HE WILL TESTIFY UNDER OATH WITH THE MEETING OF JAMES COMEY.
WE'LL SEE WHEN THAT'LL HAPPEN. >> I AM JOINING NOW WITH
CONGRESSMAN FROM TENNESSEE. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> JAMES COMEY WAS EMOTIONAL TWO TIMES, ONE WAS DEFENDING HIS
TENURE AT THE MEMBERS OF THE FBI AND AT THE END WHEN HE SAID A
FOREIGN POWER ESSENTIALLY INVADED OUR COUNTRY.
IT CAME AFTER AMERICA'S PARTY. DO YOU BELIEVER THIS PRESIDENT
HAVE DONE ENOUGH TO PUNISH RUSSIA FOR THIS ACT OF
AGGRESSION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
>> A COUPLE OF THINGS THERE, CHUCK, I THINK IT IS SO
INTERESTING THAT SO MANY IN WASHINGTON ARE NOW FIGURING OUT
THAT FOR DECADES THAT THE RUSSIANS HAVE NOT WISHED US WELL
AND THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DIMINISH US AND DO AWAY WITH OUR
ECONOMY OR FORM OF GOVERNMENT, THEY HAVE BEEN AFTER US FOR A
VERY LONG TIME. GOING IN AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT REAGAN HAD TO SAY. YOU WILL GATHER A CLEAR PICTURE
OF HOW LONG THIS HAS RUN. WE ALL KNOW THAT.
WE KNOW THAT PUTIN IS A BAD ACTOR AND WE KNOW THIS IS A DO
NOT WISH US WELL. I THINK THAT IT IS AN
INTERESTING THING TO ME THAT SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST NOW
BEGINNING TO FIGURE THAT OUT. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THEY KNEW
THIS LONG AGO. THE PUNISHMENT FOR RUSSIA,
THAT'S SOMETHING JUST THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE SHOULD LOOK OUT
ONCE AGAIN, LOOK AT SANCTIONS AND WAYS TO DEAL WITH HIM.
>> I AM SORRY, WHERE IS THE SENSE OF URGENCY.
>> LET ME FINISH ON THIS. >> IF A FOREIGN POWER AND LOOK,
YOU GAVE A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT'S FINE.
I THINK YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE POINT -- HEY, DEMOCRATS AND
OTHERS DID NOT CARE ABOUT RUSSIA AND DO NOW.
WHY ARE YOU SAYING BETTER LATE THAN NEVER?
THERE IS NO URGENCY HERE. THAT'S WHAT I AM CONFUSED ABOUT.
>> OH, FOR SOME OF US THERE IS URGENCY AND HAS BEEN URGENCY.
WHEN LUKE AT THE VIRTUAL SPACE, THERE ARE SOME OF US WHO HAVE
BEEN TRYING TO PUT DATA SECURITY PROTECTION IN PLACE.
NEXT WEEK I AM GOING TO HAVE A CYBER SECURITY HEARING.
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO RUSSIA? >> THIS IS NOT ABOUT WHETHER WE
HAVE THE RIGHT SOFTWARE. >> YES, INDEED WE'LL PUNISH
RUSSIA. YOU WILL SEE THE HOUSE SENATE
COMMITTEE AND OVER SITE COMMITTEE, YES, INDEED, THERE
WILL BE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DONE.
NOW, ON THE MATTER OF JAMES COMEY AND HIS BEING EMOTIONAL,
IT IS FAIR TO SAY WHAT COMEY HAD IN TENNESSEE OF WHAT WE CALL A
WE OLD FASHION COME APART. IT SEEMS LIKE HE WANTED TO THROW
A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDER THE BUS AND IT SEEMS LIKE HE DID GET A
LITTLE EMOTIONAL. I THINK HE HAS AN INTERESTING
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TROOPS. MUCH OF THAT CAME OUT.
>> SO YOU BELIEVE THAT DIRECTOR COMEY COMMITTED PERJURY?
>> YOU JUST SAID IT. >> YOU JUST SAID HE HAD A
PROBLEM WITH THE TRUTH >> I SAID HE HAD AN INTERESTING
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TRUTH. >> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> IS HE TRUTHFUL OR NOT? >> HOW TRUTH FULL THEY THINK HIS
TESTIMONY WAS OR COMMENTS OF LORETTA LYNCH AND THE PRESIDENT
AND HIS COMMENTS ABOUT OTHERS THAT HE WORKS WITH AND HIS
DIMINISHMENT OF HIMSELF AND STATING HIS LACK OF STRENGTHS, I
THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAUSED ME CONCERNED.
I WOULD HOPE THAT THE FBI DIRECTOR FEELS THEY HAVE THE
ABILITY TO CHALLENGE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IF THEY THINK
SOMETHING IS BEING GIVEN, AN ACTION TO TAKE AND THEY FEEL IT
IS INCORRECT. >> DO YOU THINK IT IS
INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO ASK AN
FBI DIRECTOR TO LET AN INVESTIGATION GO.
>> I WILL RESERVE THE COMMENT UNTIL WE HEAR FROM THE PRESIDENT
AS TO WHAT HE SAID. >> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE MR. COMEY'S
RECOLLECTION OF WHAT HE HEARD AND SAID THE WORD THAT WAS USED
WAS THAT HE HOPED THAT THERE IS NEVER A DIRECTIVE IF HE ADMITTED
AND THERE IS NEVER A DIRECTIVE OR A COMMAND TO DO SOMETHING
DIFFERENT WITH LETTING THE INVESTIGATION GO IF YOU WILL OR
TERMINATING SOME TYPE OF INVESTIGATION.
THERE AGAIN, I THINK THE INTEL COMMITTEE WILL PROBABLY COME
BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT TRANSPIRE WITH THE INTERACTION AND MR.
COMEY AS IT RELATES TO MR. CLINTON.
>> THE GOOD THING IS WE GOT A SPECIAL COUNSEL ON RUSSIA.
>> RIGHT. >> WE ALL WANT ANSWERS AND WE
WANT TO GET PAST THIS. >> YOU HEARD THE PRESIDENT
SAY -- IT IS HARD ON SATELLITE. >> WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANT TO GET TO SOME OF THOSE TALKING
POINTS IN ON OTHER CLINTON RELATED MATTERS.
LET ME ASK YOU TO THE QUESTION THAT PERTAINS TODAY.
THE PRESIDENT TODAY SAYS HE WILL TESTIFY UNDER OATH TO THE
SPECIAL COUNSEL, DO YOU LOOK FORWARD TO THAT?
>> I THINK IF THE PRESIDENT FEELS THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR
HIM AND HE WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY UNDER OATH, I THINK THAT WOULD
BE SOMETHING THAT HE WOULD DO AND WE SHOULD ALL LOOK FORWARD
TO SETTING THIS ASIDE. >> SO YOU WOULD LIKE HIM -- YOU
ONLY WANTS HIM TO DO IT IF HE WANTS TO DO IT.
YOU DON'T THINK HE SHOULD BE COMPELLED TO DO IT?
>> IF HE FEELS IT IS APPROPRIATE AND SPECIAL COUNSEL WANTS HIM TO
DO IT. >> FAIR ENOUGH.
>> ALL RIGHT. >>