donald trump's twenty seventeen holiday wish list includes a second special counsel to investigate bob muller the first special counsel who was appointed to investigate donald trump now this could be a slippery slope next there could be a third special counsel appointed by congress to investigate donald trump's second this could just go on and on and on. you can't hide from me i see and hear everything you do because you're a ghost. so donald trump decided to make good on one of his election promises and bring peace to the middle east a way it was his other election promise to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital so far no peace we wish you a very happy hanukkah. and i think this one will go down as especially special. way down. even about what's going on and the love that's all over is you. and all about jerusalem the president has had plenty to boast about in twenty seventeen especially his range of very dangerous toys we are so proud of our military and it was one of the successful offense. to what happens as i said with. heading to iraq. you had just serious. heading towards now this t

the president is not discussing bob muller. >> reporter: the new york times argued that dismissing muller would have a catastrophic of eft on the trump presidency. >> these reports are salute stunning, deeply frightening, because they show again that the president will stop at nothing to protect himself. >> reporter: white house attorney ty cobb saying we declined to comment out of the office for the special counsel and it's process. >> trump said he is read to sit down with muller under oath. the attorney quickly clarified saying that is being worked out. >> mean who i will, the white house has released an outline of the immigration plan that includes a pathway to citizenship for the so-called dreamers. it would impact 1.8 million for undocumented immigrants. in return he is asking for $25 billion for his border wall with mexico. the white house proposal is depict expected to reach the senate in the coming days. >>> philadelphia's museum of the american revolution is choosing sides. the museum is showcasing it's support of the birds by temporarily renaming the first floors of the patriot

donald trump's twenty seventeen holiday wish list includes a second special counsel to investigate bob muller the first special counsel who was appointed to investigate donald trump now this could be a slippery slope. next there could be a third special counsel appointed by congress to investigate second this could just go on and on and on. you can it's hard for me i see. because you're a ghost. so donald trump decided to make good on one of his election promises and bring peace to the middle east oh wait it was his other election promise to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital so far no peace we wish you a very happy hanukkah. and i think this one will go down especially special. in thinking about what's going on and the love that's all over is you. and all about jerusalem well whether you support him or not twenty seventeen was quite a spectacular year for donald trump there's been explosions late nights on twitter and a regional shake ups twenty eighteen is now here and it seems like the potest has plenty more up his sleeve. artsy new york so of course the country has been deeply divide

on the investigation, on whether of this influences about bob muller and pursuit of what he has to do, we are all human beings at our core. what you think. >> knowing robert muller he will go full speed ahead on his mandate and that is to turn over every rock and see what happened. if criminal activity was afoot. >> but the criminal activity, i just want to be clear from what i heard from investigators, especially if you are the president your clinging to obstruction of justice. proving anything else might be more problematic. do you agree? >> i actually think the interview, the act of giving the president a chance to get his statement on the record, i'm one of those people who believes the president is not the actual target. i think they are getting ready for an indictment of some kind. i don't it will get to the level of the president. he's been giving statements every day on twitter and there's really no need to interview him. and it's just something that has to do an investigation like the. >> i've heard from those legally advising the president , some feel it's a trap. you say. >

now, the president, you know, bob muller may not have been fired, but we do know from "the times" reporting is president trump directed the white house counsel to fire him. that was an action. a direction. and gave it. it was only because the counsel stopped him that, you know, that mueller survived. >> okay. we're going to leave it right there. it just -- the beat goes on, yes. all right, selena, patrick healy, thank you. >>> all right two decades and more than 150 victims. the fallout from the disgraced olympic doctor is far from over. members from the house and senate are working together to get answers. we'll speak with one of the main drivers behind that effort after this. >>> and a sea of support flooding the streets at michigan state last night to stand in solidarity with the young women targeted by larry nassar. stay with us. join t-mobile, and when you buy one of the latest samsung galaxy phones get a samsung galaxy s8 free. yahoooo! ahoooo! plus, unlimited family plans come with netflix included. spectacular! so, you can watch all your netflix favorites on your new samsung phones.

bob muller may insist answer some questions form or fashion like they did with bill clinton.hink donald trump is trying to project confidence, that he has nothing to hide, that he wants to answer question. i said to you earlier on news room this morning that may be false confidence because judge napolitano is right. bob mueller's team is thorough. they have details and dates. donald trump's strength is not choosing his words carefully. paying attention to details. he cannot approach an interview with bob mueller the way i could, for example, with press. he has to be cautious and careful or there could be serious consequences. >> sandra: the white house response has been we are cooperating. high level white house people have already been interviewed. many inside of the house have already been questioned by mueller. >> melissa: oh though by judge napolitano's logic they should never talk to anybody. they could create a perjury trap for anyone that goes and talks to them. that's the truth. but, at the same time, you know, at some points you have to go forward and present your ca

agency of the united states was just a measure of respect and if a person of the credibility of bob muller were to present evidence and information the president's wrong doing that that would carry great weight regardless of your political affiliation but what seems to be happening here in the united states is that republicans have decided that they are going all in for trump they are no longer just going to wait for the evidence and give it a fair hearing that they've rather been engaging in a long effort to undermine the credibility of the f.b.i. and the special counsel's investigation itself to try and concoct an alternate theory of what's been going on and you heard the president say a little bit of it in your lead into this segment where he said this is a made up story while the republicans in congress are trying to put some meat on that very very thin bone by concocting some kind of trump plot within the f.b.i. with secret societies and other insane conspiracy theories that you never would believe that the republican party the party of law and order would say about the f.b.i. so we j

i've posited two scenarios i predict that within the next six months or so the special counsel bob muller is going to come up with a shocking findings probably in three areas the russia connection obstruction of justice and i think financial crimes as well i don't have any inside information but i've been following these things for decades then one of two things happens either the republicans do the responsible thing and actually begin the impeachment process which starts with an investigation by the house judiciary committee or they continue to be enablers and ignores in which case they're going to lose control of congress the democrats will take over and they can start the impeachment process in two thousand and nineteen without any republican input what about's the other scenario that he isn't impeached that he stays then what are his chances of reelection well it's pretty early to say and as you know i'm a real contrarian when it comes to real action and my theory that's been right for thirty some odd years and that you know made al-jazeera the one network that knew that donald trump

from our colleague john roberts is at the president used, allowed about how he could get rid of bob mulleraid we lost the judge on the phone. >> and i pushed back because the president can't fire muller. has to go through the attorney general's office and you don't need to say, to prove obstruction of justice. if there is intent by the president he could be charged with obstruction of justice. the judge is still there. come back in if you can. >> yes, i love all of you but i have to disagree. the president can fire anybody in the executive branch so he certainly could fire muller. but the catastrophic results, there would be no legal result other than someone else coming in to replace muller. but he didn't fire him and this was just an off brand comment. this is the new york times trying to make a big deal story just as the president is giving a major speech on the economy. it stinks. >> i agree with you. , but the consequences of firing him would not stop the investigation. it would just handed off to someone else that he would appoint. >> i agree with the president. look. i'm saying it's

muller is still there. what does it mean now? >> it means that somebody along the way talked the president out of firing bob mueller that was something he was considering. but there is, you know, further questions that need to be asked about how serious he was on that? we're not sure if this is a directive, whether or not he actually asked don mcghan, the chief counsel what it would take to fire bob mueller or suggested if this investigation takes a turn for the worse or probing things that doesn't tie into the russia meddling in the 2016 election, then i want this on the table. that we still are trying to weed out based on the different reports that we're seeing. but either way, i think it is important that this is something that the president was even talking about. it really shows how frustrated he is by this investigation, and it kind of lends itself to the narrative that we keep hearing out of the white house, they expect this to be wrapped up soon, that they're hopeful that nothing is going to come of it and they maintain there is no collusion whatsoever. neil: you're bob mueller, you hear the president might be considering ser