and goodnight from msnbc head quarters in new york. this morning, renewed concern over whether president trump could fire special counsel bob mueller, following a report he tried to do so last december. what we're learning this morning about the fbi raid of trump personal attorney michael cohen's home and office and what he has to say about it. facebook ceo, mark zuckerberg about handling of user data. today in the hot seat again, this time the house of representatives. good morning. everybody, it is wednesday, april 11th.

"new york times" reporting trump sought to fire mueller last december, according to interviews with 8 anonymous people, including advisers and people close to the president and others. this is the second instance where they moved to push out the investigator in td russian interference in the 2016 election, ordering white house counsel to ask the justice department to dismiss him last june, began threatening to quit. it was started by reports by bloomberg, reuters and "the wall street journal" that mueller issued subpoena involving trump business records. this as cnn reports the president is weighing whether to fire rod rosenstein, earlier they said he considered removing him last year. white house staffers do not take trump's word very seriously. venting has usually been dismissed by advisers and they

have come to see the statements less as direct orders but how the president talks. one advisers says people are candidate to wait until he raised an issue at least three times before acting on it. and president trump's desire to get rid of bob mueller was apparently no secret on capitol hill. weeks after he threatened to fire him, gave a speech about protecting the special counsel. warner communications director said when he delivered his red line speech to warn against firing mueller in december, a lot of people asked why now? this is why. >> mueller should be allowed to finish his job. i haven't seen clear indication yet we need to pass something to keep him from being removed

because i don't think that's going to happen. he shouldn't be removed from the office, should be allowed to finish the job. >> mueller creates more problems. he was advise against it by members of congress and frankly a lot of people on his staff. >> i have confidence in mueller, the president ought to have confidence in mueller. it would be suicide for the president to want to talk about firing mueller. >> i am not concerned he will fire mueller. i don't think he will fire rosenstein. that would be the end of his presidency. >> i think the president is too smart to fire mueller. if he did, it wouldn't end the investigation. this is painful but we have to finish. >> yesterday, the white house said the president does have authority to fire robert mueller. press secretary sarah sanders didn't say how the president planned to use the authority. >> do you believe he has the power to fire special counsel

robert mueller? >> certainly believes he has the power to do so. >> most experts believe he has to order rod rosenstein to fire mueller, and rosenstein refused. >> i know a number of individuals in the legal community and including at department of justice, he has the power to do so but i don't have any further announcements. >> i asked. they said rod rosenstein, only he has the power to fire the special counsel. >> again, we have been advised that the president certainly has the power to make that decision. i can't tell you anything beyond that. >> nbc news justice correspondent pete williams says regulations give rosenstein sole authority to fire bob mueller, and part of it is around whether constitutionally trump's power can override rosenstein's. meanwhile, senators could no longer vouch for job security of any high ranking official at the justice department.

>> you said many times that the president had the intention of firing robert mueller. does that remain the case? >> the president was asked this directly last night. i refer back to his comments. >> what about rod rosenstein? >> the president voiced his frustrations, beyond that i don't have anything else. >> fbi director wray, he signed off on the fbi raid. >> the president's voiced frustration with the situation. i haven't spoken with him directly about director wray. >> what is td nature of the relationship with jeff sessions, has he risked being fired? >> i think the president was clear about frustrations when he spoke about that last night. >> learning new details about the raid of his personal attorney michael cohen. nbc news confirmed that deputy attorney general rod rosenstein personally signed off on that

move. emily jane fox spoke with him, he said agents came, they didn't wake him up or knock down the door, were respectful, polite and courteous. thanked them as they were leaving. he was asked whether he was worried. he responded i would be lying if i told you i am not. do i need this in my life, no. do i want to be involved in this, no. he called the raid upsetting to say the least. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders didn't have answers when asked about cohen in yesterday's briefing. >> when did the president first learn of payment from michael cohen to stormy daniels. >> i am not sure on the exact timing. >> coming up on morning joe, she spoke with michael cohen, a guest later this morning. nbc news learned stormy daniels is cooperating with federal officials in the cohen

investigation. reports the cooperation in connection with broader probe that triggered the raid. broke the news the claim his client was physically threatened by a mystery man who ordered him to stay silent about the alleged affair. the lawyer says they may be close to solving the mystery. >> we were asked to delay release of the sketch. >> law enforcement? >> i am not getting into who discussed delaying it. we were asked to. >> based on how the sketch turned out and what the artist con juried, have you seen names? >> we made progress relating to the identification process, and hopeful, at this point we may not need to release the sketch. >> sounds like a big development, that you think there's an identity and name to go with the person who

intimidated your client? >> i think we're close. >> we learned during the raid of michael cohen's office, investigators were not only looking for information on the $130,000 payment to keep stormy daniels silent, also 150 pay off to former playboy model you see here, karen macdougal made by publisher of the national enquirer. she claims she had a yearlong affair with donald trump shortly after the birth of his youngest son in 2006. thanks for joining us. a busy morning already. as we have been talking about and covering, president trump is furious about special counsel bob mueller and his raid of michael cohen's office and residence and hotel room. what has been the reaction so far on capitol hill to talk the trump possibly firing mueller?

>> it is good to be back. reaction so far has been swift as you might think it to be, with republicans and democrats alike insisting this would be a very bad move for the president. you heard some of that in the open to the segment. democrats i think are going to be increasing the pressure along with some republicans to try to get mitch mcconnell to move forward with some legislation to protect bob mueller. but really what this is going to come down to immediately is that there's supposed to be a dinner at the white house this evening with mcconnell, paul ryan, speaker of the house and other top republicans with trump, and i think that may be really what we're waiting for now. >> you bring up the idea of legislation that would protect the firing of robert mueller or protect the president from being able to fire robert mueller.

i remember hearing them talk about this, lot of legislators talk about it in the past, why hasn't it happened yet? >> well, for republicans there's two issues. one is mcconnell seems to say he is sure this isn't going to happen, so the legislation isn't necessary. but the other thing is if you look at the house of representatives, the republican caucus in the house seems to be an entirely different place. there are lots of members there more interested in the moment and still investigating document production related to the hillary clinton e-mail matter than they are in anything that president trump or the russians may have done. >> all right. i know you were front and center at the mark zuckerberg testimony yesterday. going to talk to you about that bottom of the hour. thanks. >> thank you. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg is set to return to capitol hill today after facing lawmakers

yesterday over the growing list of scandals, trading his t-shirt and jeans for a suit and tie, he was questioned by members of the senate judiciary and commerce committees in a joint hearing. for nearly five hours asked about everything from preventing election meddling to protecting user privacy and data. take a listen. >> do you think you have an ethical obligation to notify 87 million facebook users? >> senator, when we heard back from cambridge analytica that they told us that they weren't using the data, we considered it a close case. in retrospect, that was clearly a mistake. >> did anybody notify the ftc? >> no, senator, for the same reason. we considered it a closed case. >> i assume facebook has been served with subpoenas for special counsel mueller's office, is that correct?

>> yes. >> have you or anyone at facebook been interviewed by special counsel's office? >> yes. >> have you been interviewed? >> i have not. >> i want to make sure you have been contacted, you have had subpoenas. >> actually, let me clarify that, i am actually not aware of a subpoena. i believe there may be, i know we're working with them. >> would you be comfortable sharing the name of the hotel you stayed in last night? >> no. >> if you messaged anybody this week, would you share with us names of people you messaged? >> senator, no. i would probably not choose to do that publicly here. >> i think that might be what this is all about. your right to privacy. the limits of your right to privacy. and how much you give away in modern america in the name of, quote, connecting people around the world. >> as we said, he will be back

on capitol hill later this morning when he goes before the house energy and commerce committee. still ahead. russia steps up to protect the assad regime after a suspected chemical attack, despite president trump's warning of strong response. and new provocation from moscow against the u.s. directly. those stories and check of the weather when we come back.

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welcome back, everybody. i'm yasmine vossoughian. bottom of the hour. questions are mounting about whether president trump plans to fire special counsel bob mueller after the white house claims trump believes he has the power to do so. this came just a day after the fbi raided the home and office of president trump's personal attorney, michael cohen.

nbc news correspondent kristin well ter has more. >> reporter: the white house says president trump has the authority to fire mueller. >> he has the power to do so. >> reporter: that seems to contradict justice department regulations that give rod rosenstein the authority to fire mueller. >> we have been advise the td t president has power to do so. >> he believes mueller crossed a line when they raided offices and residence of michael cohen, the case referred by mueller. rosenstein signing off on search warrants, saying they're interested in payments to two women who say they were paid off to stay silent about alleged affairs with president trump. stormy daniels and karen macdougal. those payments could lead to election fraud or bank fraud charges. the white house denies both women's accusations.

after unleashing a blistering attack. >> an attack on our country in a true sense, an attack on what we all stand for. why don't i justifier mueller? i think it is a disgrace what's going on, we'll see what happens. >> reporter: and tweeting a total witch-hunt and attorney/client privilege is dead. bipartisan calls for mueller to stay in place. >> i am confident this president won't do that. >> one simple message. don't even think about it. >> reporter: does the president have legal authority to fire mueller? >> if president trump is to demand that rod rosenstein fire mueller, that could very well be obstruction of justice and another count in many counts that may already makeup a charge. >> reporter: multiple sources tell nbc news stormy daniels is cooperating with federal investigators. as for the president's allegation that attorney/client

privilege is dead, that privilege does protect most but not all communication between attorneys and clients. there are some exceptions, including when communications are made with intention of committing or covering up crime or fraud. >> thank you for that report. former acting attorney general that now served as the fbi general counsel has been asked to testify by special counsel robert mueller according to a letter obtained by nbc news. dated january 2nd, he wroets to the associate deputy attorney general requesting legal representation or reimbursement of legal fees and says he does not believe he is a target or subject of mueller's. it would appear the notes are consistent with what comey later

told congress. he testified the conversation with the president, trucomplain the investigation was a cloud and asked whether comey could lift the cloud by declaring publicly he was not under investigation. comey was later fired in may of 2017. white house homeland security adviser is out of a job. he was called into john bolton's office yesterday and told he was being fired. a source with direct knowledge tells nbc news this. white house press secretary sarah sanders declined to discuss that. it was thought to be a broader effort to bring in moral ie all and establish his own team. this is two days after michael anton said he would be leaving his role. the white house removes chad

from the travel ban list. chad was added to the list in september, despite being a principal partner in the fight against terrorism. shortly after chad was added because they ran out of passport paper that prevented them supplying a sample. chad offered to send a pre-existing one, trump administration denied the request. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg back on the hill this morning for another round of tough questioning from lawmakers. he sat for a marathon session with members of the senate judiciary and commerce committees yesterday in a joint hearing. he faced nearly five hours of questioning on the cambridge analytica scandal, and whether facebook is simply too big and powerful. >> you would support some privacy rules so that everyone is playing by the same rules here, and you also said here you

should have notified customers earlier. would you support a rule that would require you to notify users of a breach within 72 hours? >> senator, that makes sense to me, and i think we should have our team follow-up with yours to discuss details around that. >> i'm talking about real competition you face. car companies face competition if they make a defective car, gets out in the world, people stop buying that car. you don't think you have a monopoly? >> certainly doesn't feel like that to me. >> i say this gently. your user agreement sucks. you can spot me 75 iq points. if i can figure it out, you can figure it out. the purpose of the user agreement is to cover facebook's rear end, it is not to inform the users about their rights.

now, you know that and i know that. i am going to suggest to you that you go back home and rewrite it, tell your $1200 lawyers no disrespect, they're good, but tell them you want it written in english, nonswahili so the average american can understand. >> round two today. zuckerberg goes before the house energy and commerce committee later this morning. joining us from washington, kneels, good to talk to you. you were front and center at the testimony yesterday. five hours of questioning with the senators. we saw some back and forth there. there was a lot to take in, a lot of moments shall we say. what are some of the most notable take aways for you? >> well, good to be back. other than john kennedy is

something of a national treasure when it comes to making sound bites for television, the other take away i think was that a lot of the senators, not that this is a surprise, but a lot of them were not entirely familiar with what exactly facebook does. this is a typical issue when you're dealing with senators, particularly given the age of some of them and extent to which they do or do not use computers and mobile phones. one thing i think that's really important that was an interesting exchange was with ben sasse, a republican from nebraska, who basically was sort of warning zuckerberg as this develops in terms of how broad a definition of content taken down is, to steer clear of getting into the business of policing political views rather than policing things like messages

that are coming in from russia. >> i think you bring up a good point. that was part of the concern, whether they would ask the questions that need to be asked. we got that answer yesterday. we know it is day two for zuckerberg, heading to house of representatives, to congress to take on more questions this morning. how do you think this will be different if at all from yesterday's testimony? >> what should happen a little differently, the energy and commerce committee is a very large panel in the house so we're going to see the same sort of situation where frankly there are probably too many lawmakers asking questions to really drill in and timing will probably be too short, but what might happen is having seen what happened in the senate, there should be some house members and house staff who are able to basically write follow-up questions off what

happened on tuesday, and one thing i would expect to see is someone is probably going to have to ask zuckerberg that resignation question that i don't think came up on tuesday. >> and that was a question that savannah guthrie asked cheryl sandberg in her interview for the "today" show, do heads need to roll from the top down, and she said we need to address leadership, but didn't seem that meant the change of leadership in the wake of this. thanks. good to see you. still ahead. senator john mccain gets a visit from a colleague as he battle brain cancer. an update on the senator's health. and connecticut hit with spring snow. a warmup is definitely on the way. another check of the forecast when we come back.

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i was grateful for the opportunity to visit senator mccain several weeks ago. we had a great conversation. he is mentally sharp, still has his sense of humor, and it was a very positive opportunity to visit with someone i consider a friend. >> welcome back. that was chris coops. it was unclear when mccain will return to the senate. jim inhoff said he would return may 1st. but he said there was miscommunication, doesn't know when mccain will return. we hope the best for him and his family. >> for sure. let's check your weather with meteorologist michelle grossman. mostly good news for us this morning. >> mostly good news. exactly. we deserve that after all of the cold the past several days. felt like winter in so many

spots. feels like winter this morning. temperatures above freezing, green bay, 31 in minneapolis, 41 in chicago. going to rebound nicely heading through the afternoon. finally talking about spring fling, return to spring. most warmth is in the middle of the country, southwest, 98 degrees today in phoenix, above normal. 80 in oklahoma city, 81 in dallas, with lots of sunshine. this warmth heads off to the east. going through the next several days, we're going to see warmth spreading into parts of the great lakes, mid-atlantic. 76 in st. louis thursday. 75 in washington, 59 in new york. saturday, temperatures are closer to 80 in parts of the northeast. we're going to talk about this quick. looking at the chance for strong storms friday. talk more about that tomorrow and friday and even snow to the north friday. still ahead, did president trump give china blame when it comes to trade and transparency? we will talk about that.

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informed back in december of 2015? >> senator, in retrospect i think we clearly view it as a mistake that we didn't inform people and we did that based on false information that we thought the case was closed and that the data had been deleted. >> so there was a decision made on that basis not to inform the users, is that correct? >> that's my understanding, yes. but in retrospect i think that was a mistake, and knowing what i know now, we should have handled a lot of things differently. >> that was during the five hour grilling on capitol hill yesterday, the eyes of silicon valley, wall street focused on that. leading to facebook's best day on the market in two years. a lot of good sound bites from yesterday's testimony. obviously wall street having positive reaction to

zuckerberg's testimony. >> absolutely. the markets have certainly given him a vote of confidence. shares 4.5% higher in trading, strongest for facebook in the last two years or so. the move added another $17 billion back to its market cap. this after facebook has lost hundreds of millions in terms of capitalization since the story broke. there's still a lot of ground to be made up for. bottom line, investors are giving him a vote of confidence. to tell you they moved with other stocks, twitter, and did send everything with a positive tone. the equity markets, the fallout from president xi's speech. going forward, they would look to tariffs for things like cars and applying more intellectual

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early days of the presidential transition, before he took the inauguration. it's on multiple fronts. nobody knows or even bothers to claim to know what the president will do next. personnel is in total flux. we're going to see probably an exodus of top talent from larry kudlow's national economic counsel. john bolton is overhauling the national security council and a number of officials are eyeing the exits and great, great policy uncertainty, particularly with trade. we can talk about it later with capitol hill worried about what trump's doing on trade and foreign policy with north korea, iran and syria. again, great uncertainty over those issues. >> you guys put it in an interesting way, saying he's governing by winging it these days, which is not necessarily a comforting thought. to say the white house is governing by winging it. >> just on that point, it really bears stressing that last week, he threatened $100 billion worth of tariffs against china.

as we reported, he did that without one single substantive policy discussion. not one, they didn't sit down and discuss the pros and cons, they just threatened $100 billion. >> just came up with it i hear you that you're saying he's past the breaking point when it comes to bob mueller. >> that's what people in there are worried about. that the raid on michael cohen's office, his personal attorney, did cross that red line that he drew in the interview with the "new york times" last year and now they're genuinely worried that he's going to fire rod rosenstein and bob mueller. they haven't seen him as angry as he was the other day. >> you bring up the subject of tariffs, there's a lot of senators that are worried about the major tariffs, how it's going to affect their farmer constituents. mitch mcconnell giving advice to fellow republicans worried about some of the tariffs, what's he telling them? >> on axios a.m. this morning we're going to take you inside the room yesterday at the senate republican lunch. mitch mcconnell told the republican senators, call trump,

call the president. express your concerns to him. because they're very, very worried, particularly the republican senators representing farming states. so pat roberts from kansas got up and gave what one person described to me as a stem-winder, worried about the chinese threats. which are already driving down crop prices. and they're not feeling reassured when they talk to the white house. >> and then now we have this interesting development, it seems the white house looking to control the fallout for republicans over these potential tariffs from china. what is the plan for, of the administration on considering how to meet that? >> well, there's, there's something i wouldn't call it a plan. i would call it a hope. free traders in their hopeful, that president trump and president xi of china can come to a deal that will give them an exit ramp from this escalating cycle of tariffs. president xi seemed to offer a bit of that exit ramp for trump,

a way this that they could both save face, saying he would consider lowing tariffs on american cars. if he could offer trump enough things to allow trump to claim victory. that may allow them to get out of this threat back and forth which is really spooking markets. >> we talked the entire show about mark zuckerberg and his testimony yesterday. day one of his testimony. day two is today it seems as if the word on the street is that zuckerberg took it home. he won yesterday. >> my colleagues said he won by forfeit or default. this was not the finest moment for the republican senate. or the democratic senate frankly. they, they didn't ask follow-ups that really probed him. he could dplibfilibuster and ta about the facebook business model and some of the senators from the film really didn't understand how facebook worked. so he had a pretty good time yesterday.

>> we'll be reading axios a.m. in just a little bit. to all of our viewers you can sign up for the newsletter at axi axios.com. i'm yasmin vossoughian, alongside louis burgdorf. "morning joe" is next. to an issue of great concern for all americans over the past year. >> for over 12 months now. >> refer of course to the investigations of the so-called watergate affair. >> russia. >> i have provided to the special prosecutor voluntarily, a great deal of material. >> i believe over a million pages worth of documents. >> time has come to bring that investigation and the other investigations of this matter to an end. >> there was no collusion. at all. no collusion. >> i was elected for the purpose of doing a job. and doing it as well as i possibly can. >> we've done a fantastic job. >> and i have no intention whatever of ever walking away from the job that the people

elected me to do. >> has the president at any time thought about stepping down. >> no, and i think that's an absolutely ridiculous question. >> well? the white house says the president has no intention of resigning. but today he is openly considering the firing of an independent investigator and what could be the most consequential political decision since five men broke into dnc headquarters more than four decades ago. welcome to "morning joe," it's wednesday, april 11th. with us we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, president of the council on foreign relations and author of the book "a world in disarray" richard haas. former fbi special agent now an msnbc special contributor, clint