united states was with prostitutes peeing on each other in moscow in 2013. it i

comey. as we go "outnumbered overtime," i'm harris faulkner. the president firing back after james, he took aim him. he called the president "morally unfit to be president" and said he should be voted out of office. the president tweeted this... among the other revelations in the exclusive interview, comey leaves the door open to the possibility that the president committed a crime, watch. >> was president trump obstructing justice? >> possibly, there is certainly some evidence of obstruction of justice. i continue to believe there was forced to the fbi general councils argument that we were going to have to look at the president. you will inevitably have to look at his conduct because he was the head of the campaign. >> harris: he also said he did not inform the president the dossier was from his political opponents. >> i talked about additional material. that have been financed by his political opponents? i don't know the answer to that. >> harris: meanwhile, when asked if the president watched the james comey interview, sarah sanders told a gaggle of reporters on air force one a

wifi for hours. >>> and "early start" continues right now. an extraordinary interview with james comey who said the president is morally unfit. >> you think the russians have something on donald trump? >> i think it is possible. i don't know. >> fired fbi director james comey not holding back. telling all about the president, russia and mueller investigation. >>> the trump administration expected to slap russia with a new round of sanctions as early as today. >>> president's personal lawyer michael cohen heading to court hours from now. stormy daniels expected to be there as well. just your average monday. welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> nice to be back. shaved the beard. >> tanned. i miss the beard. >> we like the clean-shaven dave briggs. i'm christine romans. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. we will be live in moscow shortly. a former fbi director james comey speaking out. calling the president morally unfit to be president. and the kremlin has compromising information on president trump. comey's interview with george stephanopolus with abc news. >> he says anyone who treats w

russians. needless to say, there is a lot to discuss following the interview with james comey on abc. let's get to our correspondents, analysts and political commentators. we've been waiting for this interview to happen. finally james comey is speaking out. this is the man who used to be the head of the fbi, one of the highest offices in the government calling the president of the united states morally unfit. your reaction? >> look, i mean, this is something that in any other time would be seismic and i think even in this time where it's easy to kind of lose sight of things that are enormously out of balance and enormously unusual for an fbi director, even though he was fired and he has, you know, he certainly feels a sense he says of higher loyalty but retribution, let's face it, to say the things he did about a sitting president of the united states is absolutely extraordinary. especially, as you mentioned, things like he believes that its possible that the president did obstruct justice because remember, this isn't -- this is the kind of thing that a former fbi director or officia

questions. >> thank you, sarah. the president came out swinging today calling james comey a liar, a leaker a slime ball. is he worried about what he is saying? >> not at all. the american people see right through the blatant lies of a self-admitted leaker. this is nothing more than a poorly executed p.r. stunt by comey to desperately rehabilitate his tattered and enrich his own bank account by peddling a book that belongs in the bargain bin of the fiction section instead of dedicated servant in the department of justice. comey will forever be known as a disgraced partisan hack that broke his sacred trust with the president of the united states. the dedicated agents of the fbi, and the american people he vowed to faithfully serve. one of the president's greatest achievements will go down as firing director james comey. >> another topic quickly if i may. the deputy attorney general was here yesterday. is the president going to fire rod rosenstein? >> i don't have any announcements at this time. the president's voiced frustrations but beyond that i don't have anything to add. john? >>

director james comey are unclassified. quote, understanding that your notes were marked as top secret by an employee of the justice department without your consultation, this letter memorializes a duly authorized finding that the contents of your notes are not top secret or classified at all. okay, you're getting the importance now of what we've obtained here. at the very start of january, day after new year's day, boente tells justice department he's going to be interviewed by mueller. he asked for legal representation or commitment to pay his legal fees. couple of weeks later he gets a ke certification that his handwritten notes from a conversation with james comey shouldn't be marked top secret. that was improper, they are not classified as all. now, we don't know for sure, because these are the documents we got. what we surmise is that boente is getting his ducks in a row so he can show these handwritten notes to people while preparing for his interview with mueller, or perhaps more directly he's preparing to hand over those notes to mueller as part of this interview. well,

>>> "this week" with george stephanopoulos. starts right now. >> james comey breaks his silence. >> i'm about to talk to him about allegations he was involved with prostitutes in moscow and that the russians taped it. and have leverage over him. >> the white house hits back hard. >> the guy is known to be a liar and a leaker. >> president trump calls the fired fbi director an untruthful slimeball. more from james comey's exclusive interview. his side of the story. >>> plus, the fbi targets trump's personal attorney. >> why do you think they raided your office and hotel room? >> what documents and recordings did they seize? could they pose a threat to the presidency? >>> as trump rages over the raid, what does it mean for the mueller investigation? we're covering every angle. white house press secretary sarah sanders. top members of the house and senate intelligence committees. pierre thomas. jon karl. chris christie. >>> and striking syria. >> these are not the actions of a man. they are the crimes of a monster instead. >> the u.s. joins an international response to the chemical

that needed fixing? >> unfit for duty. james comey calls the sitting president of the united states a liar who might be vulnerable and wait until you hear how president trump responded today. plus the rift growing between the world's biggest nuclear powers after president trump orders air-strikes on syria. is there a plan for after the dust settles? >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin with the politics lead and words that surely have never before been said by any news anchor in any circumstance. the president's personal lawyer, michael cohen who is under criminal investigation is appearing in court right now alongside stormy daniels and there is already a bombshell revelation. we know now that among michael cohen's clients is fox news host sean hannity and we know that because the judge ordered the identity of the client who requested to be unnamed revealed. this comes as the judge will decide if prosecutors can look at material the fbi seized during the raids on the president's lawyer's office and hotel and home and safety deputy boxes and electronic devices. court o

: overtime" with melissa starts right now. >> melissa: president trump blasting james comey's tell-all. this is "outnumbered: overtime," i am melissa francis in today for harris faulkner. depicting the president "unethical and untethered to the truth." the president trump tweeted... using classifying information for which you should be prosecuted. he lied to congress under oath. among the claims in the book, whom he likens the president to -- "i once again was having flashbacks to my earlier career as a prosecutor against the mob." the u.s. or the us versus them worldview. the lying about all things large and small. the put the organization above morality and above the truth. white house correspondent kevin corke joins us now. no shortage of news, my friend. >> what a crazy morning. when those tweets came out, we were all saying "i wonder what this day is going to be like." white house officials are looking at it this way, they are saying this guy is not under oath. he's out here trying to sell a book. he's intentionally wanting to be provocative but the president himself is not ta

hillary a pass. that's in tirks g report. a real bombshell. >> as james comey gets ready to release a tell-all book. >> one of the most anticipated books of the year. >> comeydy does not mince words when it comes to describing how he feels about the president. >> here is a guy who only found his conscience and point of view of he got unceremoniously sacked. . >>> welcome to " fox and friends" this morning. brand-new video comes in showing a u.s. attack submarine launching missiles striking targets in syria. >> this as real estate action continues to pour in. >> connor powell is live in jerusalem with the latest. good morning. reporter: obviously there are mixed reactions depending on where you sit on the side of conflict. israel praising the move by president trump to order the strikes against assad regime. iran and russia condemning the move by the pentagon with the russian ambassador to the u.n. saying that the united states and its allies continue to demonstrate the blatant disregard to international law. it was shameful to hear that an article of the u.s. constitution was mentione

. here on the east coast live with huge breaking news. james comey's memos about his conversations with president trump turned over to congress tonight, and cnn has obtained a copy. those memos are, of course, a key part of robert mueller's investigation of potential obstruction of justice and they are full of fascinating details. we're going to go through them page by page, and we will bring you all of it tonight. i want to go to cnn's justice reporter. laura, good evening to you. you have been combing through the comey memos detailing his interactions with president trump. what are you learning? >> reporter: well, don, the memos are detailed and full of color. they cover everything from president trump's alleged loyalty request to james comey as well as their conversations about former national security advisor michael flynn. and i want to read to you a couple of the new bits of information that we've got tonight from these memos. the first is a january 27th meeting at the white house at dinner with james comey and president trump. and here's what james comey writes. in addition

the 13th, the trump is firing back from james comey's devastating tell-all book, the justice department disclosed this afternoon that the president's personal attorney, michael cohen, is under criminal investigation. this was revealed in court in response to cohen's motion to restrain the evidence collected in monday's raids on his residence and hotel room and office and safety deposit box and electronic devices. the cohen hearing is due to resume any minute. the government asserted any communications between president trump and coen concerning the payment to adult film actress stormy daniels, those koch conversations are not covered by attorney/client privilege and citing the president's own words said on april 1st when he exclaimed to know nothing about the payment. >> did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? >> [ inaudible ]. >> why did michael cohen make this -- >> you have to ask michael cohen. mike's my attorney and you'll have to ask him. >> and do you know where he got the money to make that payment? >> i don't know. >> let's go right to cnn in new y

house says it's progress towards peace. and james comey giving his account of the interactions he had with president trump in a new book and in newly released memos. what do the fbi director's recollections really tell us. president trump's focus is on "the new york times" over a new story suggesting that the president's long-time personal attorney michael cohen may not remain loyal much longer. jeff bennett joins us live from west palm beach, florida, where the president has spent the week. we' been saying through the last few hours, president trump did not travel to houston for that funeral for barbara bush. his wife did attend that funeral. what has the president of the united states been up to today? >> he went golfing this morning. on the way to the golf course, he fired off a few tweets. to put this in context, it was last monday the president de. >> announcer:ed the fbi raids of michael cohen, his long-final attorney, friend and fixer as an attack on our country. fast forward today, the president in a series of tweets attacked a new york times story that participants a picture

speaking out about the trump kixer who paid her hush money. >>> james comey says it's possible that the russians have dirt on president trump. the fired fbi director unloading in a scathing and potentially incriminating interview point president he calls morally unfit. what does it tell us about the special counsel's russia investigation? >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking tonight a new ruling as the president and his lawyer michael cohen face off against the justice department. a judge ordering the government to turn over cohen's records that were seized in fbi raid as loui and fox news host sean hannity was outed as the so-called mystery client whose identity cohen was trying to keep secret. and porn star stormy daniels was there to watch it unfold. i'll get reaction from congressman ted lou. and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first let's go to cnn pri's cri report. you were there in the courtroom throughout this heari

, groupthink, and the james comey memos about how he has leaked but he doesn't leak. that is it from us. sean hannity will have lots more on this, no collusion. sean is here to bring us up to speed as this story breaks. >> sean: absolutely zero. this is the busiest breaking news night we have had in well over a year short of last friday. welcome to "hannity." we'll get to my opening monologue, extensive. so much news today. first, fox news has now obtained a redacted version of the comey memos that were just handed over to lawmakers and joining us now live in washington with all of the details is our chief national correspondent ed henry. i heard ironically, it says, oh, i am not sneaky, i don't leak. okay. >> this is remarkable, sean. one of the comey memos is james comey putting together the details of the late january 27 7 dinner with the president. we've heard about this before. it was leaked to "the new york times" and has since been confirmed that the dinner took place. yes, what is new tonight is that james comey himself says that he told the president in terms of whether he may

into fired fbi director james comey's book rollout, the inspector general is investigating whether comey released any classified information when he shared his memos with a friend who leaked the contents to the new york times. comey's former deputy andrew mccabe is threatening to sue president trump for wrongful termination and defamation of character and the dnc is suing russia, wikileaks, julian assange and the trump campaign, top advisers who attended the trump tower meeting and more. alleging that they all conspired to interfere in the 2016 campaign. meanwhile president trump and the white house have been attacking comey and his memos that paint the president as rather self obsessed and at times without concern for boundaries that separate the white house from the justice department. cnn's jeff zel traveling with president trump in west palm beach and he attacked comey saying he leaked classified information and we don't know that to be true but the inspector general is looking into it. >> reporter: that is right. the internal watchdog group of the justice department is looking

. president trump unleashes a twitter storm. today's attack directed at former fbi director james comey. and thank you for joining us. >> james comey is releasing a tell all book this week. >> reporter: in the span of two hours sunday morning president trump fired off five tweets about former fbi director james comey. one read "slippery james comey, a man who always ends up badly and out of whack (he is not smart!), will go down as the worst fbi director in history, by far!" president trump fired james comey last year citing his handling of the fbi's investigation in to hillary clinton's use of her personal e- mail while secretary of state. in a book james comey disclose why he reopened the investigation so close to election day. >> she will be elected president and if i hide this from the american people she will be illegitimate the moment this comes out. >> reporter: president trump saying he was making decisions based on the fact he -- "the democrats sent a very political and long response memo which they knew, because of sources and methods (and more), would have to be heavily redacted,

, we're going to show you some of james comey's blatant lies and contradictions brought to light by these memos. we will also break down how comey may tonight be in serious legal jeopardy and we'll also explain how these revelations are just one more layer of proof that president trump never colluded with russia in any way, shape, manner or form or did he ever attempt to obstruct justice in any way. also tonight, after president trump's significant diplomatic progress aboard and huge economic successes right here at home. the democratic party is desperate to keep this false trump-russia narrative collusion alive by turning to their favorite weapon. let's start a frivolous lawsuit. what a sham. it's time for the democrats to face the music. these insane conspiracy theories are now falling apart right before their eyes. sit tight, we are covering all of this, plus there is yet another pathetic moment from hillary clinton all in tonight's breaking news opening monologue. most? >> being threatened with a subpoena finally deputy attorney general rod rosenstein released james comey's memos to c

russian prostitutes and that other thing. this is the stunning contention of james comey who we are hearing from out loud for the very first time this morning. stunning for what he says, but more so for how he chooses to say it. listen to how he answers questions about the unverified salacious intelligence he discussed with donald trump back in 2016 that the russians allegedly had videotapes of russian prostitutes with donald trump urinating on each other. this was on abc a short time ago. >> i said to him, sir, when he started talking about i may order you to investigate that. i said, sir, that's up to you, but you want to be careful about that because it might create a narrative that we're investigating you personally. and second, it's very difficult to prove something didn't happen. >> did you believe his denial? >> honestly never thought these words would come out of my mouth, but i don't know whether the current president of the united states was with prostitutes peeing on each other in moscow in 2013. it's possible, but i don't know. >> think of all the other ways mr. comey mi

and at home. president trump waging rhetorical battle tweeting james comey states polls where hillary clinton were leading -- in other words he was making decisions based on the fact that he thought she was going to win and he wanted a job. slim ball, unquote an apparent passage where he wrote it is possible that because i was making decisions in an environment where hillary clinton was sure to be the next president my concern about her making an illegitimate president had greater weight than if the election appeared closer. i don't know, unquote. just another distraction for the president who is also fuming over an fbi raid of his personal attorney and authorized more military strikes in syria. missiles lighting up the skies. precision strikes hit the heart of bashar al assad's chemical weapons program. after the attacks president trump declared mission accomplished. it's a term many in george bush's white house cringed when they saw for calling the banner that held prematurely. this morning president trump defended the use of mission accomplished tweeting the syrian raid was

against james comey on twitter. this ahead of comey's highly publicized book tour which essentially starts tonight with a television interview, perhaps to upstage comey's accounts? in one tweet, the president suggesting comey should be in jail writing this. the big questions in comey's badly reviewed book aren't answered like how come he gave up classified information -- jail. why did he lie to congress -- jail. why did the dnc refuse to give server to the fbi? why didn't they take it? why the phony memos, mccabe's $700,000 and more? the president asked those questions just a few hours ago. >> is the president asking the justice department to investigate james comey? >> i don't know what was specifically asked of the justice department, but if they feel there was any wrongdoing, they should look into that just as they do on a number of other topics. >> boris is at the white house for us. boris, the president seems he's trying to get ahead of this comey interview airing tonight. he's got a lot on his mind. >> that's right, fred, at a point when the white house would probably rather b

headline. i'll take your questions. reporter: calling james comey a liar, leaker, slime ball, is he worried what he's saying? sarah: not at all. the american people see through the blatant lies of a self-admitted leaker. this is nothing more than a sentence by peddling a book that belongs in the bargain bin of the fiction section instead of being remembered as a dedicated servant in the pursuit of justice. like so many of his other colleagues at the f.b.i., comey will be forever known as a disgraced bipartisan hack that broke his sacred trust of the president of the united states, the dedicated agents of the f.b.i. and the american people he vowed to faithfully serve. one of the president's greatest achievements will go down by firing james comey. reporter: is the president going to fire rod rosenstein? information. no reporter: a pardon to scooter libby, former vice president's chief of staff. there are many people that believe that scooter libby was part of an investigation run amuck. the recent statements we heard from the white house would seem to indicate you feel much the same

"new day". it is monday, april 16th, 6:00 here in new york city. so fired fbi director james comey unloaded on president trump. the president who fired him. now in a new interview, comey said donald trump is morally unfit to be president and a, quote, stain on those around him. comey suggests president trump may have obstructed justice when he asked him to let go of the michael flynn investigation and comey suggests that it is possible that russians have dirt on trump and that can be used as leverage. >> so the president launched a preemptive twitter a attack calling him slippery, not smart, and for the second time, a slime ball. the president's focus split between comey and his long time personal lawyer michael cohen. cohen will be in court today for a hearing in last week's records search. some say that could be a bigger legal threat than the mueller probe. kaitlan collins is live at the white house. another busy day. what are you learning there? >> reporter: well, a stunning interview by the former fbi director last night. if there was any chance this feud between james comey and preside

. david: let's get to mark crumpton with the first four news. callingdent trump is james comey and untruthful slimeball in response to james comey's new book in which he compares the president to a mall boss. james comey's book says the president was fixated on trying to prove that food allegations against him in an intelligence dossier were false. nationsed secretary-general says the middle east is in such peril that his become a threat to international peace and security. he told an emergency meeting of the security council today that the highly volatile situation could have found regional and global ramifications. >> the cold war is back. with a vengeance. the mechanisms manage the risks of escalation that existed in the past no longer seem to be present. >> he cited the palestinian and israeli divide, the sunni-shiite divide and other factors and said syria is the most serious and there is no military solution to the conflict. more world leaders joining president trump choosing to skip the summit of the americas, the regional gathering on western hemisphere leaders is set to ki

. >> we start with a fox news alert. former fbi director james comey slamming president trump and his tell-all book. now famously comparing the president to a mafia boss who values loyalty above everything else. the president is firing back. >> julie: experts from higher loyalty doubting how comey feels about the president. i sat there thinking holy, they're trying to make each of us friends of ours to draw sin. as crazy as it sounds, i have the feeling that in the blink of an eye, the president-elect was try to make this all part of the same family and that team trump had made it a thing of ours. of a counselor to president kellyanne conway tells a different story. listen. >> seems to me like he seems like a disgruntled ex-employee who after the fact wants to clear his conscience of what is knowledge about the time. leave the job. >> back in new york, he did prosecute the gambino crime family. now correspondent john roberts turned his now all of this. >> good morning to you. as a long-running feud between president trump and james comey is now with about canning proportions. the pres

town right now though is james comey's new book. it paints a devastating portrait of president trump, his character, and his behavior as commander in chief. in "a higher loyalty," comey compares the trump presidency to a forest fire that threatens what is good in this nation and his resignation gave him flash backs to my earlier career as a prosecutor against the mob. what's happening now is not normal, he writes. it is not fake news, it is not okay. comey, who has worked under three presidential administrations, sat down for his first interview with "good morning america" and underscored the unprecedented nature of the allegations president trump currently faces. >> honestly never thought these words would come out of my mouth, but i don't know whether the current president of the united states, with prostitutes in 2013. it's possible. i don't know. >> but comey's claims have not gone unanswered by those in the president's orbit. >> you know, i'm disappointed in james comey. i'll be honest with you. this book should be on the fiction shelf. >> he has a different recollection of what

best selling author james comey, a new defense of some criticism of his work this morning in a new response to the president's charge that he should be in jail. >> the president of the united states is accusing people of crimes without evidence and pronouncing them guilty and saying they should be in jail. that should wake all of us with a start. >> now for those of you keeping track at home. this is still just the beginning of james comey's media blitz. the president is in for a long week of new commentary. abbey phillip in florida near the president's mar-a-lago resort. any response from the white house yet, abbey? >> reporter: hi, john. you're absolutely right. james comey's book believe it or not actually came out today but for the last several days the white house, the republican national committee and the president himself have been trading barbs with him on social media and elsewhere over his comments in the book. the white house accusing james comey of being a disgruntled employee and saying he has absolutely no credibility whatsoever. but as part of this media tour, comey

>>> next for your, trump tweet storm. james comey caught up in it. maelstrom coming ahead of the fired fbi leader's bombshell interview and tell-all book. >> i don't remember spelling it out, but it had to have been that she's going to be elected president, and if i hide this from the american people, she'll be illegitimate the moment she's elected. >> give me a break. the guy knew exactly what he was doing. he thought hillary clinton would win, and he thought this would give him some cover. >> stormy monday. why the porn star and the trump attorney accused of buying her silence will be heading to the very same courtroom tomorrow. >> she's going to attend at 2:00 on monday. i think monday afternoon could prove to be very interesting. >> but a stormy encounter may be the least of michael cohen's worries and the president's as well. >>> and then, the strike on syria. what does the president mean mission accomplished? the division in washington over just what the missile attack did accomplish. and good day to you. i'm richard lui in for alex witt here in new york city. it is 1:00 in

comey, why does mueller even have an operation? based on a series of lies by james comey? >> harris: i'm sure you've seen this, they are suing russia over the campaign and wikileaks conspired to disrupt the election. >> is the democratic national committee, which refused to allow the fbi to look at their servers. >> harris: even though they say they were hacked. >> let's be clear, the dnc should have opened up the servers -- >> harris: we were talking about this on the last hour of "outnumbered" ," just a huge lak of transparency. why not let us take a look? let investigators take a look at what is on the servers. >> they probably done things that cannot be public. donna brazile was devastating about the degree to which the democratic national committee totally and inappropriately became an extension of the clinton campaign against bernie sanders. >> harris: yeah. >> somebody will write a book one day entitled "mass," the beginning of the clinton case up through where it eventually ends up. it's a mess. >> harris: my first days of motherhood might beyond that. >> [laughs] >> harris:

assistant u.s. attorneys serving with assistant u.s. attorney james b. comey. spears and imes and comey all worked in the criminal division of the united states attorneys office for southern district of new york, the same unit that donald trump is now fighting in court. spears and imes are friends of james comey's. and this is the part that no one, really no one should tell donald trump. this is the part that will produce one of the leaks from inside the white house about the president raging at his team and at james comey who continues to drive the president crazy with his book tour. three days after president trump fired james comey, spears and imes, david spears and linda imes wrote a letter with the salutation "dear mr. deputy attorney general." it was to rod j. rosenstein, deputy attorney general of the united states. the first line was we the undersign ready former united states attorneys and assistant united states attorneys for the southern district of new york. the letter referred to the firing of james comey and mentioned the authors' personal relationship with james comey. ma

at james comey as the release of the so-called comey memos escalates a feud between the. and the fbi director he fired. good friday morning to you. i'm jon scott. >> melissa: we made it. i'm melissa francis. the memos were handed over to congress before being made public. in them, comey details her interactions with president trump. the president claiming vindication saying the memos prove there was no collusion. >> these memos are his best defense against the charges that have been made up till now. because they do show that he had no problem with the russia investigation proceeding. what he wanted was it to be clear that he was not a suspect and hadn't done anything worthy of being a suspect. so i think if he just lets they sing for himself, he'll be fine. >> jon: john roberts live in west palm beach, florida with more. john? >> jon, good morning to you. we heard a lot about the memos when comey testified before congress last year. seeing the memos and reading through them, very interesting, adds more context to what comey was saying in that hearing on capitol hill last year. parti

>>> breaking overnight. president trump tweeting his reaction to the james comey memos just turned over to congress and leaked to the media. >>> rudy giuliani joins the trump legal team. he plans to give the mueller investigation a little push. >> what do you think happens when you demonize law enforcement? >>> the sheriff in florida not holding back after the death of his deputies. >>> a bank about to be slapped for a $1 billion fine for fees they should not have paid and insurance they need didn't. i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. friday, april 20th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. 11:00 a.m. in moscow. we are live shortly from that location. christine, the memos took 45 minutes to leak to the media. that is where we are in 2018. we will talk about them shortly. we talk about that now. president trump tweeting on the reaction of the declassified versions of the memos from james comey. the president wrote, james comey memos just out and show clearly there was no collusion, no obstruction. also he leaked classified information. wow. will the witch hunt continue? the critics find th

this hour. he could say more about former fbi director james comey's very public assault on his character. he's already hit back against the fbi director he fired after comey called the commander-in-chief morally unfit to be president. this is "outnumbered." i'm sandra smith. here today, harris faulkner, host of "after the bell." the host of kennedy, also on fbn, kennedy. the other fox news contributor, stephen hayes is here. he's outnumbered good to have you back. >> haven't seen you in a minute. >> welcome. >> the weather could be better. >> could it? >> it's brutal. >> a lot of water out there. glad you made it. >> it's raining men somewhere. >> moving on from that. president trump firing back after former fbi director james comey ripped in to him during an interview ahead of his book release. the president tweeting this morning, comey drafted the hillary clint hillary clinton exoneration long before he talked to her and based his decision on poll numbers. disgruntled mccabe and others based their decision. he said he's most possibly obstructing justice and sugge suggested th

weekend, television for serious readers. now on booktv a discussion on james comey's book "a higher loyalty". to dissect what is in this book are two people very experienced in washington and washington politics. victoria toensing was an official in the deponent of justice and is a high-profile lawyer in washington. representative jamie raskin is a democrat from maryland and member of the judiciary committee. before we get into the book, what are your overall impressions of james comey? >> james comey the man, i never met him, i don't really know him. in the book he comes off as someone who is very boy scout like in terms of his respect for rules and rule of law. the first several chapters involve his hatred of police, indicating he wasn't big, wasn't tall. you can see how there would be a coming character clash and collusion between him and donald trump, who affects the style of a bully quickly and comey doesn't like bullies. comey's key personality flaw perhaps, may not be of law but a sanctimonious in this that he is aware of that he writes about. he likes to be a little bit holi