>>> WELCOME BACK. WHEN FBI DIRECTOR COMEY
TESTIFIED BEFORE THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE THIS WEEK,
HE DEFENDED HIS DECISION TO ANNOUNCE DAYS BEFORE THE 2016
ELECTION THAT THE BUREAU HAD DISCOVERED NEW CLINTON E-MAILS
AND HAD REOPENED ITS INVESTIGATION.
>> IF I WERE NOT TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT IT WOULD BE A DISASTROUS,
CATASTROPHIC CONCEALMENT. IT WAS INCREDIBLY PAINFUL
CHOICE, BUT ACTUALLY NOT ALL THAT HARD BETWEEN VERY BAD AND
CATASTROPHIC. I HAD TO TELL CONGRESS THAT WE
WERE TAKING THESE ADDITIONAL STEPS.
I PRAYED TO FIND A THIRD DOOR, I COULDN'T FIND IT.
>> SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN IS NOT AT ALL CONVINCED THAT THERE
WAS NO THIRD DOOR. AND SHE SAYS THE FBI DIRECTOR'S
OCTOBER SURPRISE HELPED SINK HILLARY CLINTON'S CAMPAIGN.
SENATOR FEINSTEIN JOINS ME HERE IN WASHINGTON.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT COMEY SAID AND THE SALLY YATES
TESTIMONY TOMORROW. BUT FIRST, LET'S TALK ABOUT
HEALTH CARE. THEY PASSED IT WITHOUT READING
IT. BUT THERE ARE LEGITIMATE
PROBLEMS -- BIG PROBLEMS WITH OBAMACARE.
THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE INSURERS, AETNA AND OTHERS ARE
PULLING OUT. VIRGINIA IS NOW GOING TO BE
AFFECTED. IOWA DOESN'T HAVE CHOICE.
DON'T THEY HAVE A POINT? >> WELL, THERE IS A POINT, YES.
BUT I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. 20 MILLION MORE PEOPLE ARE
INSURED POST THE BEGINNING OF OBAMACARE TODAY.
THIS BILL WHICH LOOKS LIKE THIS AND IS COMPLICATED TO READ.
I HAVE BEEN RYE THING TO READ IT OVER THE WEEKEND.
AND THIS IS THE MANAGER'S PACKAGE THAT HAS THE SERIES OF
AMENDMENTS. THIS IS JUST COME OVER TO THE
SENATE. IT HAS NO SCORE.
IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST BILLS THAT THE SENATE WILL EVER
CONSIDER. WE DON'T KNOW ITS BREADTH AND
DEPTH AS ANALYZED PROFESSIONALLY.
WE DON'T KNOW ITS COST AS ANALYZED PROFESSIONALLY.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF MAJOR CHANGES WHICH ARE GOING TO HAVE
A DRAMATIC IMPACT ON THE HEALTH CARE MARKETPLACE WHICH IS NOW
ONE-FIFTH OF THE ECONOMY. I THINK I WAS READING THE CHIEF
ECONOMIST AT BARCLAY'S THIS MORNING, ANDREA, AND POINTED OUT
THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE MAJOR IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY.
IF IT GOES THROUGH. SO I DON'T WANT TO MONOPOLIZE.
>> NO, I'M INTRIGUED BY YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS.
YOU THINK THAT SOMETHING CAN COME OUT OF THE SENATE.
CAN ENOUGH DEMOCRATS GO OVER OR ENOUGH MODERATE REPUBLICANS BE
PERSUADED THAT THEY SHOULD VOTE FOR SOMETHING OR WHAT HAS TO
COME OUT OF THE BILL FOR YOU -- >> YEAH, FIRST I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE LEADER McCONNELL HAS IN MIND.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE 13 WHITE MEN WHEN YOU HAVE FIVE
REPUBLICAN WOMEN WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM THAT -- THESE 13
MEN ARE SUPPOSED TO SIT DOWN -- >> YOU'RE SPEAKING OF THE
WORKING GROUP. IT'S ALL MALE.
>> IT'S ALL MALE. AND WOMEN'S HEALTH IS A BIG PART
OF THIS. AND WOMEN ARE A MAJORITY OF THE
POPULATION. AND THEIR HEALTH INTERESTS
DESERVE TO BE CONTEMPLATED IN ANY REFORM.
ANY POSITION IS -- MY POSITION IS AND I BELIEVE THIS IS THE
DEMOCRATIC POSITION, DON'T REPEAL OBAMACARE.
TAKE THOSE SECTIONS LIKE THE INDIVIDUAL MARKET, WHICH HAS
SOME PROBLEMS WITH IT AND DEAL WITH IT AND FIX THOSE SECTIONS.
AND IT CAN BE DONE. I'M REALLY VERY WORRIED THAT IN
THE RUSH TO JUDGMENT WE CREATE A MAJOR HEALTH CARE PROBLEM FOR
PEOPLE. AND WE LOSE A LOT OF JOBS IN SO
DOING AND WE CREATE A WHOLE ATMOSPHERE OF UNPREDICTABILITY.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE FBI DIRECTOR'S TESTIMONY.
HE SAID HE WAS MILDLY NAUSEOUS AT THINKING HE HAD IMPACTED THE
ELECTION, BUT HE THOUGHT HE HAD NO CHOICE.
YOU DISAGREE. >> I DISAGREE WITH HIM.
I THINK YOU LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP.
THE FBI HAS A POLICY OF NOT ANNOUNCING OCTOBER SURPRISES.
THIS WAS 11 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION.
WHAT HE COULD HAVE DONE IS SAID, LET'S JUST BE SURE.
LET'S GET A SEARCH WARRANT. LET'S LOOK AT THE WEINER
COMPUTER AND LET'S SEE WHAT THERE IS.
AND IF HE DID THAT, HE WOULD HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT, WELL,
THERE'S NO NEED FOR ANOTHER INVESTIGATION.
WE HAVE ALL OF THIS MATERIAL ALREADY.
3,000 E-MAILS, 12 CLASSIFIED. WE HAVE ALREADY LOOKED AT THEM.
SO THERE WAS NO NEED. SO WHAT HE DID WAS AUTHORIZE
WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE A NEEDLESS INVESTIGATION, 11 DAYS WHICH I
HAVE NO DOUBT AND I BELIEVE THAT THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN'S POLLS
SHOW THIS THAT IT MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
AND THE FBI SHOULD NOT DO THAT. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MARCH
TO DO THIS IMMEDIATELY WHEN HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN THE SEARCH
WARRANT FIRST. >> WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM
SALLY YATES? SHE WAS FIRED, SHE WAS THE
ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL. SHE'S GOING TO BE TESTIFYING
TOMORROW MORNING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PUBLIC.
>> WELL, SALLY YATES IS VERY MUCH RESPECTED.
SHE'S A PROFESSIONAL. SHE'S NOT A POLITICIAN.
SHE'S SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE DEPARTMENT.
SHE IS VERY WIDELY RESPECTED. AND SHE APPARENTLY HAS SOME
INFORMATION AS TO WHO KNEW WHEN. THAT SHE IS WILLING TO SHARE AND
THAT WOULD BE WHAT SHE KNEW ABOUT MICHAEL FLYNN'S
CONNECTIONS TO RUSSIA. AND EXACTLY WHAT SHE KNEW THEY
WERE. I DON'T WANT TO IN ANY WAY SAY
THAT I KNOW WHAT SHE'S GOING TO SAY BECAUSE I DON'T.
BUT THERE ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS HERE AS TO WHO KNEW WHAT WHEN,
WHAT WAS DONE WITH THIS. WHY DID RUSSIA THAT ALWAYS
RESPONDS TO SANCTIONS, WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA, PNG'D 35
RUSSIAN -- >> KICKED THEM OUT OF THE
COUNTRY. >> RIGHT.
IMMEDIATELY. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM
RUSSIA, AND THAT IN ITSELF WAS A MESSAGE BECAUSE RUSSIA ALWAYS
RESPONDS. THIS TIME THEY DIDN'T.
WHAT CHANGED? THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW.
>> WHAT WE NOW KNOW IS THAT THE TRUMP TRANSITION WAS WARNED
ABOUT MICHAEL FLYNN. WHY WAS HE HIRED THEN AS THE
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER? >> I WOULDN'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO
THAT. >> DOES IT RAISE SUSPICIONS IN
YOUR MIND? >> IT RAISES SUSPICIONS BECAUSE
HE WAS FIRED BY JIM CLAPPER FROM HIS JOB RUNNING AN INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY. SIGNAL.
WHEN I SAW A THREE STAR GENERAL SHOUTING LOCK HER UP, I THOUGHT
OH, MY GOODNESS. THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN.
NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. THIS IS A THREE STAR GENERAL OF
THE UNITED STATES MILITARY DOING THIS WITH NO EVIDENCE.
AND IT MADE A BIG IMPRESSION