MATT AND SAVANNAH? >> ALL RIGHT.
PETER ALEXANDER AT THE WHITE HOUSE THE THANK YOU AS ALWAYS.
>>> LET'S BRING IN CHUCK TODD, MODERATOR OF "MEET THE PRESS."
GOOD MORNING TO YOU. WE HAVE ANOTHER REPORT OF TRUMP
ALLEGEDLY SAYING TO AN OFFICIAL IN THE GOVERNMENT, IN THIS CASE,
THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, TO LAY OFF THE
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION. SOMETHING THE DIRECTOR DOESN'T
EXACTLY ACKNOWLEDGED HAPPENED. HE NEVER FELT PRESSURED TO DO
THAT. WHAT DOES IT ADD UP TO WHEN YOU
ADD IN THE PRESSURE TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL?
>> THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION HAS CONSUMED THE PRESIDENT ON EVERY
LEVEL. THE REPORT ABOUT THE DIRECTOR OF
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, DAN COATS, HE WANTED HIM TO GO TO
COMEY AND LAY OFF OF MIKE FLYNN AND THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION.
IN TALKING TO PEOPLE VERY CLOSE AND SUPPORTIVE OF DAN COATS,
HE'S BEEN CONCERNED ALL ALONG BY THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIS INTERACTIONS WITH THE WHITE
HOUSE. NOW, HE TESTIFIES TODAY.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO DAYS OF THESE HEARINGS.
COMEY'S TOMORROW. THAT'S THE BIG ONE.
HE TESTIFIES TODAY. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG
PART OF THIS CONVERSATION, AS WELL.
AND HE'S GOING TO ADD TO THIS OBVIOUS NATURE WHERE THE
PRESIDENT IS JUST CONSUMED. >> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT JAMES
COMEY IS GOING TO SAY UNTIL THE WORDS COME OUT OF HIS MOUTH.
BUT THERE'S WORDS THAT HE WILL STOP SHORT OF ACCUSING THE
PRESIDENT OF TRYING TO OBSTRUCTION JUSTICE.
MIGHT WE FALL INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE THE LEGAL
DEFINITION OF OBSTRUCTION VERSUS THE EMOTIONAL DEFINITION OF
OBSTRUCTION? >> YES.
THAT'S WHY OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE CHARGES ARE HARD TO MAKE
HOLD ON THIS POINT. ALL OF THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL
EVIDENCE HERE SAYS THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING HE
COULD TO STOP THIS INVESTIGATION, FOR ONE REASON OR
THE OTHER. WE DON'T HAVE THE MOTIVATION
BEHIND IT JUST YET. BUT FOR ONE -- AND HE'S ASKED
PEOPLE TO STEP IN MULTIPLE TIMES.
YES, JAMES COMEY WILL HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHY, IF HE WAS SO
CONCERNED TO WRITE A MEMO, HE DIDN'T TAKE IT TO HIS SUPERIOR,
IN THIS CASE, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OR THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY
GENERAL. I'M SORRY.
WE'RE IN A CRISIS HERE AS A COUNTRY WITH OUR INSTITUTIONS.
IF THE REASONING IS, WHAT THE FBI OF DIRECTOR IS SUPPOSEDLY
SAY, HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO TRUST AT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, IF
WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE THE DIRECTOR OF THE FBI CAN'T TRUST
HIS SUPERIORS, THAT SUPERIOR OFFERING HIS RESIGNATION TO THE
PRESIDENT, WHERE ARE WE HERE? WE'RE NOT IN A VERY GOOD PLACE.
AND BIG PICTURE-WISE, FOLKS ON CAPITOL HILL, THIS IS ANOTHER
GUT-CHECK MOMENT FOR THEM. >> A ROLE FOR CONGRESS TO PLAY.
WE HAVE THREE BRANCHES OFF GOVERNMENT.
>> AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH IS NOT FUNCTIONING RIGHT NOW.
>> CHUCK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL BE IN WASHINGTON TOMORROW,
ALONG WITH LESTER HOLT, FOR JAMES COMEY'S TESTIMONY.
THE BROADCAST NETWORK WILL CARRY IT LIVE.
WE GET T
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