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 has a very good feel for the American public.

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.

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.

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…

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.