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   OFFERING ABOUT THE           
   SURPRISE DISMISSAL.          
   HALLIE JACKSON LOOKS         

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   AT THE TAPE.                 
   >> Reporter: IN THIS         
   TALE OF TWO DAYS, THE        

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   STORY KEEPS CHANGING.        
   >> REGARDLESS OF             
   RECOMMENDATION, I WAS        

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   GOING TO FIRE COMEY.         
   >> Reporter: FLASH           
   BACK TO TUESDAY NIGHT        

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   WHEN THE WHITE HOUSE         
   SAID THE PRESIDENT           
   ACTED.                       

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   >> NO ONE FROM THE           
   WHITE HOUSE.                 
   THAT WAS A D.O.J.            

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   DECISION.                    
   >> Reporter: ROB ROSEN       
   STEIN'S ROLE.                

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   >> BECAUSE OF THE            
   ACTIONS TO ACT ON THE        
   RECOMMENDATIONS, TAKE        

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   THE RECOMMENDATION OF        
   THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY          
   GENERAL.                     

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   >> Reporter: LATE            
   THERE DAY, A SHIFT.          
   >> FRANKLY, HE HAD           

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   BEEN CONSIDERING             
   LETTING DIRECTOR COMEY       
   GO SINCE THE DAY HE          

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   WAS LEGISLATED.              
   >> Reporter: NOW THE         
   WHITE HOUSE DEFLECTING       

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   QUESTIONS ON THE             
   REVISED RATIONAL.            
   >> HE SHOULD HAVE KNOW       

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   DIRECTOR COMEY WAS NOT       
   UP TO THE TASK.              
   >> HE HAS THE RIGHT TO       

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   FIRE FOR ANY REASON,         
   THE PROBLEM IS               
                                

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   INCONSISTENT.                
   >> FRANKLY, I'M              
   OFFENDED AT THE              

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   PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS         
   TODAY.                       
   >> Reporter: IN A            

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   SENATE HEARING, THE          
   ACTING FBI DIRECTOR          
   DEFENDED THE MAN HE          

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   REPLACED.                    
   >> DIRECTOR COMEY            
   ENJOYED BROAD SUPPORT        

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   WITHIN THE FBI AND           
   STILL DOES TO THIS           
   DAY.                         

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   >> Reporter: BACK AT         
   THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY,       
   A DIFFERENT STORY            

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   AGAIN.                       
   >> I'VE HEARD FROM           
   COUNTLESS MEMBERS OF         

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   THE FBI THAT ARE             
   GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL        
   FOR THE PRESIDENT'S          

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   DECISION AND I THINK         
   THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MAY       
   HAVE TO AGREE TO             

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   DISAGREE.                    
   >> Reporter: SOURCES         
   IN THE FBI SAYS THE          

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   PRESIDENT DAMAGED            
   RELATIONSHIPS FOR            
   FIRING COMEY LIKE HE