COMEY'S SUDDEN DISMISSAL. HALLIE JACKSON HAS
DETAILS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE PRESIDENT IS
FOCUSSING ON FINDING A NEW FBI DIRECTOR BUT THE ONE HE FIRED CAST
A SHADOW WITH QUESTIONS WHETHER THE PRESIDENT REALLY
RECORDED A DINNER WITH JAMES COMEY LIKE HE IMPLIED IN A TWEET OR
WHETHER HE RECORDS ANY PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS. WHY WON'T YOU EXPLAIN
WHETHER OR NOT THERE WERE RECORDINGS. >> THE PRESIDENT MAID
IT CLEAR -- >> THAT'S NOT MY QUESTION.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT'S WHAT THE PRESIDENT'S POSITION
IS. >> GIVEN YOU REFUSE TO CONFIRM OR DENY ANY OF
THIS, HOW IS ANY SENIOR OFFICIAL SUPPOSED TO FEEL
COMFORTABLE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> AS I SAID, HALLE. >> IF PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TAPING PEOPLE IN
THE WHITE HOUSE, THAT IS A BIG DEAL. >> Reporter: TO SOME
ON CAPITOL HILL, IT CERTAINLY IS. >> IF THERE ARE NO
TAPES, HE SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO JAMES COMEY AND THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE FOR MISLEADING THEM. >> YOU CAN'T BE CUTE
ABOUT TAPES. IF THERE ARE TAPES ABOUT THIS
CONVERSATION, THEY NEED TO BE TURNED OVER.
I DOUBT IF THERE ARE BUT WE NEED TO CLEAR THE AIR.
>> Reporter: WHY? LAWMAKERS WANT TO KNOW WHETHER PRESIDENT
TRUMP MADE IMPROPER REQUESTS OR COMEY. ONE DAY BEFORE THEIR
DINNER ON JANUARY 26th, THE ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL SALLY
YATES SAYS MIKE FLYNN IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO BLACKMAIL BUT RUSSIA.
THE P IS THE BRIEFED. AT SOME POINT EITHER THAT DAY OR THE NEXT
COMEY IS SUMMONED TO DINNER LAST MINUTE ACCORDING TO A FORMER
SENIOR FBI OFFICIALS. IN THE HOURS BEFORE THE MEAL, YATES MEETS
AGAIN WITH THE WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL. COMEY SILENT SO FAR
DECLINED AN INVITATION TO TALK TO CONGRESS. INSTEAD, HE WANTS A
PUBLIC HEARING A SOURCE CLOSE TO HIM SAYS EAGER TO STEP OUT
OF THE SHADOWS AND SHARE HIS STORY. >> HALLIE JACKSON
JOINING US LIVE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. HALLIE, THERE IS
REPORTING THAT THE PRESIDENT MAY HAVE GIVEN AWAY CLOSELY
GUARDED CLASSIFIED MATERIAL OR INFORMATION TO THE
RUSSIANS DURING A WHITE HOUSE MEETING LAST WEEK.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT IT? >> Reporter: LESTER,
THIS INFORMATION IS COMING FROM "THE WASHINGTON POST"
SAYING THAT THAT INFORMATION CAME FROM AN ALLY THAT PROVIDED
IT UNDER AN INTELLIGENCE SHARING AGREEMENT.
THE WHITE HOUSE SO FAR STAYED SILENT ABOUT THIS REPORT TO US
DESPITE OUR REPEATED REQUEST FOR COMMENT. H.R. MCELDERRY MASTER
IS TELLING "THE WASHINGTON POST" THE PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN
MINISTER OF RUSSIA, WHO HAD THIS MEETING LAST WEEK HERE AT THE
WHITE HOUSE IN WHICH APPARENTLY THIS INFORMATION WAS
DISCUSSED REVIEWED AND I'M PICKING UP THE QUOTE HERE, COMMON
THREATS FROM TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS TO INCLUDE THROUGHOUTS TO
AVIATION. AT NO TIME WERE SOURCES OR METHODS
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