this was a busy night for the archibald family.atie's brotherjohn went for gold soon after, but he was beaten into silver by england's rising star charlie tanfield, a man who has a smile to match the talent. to be fair, john put up a really good fight there, at one point, i was like, "can i hang on for the end?" but i managed to take it home, so i'm just really happy with that, to be honest. in the pool, it's england who have set the early pace. even before adam peaty‘s finals, other lions have come forward. for 21—year—old sarah vasey, any medal would have done, but with one good sprint, gold can be in touching distance.

this was a busy night for the archibald family.'s rising star charlie tanfield, a man who has a smile to match the talent. to be fair, john put up a really good fight there, at one point, i was like, "can i hang on for the end?" but i managed to take it home, so i'm just really happy with that, to be honest. in the pool, it's england who have set the early pace. even before adam peaty‘s finals, other lions have come forward. for 21—year—old sarah vasey, any medal would have done, but with one good sprint, gold can be in touching distance. sarah vasey has got it, ithink she has, she has! gold medal to sarah vasey of england! it's pretty mental, like this time last year i got my first british title, and now i'm commonwealth champion. crazy! alice tai already holds the world record in s9 backstroke — gold always looked certain on the commonwealth stage. while away from home, the man to watch is chad le clos. you might remember his father. chad will always be my beautiful boy! le clos arrived at the olympics, but it could be the common

katie archibald has won gold for scotla nd katie archibald has won gold for scotland in the 3000 metre claimed her first commonwealth title. she has w011 first commonwealth title. she has won olympic and european titles. earlier in the day, archibald had set a new games record. her older brother, john, one silver. scotland are fourth in the medal table. sarah va izey are fourth in the medal table. sarah vaizey beat the favourite in the pool in the 50 metre breaststroke final. she pushed the jamaican into silver. early this morning, there was a first gold at the games for wales. gareth evans winning. the former pension decorator was very quick to thank his coach there. wales are ninth in the table. the second round of the masters is just getting under at augusta. the 20 15th winnerjordan spieth leads the way after the first round. he's on six under after a row of five birdies ina six under after a row of five birdies in a row on the back nine at augusta. it is golf‘s first master of the year. tiger woods is won over in his first major in over two yea rs. in his first major in over two y

it's not often that katie archibald ta kes it's not often that katie archibald takes the limelight onone stage she was a solo gold, at one stage she was half a second behind her australian opponent but over 3000 metres it is who can cope with pain and the best. this means so much. it's embarrassing sometimes, with the scottish jersey, i feel uncomfortable sometimes but with this event it means so much. a busy night for the family. her brother john got silver, beat into second place by charlie tanfield england, a man with a smile to watch the talent. john put up the good fight, i was like, can i hang on but i managed to take it home and i was really happy, to be honest. in the pool england set the early pace, their summers springing surprises, for sarah vasey, any medal would have done that with a good sprint gold can be in touching distance. have done that with a good sprint gold can be in touching distancem was pretty mental, this time last yearl was pretty mental, this time last year i got my first british title and now i'm commonwealth champion. crazy. alice tai already has the wor

gold for england, scotland and wales, in the velodrome katie archibald beat rebecca wiasak from australia in the women's 3000 metres individual pursuit to give scotland their second gold of the games. this means so their second gold of the games. this means so much. ifeel uncomfortable with that but this event is means so much. and her older brotherjohn could not replicate his sister's win in his gold medal race, he missed out in the men's 4000 metres pursuit to charlie tanfield of england. meanwhile, gareth evans one wales's first gold medal of the games, he was working as a painter and decorator just a few years was working as a painter and decoratorjust a few years ago and has had funding problemsjust decoratorjust a few years ago and has had funding problems just to reach his third commonwealth games but he was top of the podium on the 69 kilos category. and england continued their good start the competition in the pool with sarah

the pain barrier to see of scotland's katie archibald. parker finished on a0 points and 12 of the ten sprints. and that is sport for now. “— ten sprints. and that is sport for now. —— and won two. aid it is more to bring you now about the story about the fire in the trump tower hotel in new york. the fire was reported on the 50th floor at trump tower in new york this evening. the new york city fire department, as you can new york city fire department, as you can see, new york city fire department, as you can see, has been tweeting about it and saying that they are responding to the blaze. there has been some video on social media showing that there was a small fire which was visible from the struck in central manhattan. not, as it happens, the first time this has happened this year at the trump tower. in january there was happened this year at the trump tower. injanuary there was a small fire on the roof of the building. any more details we get we will of course bring to you very speedily. us national guard soldiers are deploying

archibald's older brother cannot replicate his sister's wind. missed out to england's charlie canfield. garrett missed out to england's charlie ca nfield. garrett evans missed out to england's charlie canfield. garrett evans one wales first gold of the games working as a painter and decorator a few years ago and had to fight funding issues to reach his first couple of games but what a win for him, he's guild first place on the podium in the 69 kilos category. as he sealed. england continued a good start to competition in the pool with therapy cannot be surprised gold in the 50 metre breaststroke world record holder alan also won gold for england in the f9 backstroke will stop tomorrow adam will look to add to the tally when he races in the final of the 100 metres breaststroke. that is it for me. as a lwa ys breaststroke. that is it for me. as always the bbc sport website has much more for you. bbc .co .uk/ sport. that is it for us and the rest of the sports team for tonight. now it is the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the t

and in sport — scotland's katie archibald has her first and in sport — scotland's katie archibald hasity boss pep guardiola says what his side have done this season would be impossible to repeat. city could win the premier league title with a win over manchester united tomorrow. i'll have more on those stories just after 3:30pm. a news about a taxi driver from chesterfield who has died at altercation at manchester airport. he was picking up passengers when it happened. waiter manchester police say they were called to reports of and assault at a car park at terminal two. ambulances were called shortly afterwards after reports of a man collapsing, he was taken to hospital and died later. it is believed he may have had a heart attack, although this has not been confirmed. a police investigation is under way. mr taylor, known confirmed. a police investigation is underway. mrtaylor, known as brent, was described by friends as one of the nicest people you could meet. there was an altercation at mentor is the airport this morning leading to the death of william greg taylor —— at manchester a

has her first katie archibald from scotland has herfirst gold, she katie archibald from scotland has gareth evans has given wales their first commonwealth gold lifting 299 kilograms to win the weightlifting 69 kilo category. that‘s all from sport for now. about nine million people will pay more towards their pensions from today. the minimum contribution is going up from one percent of their income to three percent. 0ne accountancy firm is warning pay packets will suffer as a result, but other experts say it is easily affordable, and will mean higher incomes in retirement. 0ur personalfinance correspondent simon gompertz is here. quite a big rise, what impact will this have? if you are on the national living wage up until now you would have been paying about £6 a month into what is called the auto enrolment pension, people are automatically enrolled in the workplace at the moment, it‘s less than an hour‘s wages, that is going up than an hour‘s wages, that is going up this month and it will work out at about £20 being taken out of the pay packet per month, and it‘s going to go up again

commentator: elinor barker goes past archibald here.tes into rivals. 0lympic champions together in rio, elinor barker from wales pushed past scotland's katie archibald in the points race final, winning wales a precious second gold medal. hywel griffith, bbc news, on the gold coast. it's hotting up at the masters, golf‘s first major of the year. the leaders are out on course for the third round and rory mcilroy has been on the charge. here's our sports correspondent, joe wilson. on saturday at augusta you have to start making things happen your way. and so it fell on the third. you hit it, you buried it. here's how the ball ran on the fourth green. how about that! rory mcilroy inspired. next hole in trouble. mishit. but you really sense it could be your day when your bad shots come good. how about this? no! did he ever? did he ever! what a shot! take your luck and smile. made par. 0n the 16, mcilroy made a perfect connection. now where's the hole? there. what a shot! that was his third birdie. better than that is an eagle, so watch what

katie archibald bede is julia's scotland, injured and wales.it, to give scotla nd in the individual pursuit, to give scotland their second gold medal of the games. augie this means so much. you sometimes feel embarrassed the pride of the scotland jersey. i feel uncomfortable with it. but with this event, it means so much. gymnastics, canada went one better, taking gold, england won the mentors that event finishing second with australia third. wales won their first gold of the games in the main public sector nine kilometre weightlifting competition, gareth evans posting a total weight of 299 kilograms to finish first. let's take a look at the medal table. as you might expect from a home games, hostility well out in front. 36 in total, 1a of them gold. england just behind with 18 and canada third with 11. scotla nd 18 and canada third with 11. scotland in fourth with ten medals. ufc champion conor mcgregor has appeared in court charged with assault and kilometre after vandalising a basket any rival fighters. he was led out of the brooklyn precinc

commentator: katie archibald takes it.mmonwealth one. not any more. butjohn had to settle for silver against england's charlie tanfield. there's lots of stories of people in the 2014 year i've seen coming to track cycling, because they've seen chris hoy, or they've seen someone that they see, a famous person that's inspired them. so i've got that at home. now there's a photo for the family album. adam peaty will be back in that breaststroke final a little later on c. we can pretty much hang the gold medal around his neck already. nile wilson will be a favourite for the men's all—around gymnastics final for england and the youngest competitor at the games, anna hursey, will go for wales in the table tennis. they are up against australia. natalie pirks in brisbane, thank you. that's it. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. have a very good night. a gust angst for many but rory mcelroy is in contention in the clubhouse on four under par after his second round at the masters. a big weekend for this man, that o

17 gold medals to be one including the gymnastics final, wales and england in that one, and katie archibaldthe women's individual cycling pursuit, the men's event follows, and the swimming finals the men's 400 metres individual medal with dan wallace of scotla nd individual medal with dan wallace of scotland defending his glasgow title. also the men's four times 100 metres freestyle relay with england and scotland trying to upset the favourites, australia. we will end with some action from the commonwealth games. also with the comforting thought that sometimes, world —class comforting thought that sometimes, world—class athletes don't get everything right! cypresses best gymnast had one of those days in the men's qualifying event, first he plummeted and then the high bar of faded his grip and that wasn't his only struggle because when he dismounted, over and he went. only struggle because when he dismounted, overand he went. in spite of his triple tumble marios still qualified for the final, a reminder that even for him there is a midi who might have had a worse day than you. with that thou

he said to his first guy, hey, fire archibald cox, he's getting too close to me in watergate.ays no, attorney general, second guy says no and resigns. two resigned. third guy says i better just do it. that then became judge bourque -- he wasn't a judge at the time but worked for nixon. what happened? eventually the court said that was illegal and found another special counsel and started impeachment proceedings. so president trump needs to look carefully at what he might be doing to set that up for himself. >> would he need a cause to terminate rosenstein? >> well, no, not rosenstein. rosenstein would need cause to fire mueller. >> he doesn't need a cause? >> he sefs at trves at the plea president trump. >> and this goes to your question about obstruction. i don't think it will be obstruction but you could not do something that would otherwise be lawful if you have a corrupt intent. that's the lingo that you hinge on the corruption charge. that's what we're focused on in terms of an obstruction case. >> it's members of congress who have a bigger problem with rod rosenstein, my

katie archibald beat as julia scotland, england and wales.the women' thousand metres. that gave scotland their second gold of the games. doi it means so much. it is a nice feeling. i feel uncomfortable with that. but with this event, it means so much. pa rt with this event, it means so much. part older brotherjohn could not replicate the winner with his gold medal match. he missed out and he meant what thousand metre pursuit to england's charlie ca nfield. meant what thousand metre pursuit to england's charlie canfield. gareth evans one wales spotlight first gold. he was working as a painter and decorator before and has had to fight funding issues just reaches third commonwealth games. the sealed first place in the podium many 69 kilo category. england continued their good start to the competition in the pool with sarah basie picked up in the pool with sarah basie picked upa in the pool with sarah basie picked up a surprise gold in the 60 metre breastmilk. world record—holder also won gold for england in the f9 backstroke. tamara and pda will

to go back to richard nixon during watergate, he was angry at archibald cox but he didn't in public says is a bad man, he is surrounded by democrats. in private nixon was irritated by the fax that cox had worked for john f. kennedy and had democrats on his staff. but he didn't try to do the thing that the president did today. it didn't really sound like a president. it sounded to me as i was listening as if a martian came and heard donald trump speaking it sounded like an angry political boss in some city machine going against the prosecutor. >> we just heard from barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney from michigan, she's an even keeled speaker. i asked her for her reaction to the process that the president might take action against rod rosenstein, jeff sessions, robert mueller, some other thing he might try to do in order to shut this down, she described that as potentially disastrous for the rule of law and also something that would have politically disastrous consequences. i don't know how to assess what a political disaster is anymore. >> right. >> i guess i ask you to put that in h

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katie archibald going for a second goal in scotla nd archibald going for a second goal in scotland in are talking about, adam peaty. willie break his own world record in the 100 metres breaststroke ? i'm going to find an umbrella. thank you, mike. adam peaty is an unstoppable force, you really is. we will bring you up to date on everything that has happened in the commonwealth games overnight, tomorrow morning. and we have got mark foster chatting about that later. a girl i know from middlesbrough, aimee willmott, got a gold. absolutely cracking. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning... 300 extra police officers are being deployed in parts of london, after six people were killed in the city over the past seven days. thousands of holidaymakers are being defrauded, with booking scams on the increase. people lost almost £7 million on fake airline tickets and accommodation last year. here's ben with a look at this morning's weather. it has been quite nice. it has been mild. what is going on? that is an ominous picture behind you. it is. i am in my studio.

same i really like that. and you are recognised at the same commentator: elinor barker goes past archibaldes, but they can turn olympic champions together in rio, elinor barker from wales pushed past scotland's katie archibald in the points race final, winning wales a precious second gold medal. in the points race final, winning hywel griffith, bbc news, on the gold coast. that's it. on the gold coast. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. hello now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. hello now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. and hello now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. and welcome hello now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. and welcome along hello now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. and welcome along to hello now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. and welcome along to hello day. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. and welcome along to hello day. our now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. and welcome along to hello day. our city now on bbc one

and cycling is a family affair for the archibalds, with katie and brother john both in pursuit finals commonwealth one. not any more. butjohn had to settle for silver against england's charlie tanfield. there are lots of stories of people in 2014 coming to cycling because they have seen chris hoy or someone who has inspired them. so i've got that at home. now there's a photo for the family album. natalie pirks, bbc news, the gold coast. time for a look at the weather. today wasn't too bad where we got some sunshine. in fact, brighter spots saw temperatures climbing. it was the warmest day of the year so far. in london, temperatures god up to 17 degrees. you can see from the satellite picture there has been a lot of cloud feeding in from the south west. heavy rain in the west. that cloud will continue to move its way across the british isles and into the weekend. we lose one area of rain to the north and bring another area of showery rain into the south later. in between, clear spells, mist and fog patches. 49 degrees. winds easing. tomorrow, mist and fog patches to start with. afairam

women's sprint race as elinor barker, powered through the pain barrier to see off scotland's katie archibaldthat's all the sport for now. studio: thanks for joining studio: thanks forjoining us. 1a people have died after a bus carrying a junior ice hockey team collided with a lorry in western canada. another 1a other passengers were injured in the crash in the rural province of saskatchewan. the team were all aged between 16 and 21 years old. our north america correspondent chris buckler reports. hand in hand in hospital, team—mates are turning to each other for support, all too aware that many of those they played alongside have been killed. commentator: 18 seconds to go on this humboldt power play... in rural canada, ice hockey is a sport and a passion that unites. and in humboldt, a community ofjust 6000 people, their team, the broncos, aren'tjust seen as stars, but as sons and neighbours. there's a bit of shock and a bit of disbelief going on. a bit of thinking about how the community is going to handle this. the team, many of them teenagers, were travelling to a play—off match in a near

eleanor baka powered through the pain barrier to see of scotland's katie archibald. finished on a0 points and won two of ten sprints. scotla nd scotland added a second gold to their collection. they broke the world record in the heat before beating the welsh pair in the visually impaired sprint final. they won the time trial earlier in the week. let's get a round—up of the action and from alex. the gold rush on the gold coast continues. in the gymnastics hall, nile wilson's fans were out in force and their man delivered. the all—around title, six apparatus to contend with... commentator: he is so aware in the air. ..and he worked his way to the top of the leaderboard on the final one. commentator: nile wilson, you might as well smile and come on. a gold—medal and a proud moment for his family. the emotion of where he was in the competition, at the start of the competition, the middle of the competition, versus where he finished on the high bar was just awesome, just incredible. cheering. hang on, you're gate—crashing our interview, son. my family are the reason i'm o

eleanor baka powered through the pain barrier to see of scotland's katie archibald.ection. they broke the world record in the heat before beating the welsh pair in the visually impaired sprint final. they won the time trial earlier in the week. let's get a round—up of the action and from alex.

katie archibald will be hoping for the same later on today.e on the gold coast, the first golf major of the year, the masters, is underway. tiger woods had a lacklustre round and is one over par. rory mcllroy is three shots off the pace. remember tony finau, who dislocated his ankle celebrating a hole in one two days ago? well, he's tied for second place. he said his recovery was nothing short of a miracle. he's two shots behind jordan spieth, the champion at augusta three years ago. an eagle helped him to six under par. but what a way for sergio garcia to begin his title defence. his approach at the 15th found the water five times! he scored 13, the worst in masters history for that hole. arsenal have taken a big step towards the semi—finals of the europa league after beating cska moscow 4—1 in the first leg of their quarter—final at the emirates. winning this trophy is arsenal's only realistic route back into the champions league. we scored some great goals in the first half, and at half—time we were 4-1 first half, and at half—time we were

i believe we haven't seen since watergate, i believe there will be a saturday night massacre, an archibaldox situation, it would be terrible for the president himself, it would be terrible for the republican party in the midterms, and so we're trying to send that message to the president. i don't know what the president's going to do tonight. i hop he doesn't take an impulsive action, however. >>> coming up, slippery, slime ball, worst fbi director in history. the president is in full attack mode ahead of this interview tonight with james comey, but a new poll reveals americans find comey more believable than president trump. you're live in the cnn newsroom. . new fixodent ultra-max hold gives you the strongest hold ever to lock your dentures. so now you can eat tough food without worry. fixodent and forget it. i have no idea how we're going to get through this. follow me. unitedhealthcare has the people and tools to help guide you through the confusion. well that wasn't so bad at all. that's how we like it. unitedhealthcare. but he hasoke up wwork to do.in. so he took aleve. if he'd taken

, no major democrat was talking about impeachment until richard nixon talked about the firing of archibald cox. that's a road trump doesn't want to tread. these republicans who have been saying in a quiet way don't do it, what's going to happen is the rule of law is going to be challenged by the executive branch. and our system depends on the separation of power. >> and coequal branches. >> and coequal branches. so it's a constitutional crisis if trump fires fires mueller. >> that would be a direct attack on the rule of the law. >> the only proper place for the only patriot who cares about democracy -- what are you proposing here? >> there are a number who have planned marches including moveon.org, and there's going to bea very rapid response. if it happens, i would absolutely be out there, and i would encourage every other citizen who cares about america and the rule of law to get themselves out there within minutes if they can of rosenstein or mueller being fired. because at this point it really is a direct attack on the rule of law. donald trump will be saying he is above the rule of la

remember, during watergate the day after archibald cox was fired, the investigators went back to work. within a week leon gentlemjawor running the investigation. >> i'm not as worried about that. i think we're close to the point where trump cannot fire his wall street out of this. the southern district of new york investigation, that keeps going. now we have this dnc lawsuit. that's a civil matter. that keeps going. he can fire rosenstein or sessions, he can still fire a lot of people, but i don't know that he can fire his way out of this hole. >> you bring up john kelly. there is a moment, a time when sort of john kelly was being touted as the controller in chief. he wassiuming in as the chief of staff. he was allowing people to go in and out of the oval office, knowing, you know, weighing in on every single phone calls, yet we're seeing reporting that's exactly what is not happening. so you don't -- you think that john kelly would sort of step in if there were a threat, an imminent threat to the fire of -- >> i think it would be his responsibility to try to step in -- >> but do you

had the then solicitor general robert bork of fame for another reason later in his lif life, fire archibaldas replaced by leon jaworski, which ended up in nixon's resignation. >> harris: many of the people involved in the succession line of firing were put in place by this president. >> the law says bob mueller can only be fired by the person who appointed him. that's rod rosenstein. he had said privately and publicly if the president asked him to fire bob mueller, he would resign. the next person involved is a career doj person, whom the president did not put in. >> harris: can i stop and with one question? we for talking so much about bias with doj and the suspicion of that, if we get to that career doj person, where are we with all of this? i'm not trying to disparage anybody. there are investigations going on looking at whether or not there was bias against this president and the doj. when i hear the words "doj"... >> i don't blame you for reacting that way. worst-case scenario, this person says i'm not going to fire him either, i resigned. the next person that's the solicitor general,

remember, when richard nixon fired archibald cox in 1973 he also appointed a new special prosecutor,n jaworsky. i think that's the way to kill the investigation. firing rosenstein is more of a bang shot. and i actually doubt that would end the investigation. it would be very controversial but i don't think he would kill the investigation. >> you disagree? >> i disagree. i'm not saying it shouldn't be alarming. it wouldn't be a big problem we all should be worried about. as jeff seu said, all of these investigations would revert back to the department of justice. but also to the fbi, who are in the middle of these investigations, counterintelligence, criminal investigations. there could be 10, 20, 30. we know he's looking at russians too. i don't see how they would stop midstream. and you also have this person nobody is talking about, which is christopher wray. i don't see how career fbi agents and prosecutors would all get on board. >> but fbi agents do not work on their own. they can only bring cases if there's a justice department, if there are prosecutors working with them. the wh

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gold for england, scotland and wales, in the velodrome katie archibald beat rebecca wiasak from australiatable with that but this event is means so much. and her older brotherjohn could not replicate his sister's win in his gold medal race, he missed out in the men's 4000 metres pursuit to charlie tanfield of england. meanwhile, gareth evans one wales's first gold medal of the games, he was working as a painter and decorator just a few years was working as a painter and decoratorjust a few years ago and has had funding problemsjust decoratorjust a few years ago and has had funding problems just to reach his third commonwealth games but he was top of the podium on the 69 kilos category. and england continued their good start the competition in the pool with sarah vasey winning a surprise gold in the 50 metre breaststroke, world record holder alice tai also won gold for england in the as man backstroke. adam peaty will be racing tomorrow in the final of the 100 metres breaststroke. kimi raikkonen had mixed fortunes as he achieved the quickest time of the day in practice before this against

the prosecutor himself archibald cox was considered beyond reproach cox was a professor at harvard law, one of the keenest object i have legal minds in the country. one fateful saturday night mixon reached out to the attorney general of the united states of america elliott richardson and told him to fire cox as only the attorney general, not the president had the right to terminate a special counsel. richardson refused and then resigned as did his number two william ruckleshas why do we care the so-called saturday night massacre set off a terrible slide in the stock market. with the dow plummeting 20% over the next few months. the firing helped build a groundswell for his impeachment. it's hard to imagine him getting impeached not while the gop still controls the house but if he proceeds with his own version of a saturday night massacre which seems like a real possibility it is cerp going to be bad news for the stock market >> sell, sell, sell. >> how about syria it's not syria itself trapped in a devastating civil war but russia as there may be as many as 8,000 russian advisers down t

there was archibald cox and nixon. if you had a normal noun presidential person you're dealing with you might charge them, you might not. it's unclear whether you can charge the president of the united states. whether that can be contested. how do you navigate this if you're mueller? >> one of the things mueller was directed to do at the beginning was to comply with all policies at the department justice as if he were any other u.s. attorney. because of that, it is likely he'll comply with the olc. we don't know how the supreme court would decide this. he is likely to comply with that memo that gives the opinion that a sitting president cannot be indicted and instead the only remedy is impeachment. what might likely happen is a report that goes to congress for them to decide whether they think impeachment is appropriate. >> it's a fascinating thing to contemplate now that we know a report is being written according to reporting that ben was referencing earlier, account idea the output of it all that says we believe you

back in 1973, when nixon ordered his attorney general to fire the special counsel archibald cox, richardsonnd resigned in protest. nixon then orders the deputy attorney general, who refuses and resigns. before the night is over, the u.s. solicitor general agrees to fire cox. the question is, are we closer to a saturday night massacre than ever before? >> the situation is a little different for this reason, don -- when elliott richardson was selected attorney general, which was in may of 1973, he had to go through confirmation proceedings. during those proceedings, he made a commitment to the senate that he would, one, appoint a special counsel. and two, he would not remove that special counsel accepting for cause. so that's what was the bound secret he had made with the -- or the pledge he had made with the senate. when it came time to fire, he didn't feel he could violate his pledge to the senate, and his deputy felt the same way, that he was honor bound not to follow the president's orders, and rather to resign. the two of them actually persuaded the solicitor general to take and carry ou

man, in eany attempt to fire hi the the special counsel in my view would be an equivalent of an archibaldt massacre, would be a destabilizing event that would further paralyze congress and i think it would take us into a very bad place. a lot of my colleagues in swing and marginal districts would certainly be very negatively impacted by such a decision. they're already running in a very difficult environment. this could -- this might make it almost impossible for them. >> so, so your fellow lawmakers, your fellow republicans, you have concerns -- is there broad support for rod rosenstein and for robert mueller among republicans in congress? >> yes. i believe most republicans who represent -- i'll say most thoughtful members, republicans -- most thoughtful republican members who represent swing or marginal districts believe director mueller should be allowed to continue with his work uninterrupted, unimpeded. they believe he's a man of integrity, an honorable man, and i think that's true of most of my republican colleagues. they feel the same way about rosenstein. >> what would happen, if

nixon who saw watergate closing on him in a dramatic move got rid of not only the special prosecutor archibaldtorney general because the attorney general elliott richardson refused to dismiss cox. now, this became known as the saturday night massacre and far from taking the pressure off nixon, it actually increased congressional pressure onyxen from both parties as well as accelerated the investigation and we know what happened to him less than a year later. >> all right. scott, scott lucas speaking to us from birmingham, thank you very much. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> still to come on "cnn newsroom," the largest travel expo including a brand-new city. grab your passport. the story is coming up. surpri-- hold up. hold up. we got a laggy video call here. you need verizon, the best network for streaming. trade ya. okay, people, that's a reset. let's take it back from "surpri--" (avo) get $300 off the samsung galaxy s9+. because unlimited is only as good as the network it's on. >>> the middle east is looking for a few more tourists. the largest travel event has begun in dubai. the arabian t

this would be an archibald cox moment, a so-called saturday night massacre. it would just -- it would impact republicans in the midterm elections in very negative ways. so there is no good reason for him to fire director mueller. it would have an impact on the rule of law, people's confidence in our system of justice. so he needs to stop thinking about it and let the -- if he's -- he feels he's innocent, he should act like he's innocent. it is that -- >> you don't think he's acting that way now? >> well, i think trey gowdy said it pretty well not too long ago. the reason we introduced the legislation, we have no expectation that this legislation would become law. it would require presidential signature. >> that's exactly right. >> we're sending a message. sending a message to the president that there are a number of us in both parties who think it would be a mistake, even republicans who haven't co-sponsored my bill, many feel that it would be a terrible mistake to fire director mueller. >> in this moment where we're asking these -- i guess we call them gotch

an example that some days are always better than others in sport scottish cyclist john archibald was feeling the pain after a crash in the men's individual time trial he still managed to get over the finish line in eleventh place some degree of reward for the effort elites holeman algeciras another day in another stage when for morocco's russian elmore b.t.r. the toughest foot race on earth the marathon day saba stage three was a thirty one point six kilometer trek through the sahara desert a relatively short run compared to wednesday's enormous eighty six point two kilometers stage for the second day in a row elmore beattie beat out his brother muhammad to claim the victory and the women's category rushes that one her third straight stage. and that's all your support for now more later for that thousands of passengers have been stranded at german airports as workers from the country's biggest union staged a walkout over pay live concert has cancelled more than eight hundred flights the union wants a six percent pay rise for its two point three million public sector employees dominic

when archibald cox was fired, way back in the nixon period and he was essentially conducting the investigation, leon got appointed and carried it out. i think the chances of shutting down the mueller investigation all together i think would cause such an uproar in this country. i think would go well beyond trying to fire mueller. i would imagine the republican party would tell mr. president, you can't do that. >> even chuck grassley today said it would be suicidal to do so. it's also interesting, sarah sanders said something today. i went through the actual line of the mandate for the special counsel. and it said that the attorney general was the one, the only one who had the ability to fire and of course, because he's recused himself as the deputy. sarah sanders today said that's not even true. i just wanted to play the exchange for you and for our viewers. here it is. >> do you believe he has the power to fire mueller? >> certainly believe he has the power to do so. >> you said the president believes he has the power to fire robert mueller because usually, most legal experts believe he would

. >> and president nixon decided an earlier example of presidential trouble wanted to get rid archibald cox who was a kennedy guy. i understand why he was against him. but elliott richardson who is a republican quit. that made nixon look like the bad guy and it was all downhill from that will saturday night massacre on ward. matt, great reporting. we appreciate that. that's the breaking story right now in the west tonight. i'm joined by michael schmidt, reporter for the "new york times" and contributor, paul butler, former federal prosecutor and legal analyst, shannon pettypiece with me tonight is a white house report are for bloomberg. jennifer ruben an msnbc contributor and a writer for "the washington post." michael, it seems like this is one room but it's a couple of rooms. michael, your comment what you just heard from matt at "the post." >> i mean this is this interesting thing that hung over the administration for over a year now. what does the president really want to do with sessions and rosenstein? wanted to get rid of sessions when mueller was appointed. talked about getting

there was a lawsuit brought about by the firing of archibald cox.ber the rules at that time said you could only be fired for extra ordinary improprieties. he was a special prosecutor. a judge in the central district of washington, a respected federal judge, ruled that the firing was illegal because of regulations and the president is bound by them. the regulation said you could only be fired from gross improprieties and there were none. so the president may say i've got the power, this macho president, but the courts could stop him here. absolutely. >> phil rucker, slightly different legal picture here but many people have cited that same case. only thing i would add, this wrinkle if he decides to direct the justice department to rescind those regulations which would then free him up to fire mueller, that's another scenario they may be considering. >> phil rucker, the raich the m rachel maddow show had some documents from last year that were records confirming jim comey's account of his calls with donald trump who was pressing to shut down the russi

an example that some days are always better than others in sport scottish cyclist john archibald was feeling the pain after a crash in the men's individual time trials he still managed to get over the finish line in eleventh place some degree of reward for the effort released holeman al-jazeera. another day and another stage when from morocco is russia delmore a bt as the the toughest foot race on earth the marathon days. stage three was a thirty one point six kilometer track through the sahara desert a relatively short run compared to wednesday's enormous eighty six point two kilometers stage for the second day in a row elmore beatty beat out his brother muhammad to claim victory and then the women's category russia's knows how about a one her third straight stage and that's all you sport for now it's now back to marion and like to thank you all that wraps up the news hour but a full bulletin coming up in just a couple of minutes on stephen. carcinogen . conservation is helping to recover its snow leopard population to see the results i traveled up to the remote nature reserve of sa

an example that some days are always better than others in sport scottish cyclist john archibald was feeling the pain after a crash in the men's individual time trials he still managed to get over the finish line in eleventh place some degree of reward for the efforts to release holman al-jazeera another day in another stage when for morocco's russian elmore the toughest foot race on earth the marathon day saba stage three was a thirty one point six kilometer trek through the sahara desert a relatively short run compared to wednesday's enormous eighty six point two kilometers stage for the second day in a row elmore beattie beat out his brother muhammad to claim a victory and the women's category rushes that one her third straight stage. and that's all you sport for now more later i was fired their oil rich as a johns been ruled by members of the family for twenty five years the president assumed office after his father died in two thousand and three and is expected to win a fourth term on wednesday but human rights groups accuse him of undermining democracy by giving top jobs to fam

that is the pattern that went on in the saturday night massacre when richard nixon fired archibald cox. you had the attorney general elliott richardson refused to do it. you had the deputy attorney general refused to do it, and finally robert bork, the solicitor general, did it. basically, the president would have to work his way through the hierarchy in the justice department until he found someone to do it but he couldn't do it directly himself. >> and just kind of big picture, how stunning is today? >> it's an extraordinary day i think for a number of reasons. one is we've been watching all these things unfold relating to the mueller investigation and today we did see the president's personal attorney and someone who's worked as a lawyer for the president really for over a decade having a search warrant executed. >> not just a regular lawyer, a guy who has described himself as a fix-it man. his friend mr. schwartz has referred to him as the president's fixer. >> which basically means they're looking -- there's no way they're looking for things that don't connect to the president in

well, president nixon, to cite an earlier example of presidential trouble, wanted to get rid of archibald cox who was really a kennedy guy, and i understand why he was against him because he was coming at him. but then elliott richardson, who was a republican, quit. that made nixon look like the bad guy, and it was all downhill from that saturday night massacre onward. we appreciate that. that's the breaking story right now in "the washington post" tonight. i'm joined by michael schmidt, an msnbc contributor. paul butler is a former federal prosecutor. shannon pettypiece, a white house reporter for bloomberg. jennifer ruben. we've got a great first line here. let me talk starting with michael across the room there, across this panorama that seems like one room. it's a couple of rooms. first of all, your comment from what you just heard from matt at the post? >> well, this is this interesting thing that has hung over the administration for over a year now. what does the president really want to do with sessions and rosenstein? wanted to get rid of sessions when mueller was appointed. has t