David Gergen

I think we are in impeachment territory.

I think in each case, Nixon and Trump, you find questions about whether the president himself is impeding the investigation.

I think we need to know how we got here.

I salute Richard Burr, the Republican senator from my home state of North Carolina, for having the guts to say as a Republican, this is all very suspicious.

It's really imperative that we understand what happened in the last election and to throw the FBI director out at this very, very sensitive moment.

I think it's deeply troubling for our democracy, because -- it's just not -- the story the White House has put out. There's no question that Director Comey has been, you know, enveloped in controversy.

Donald Trump is -- he may not mean to do this, but he is giving the impression that he thinks danger is getting too close.

Donald Trump has a very good feel for the American public.

I don't think so, Anderson. He's got some legitimate concerns about leakage of classified documents. Republicans obviously want to pursue that. But as a general proposition, I think for the president even to be watching and so absorbed in…

What do they do now that they're in here? And I -- you know, one of the oldest adages in politics, of course, is when you are in a hole, stop digging.

They're not being proactive and they're not sort of actually helping us.

We now know that at least two weeks before Flynn was fired, the President of the United States was told by his general counsel there were real problems with Flynn.

It's a serious problem for the White House. I think viewers will find it obvious that there's a big difference between a forceful warning that Sally Yates -- as was described by Jim Sciutto as to what she's going to say versus a heads up.

This would be so much erosion of trust in government. It's really important that the president be -- to be a trusted figure and because he has credibility that's been in question here so long.

This effort to go after the press, talk about the libel law is part of a broader effort within the administration that is -- let's say, with Steve Bannon, to undermine the institutions of democracy.

It's ridiculous to have somebody who can affect, you know, come this close to power and possibly have influence over the campaign who is obviously selling something to the Russians.

It's certainly possible, Anderson. And I don't think yet we've seen a smoking gun in all of these reports, but we sure as hell are seeing a lot more smoke.

I think most presidents, especially more traditional presidents like Harry Truman would have gone nuts.

I think it was a very legitimate point of view, that, look, it's one thing to poke fun but the White House is a special place for all the people.

I think Fox would have been a lot worse off had they kept him.

We're seeing reversals in President Trump in terms of what he thought he will be doing as president.

What is notably different from other administrations is the predominance of military voices in that process.

So it is extremely important that the investigation continue.

Politically, it's going to send a signal internationally. A new sheriff is in town. For better or for worst, there's new sheriff. He's tougher. He's going to be very muscular.

I think it will be strained. I think what they benefit both most from is that the appearance of Trump possibly being a puppet of Mr. Putin. That's largely been demolished here by events over the last few weeks.