mr. rosenstein: -- organizations like interpol? mr. rosenstein: well, this is pretty sophisticated. you probably appreciate all this but i don't know all americans appreciate the extent we engage in countries which are our rivals including china and russia. i have visited china myself as part of an interpol conference about a year and a half ago and we have positive working relationships with law enforcement officials in all of these countries. but the point, the underlying point, which i emphasized in my remarks, we need to understand that they're coming from a different culture. they're coming from a system that has different values. what we need to do is find a way to engage, promote american interests and american values while recognizing the limitations that our partners -- that is our law enforcement colleagues in other countries have as a result of the system under which they operate. we have folks in our government who understand that well. people who suzanne and i traveled with and who participate when we meet with representatives of foreign countries and i think it's impor

mr. rosenstein has sent to mr. mueller that we don't know about and if we did, would be redacted like the one that happened on august 2nd, 2017? >> congressman, as you know, the investigation is ongoing and it would be inappropriate for me to talk about any other memos related to that. >> we already know there's been some modification of the broadest order i think you can have with this august 2nd, 2017 memo. all i'm asking is, are there any other modifications, any other changes to the parameters of an investigation into the president of the united states? >> the time of the gentleman has expired. the witness may answer. >> congressman, just to be clear, the special counsel understands the scope of its investigation and is complying with all the regulations and orders related to that. >> thank you, mr. chairman. general whitaker, you and i are both lawyers. my first day of criminal law, my professor came in and said, if someone asks you a yes-or-no question, don't repeat the question, just answer the question. in

mr. rosenstein has sent to mr. mueller that we don't know about? if we did, with a be rejected like the one that happened on august 2nd, 2017? >> as you know, the special counsel investigation is ongoing and it would be inappropriate for me to talk about any other memos related to that. >> welcome mr. whitaker, we already know that there has been some modification of the broadet order i think you can have with this august 2nd, 2017 memo. all i'm asking is, are there any other modifications? any other changes to the parameters of investigation into the president of the united states customer can speak of the time of the gentleman has expired. but witness may continue. >> just to be clear, the special counsel understands the scope of the investigation. it is complying with all regulations and orders related to that. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. general whitaker, you and i dashed my professor came in, someone asks you a "yes" or "no" question, don't just repeat the question. answer yes or no. otherwise, during her career, people will thin

mr. rosenstein has sent to mr. mueller that we don't know about, and if we did, would be redacted like the one that happened on august 2nd, 2017? >> congressman, as you know, the special counsel's investigation is ongoing, and it would be inappropriate for me to talk about any other memos related to that. >> mr. whitaker, we already know that there's been some modification of the broadest order i think you could have with this august 2nd, 2017 memo. all i'm asking is, are there any other modifications, any other changes to the parameters of an investigation into the president of the united states? >> the congressman's time has expired. the witness may answer the question. >> congressman, just to be clear, the special counsel understands the scope of its investigation and is complying with all the regulations and orders related to that. >> thank you. mr. sherman. >> don't just repeat the question, answer yes or no, otherwise people in your career will think you're not a good lawyer. we know you're a good lawyer. let

mr rosenstein has dismissed and denied reports that he discussed getting rid of mr trump.amic state group holds, preventing hundreds of civilians from fleeing. president donald trump has urged europe to take back hundreds of is members captured in syria and iraq and put them on trial. british prime minister theresa may has called on conservative mps to put aside their "personal preferences" and support her brexit deal. her plans were rejected in a vote last week but one of her senior ministers indicated that there might be a solution to the disagreements/ within the party. now on bbc news hardtalk is on location in florida.

mr rosenstein has dismissed and denied reports that he discussed getting rid of mr trump. last area the islamic state group holds, preventing hundreds of civilians from fleeing. president donald trump has urged europe to take back hundreds of is members captured in syria and iraq and put them on trial. rescue workers in zimbabwe have pulled nine people from a gold mine which has been flooded since tuesday. more people remain underground and are feared to have died. it's thought they entered the mine shafts illegally to look for gold, before heavy rain destroyed a dam upstream. now on bbc news, dateline london.

mr. rosenstein's has set to mr. mueller that we don't know about? and if we did, would be redacted like the one that happened on august 2, 2017? >> congressman, ashen of the special counsel investigation is ongoing and will be inappropriate for me to talk about any other memos related to that. >> well, we already know that there's been some modification of the broadest order i think you could have with this august august 2, 2017 memo. all i'm asking is, other any other modifications can any of the changes to the parameters of an investigation into the president of united states? the time of the gentleman has expired the witness may answer the question. >> congressman, just to be clear. the special counsel understands the scope of its the special counsel understand the scope of its investigation and is complying with all of the regulations and orders with that. lawyers. my first day of criminal law my professor said, it's about as yes or no question, doing your crew people think you're not a good lawyer. we know you're a good lawyer. let's keep advic

andrew mccabe told cbs television that mr rosenstein discussed with him how many cabinet members woulduch a step after mr trump abruptly dismissed the fbi director, james comey. here's a bit of that interview. a discussion of the 25th amendment was simply rod raised the issue and discussed it with me in the context of thinking about how many other cabinet officials might support such an effort. rosenstein was actually openly talking about whether there was a majority in the cabinet who would vote to remove the cabinet? that's correct. that interview aired on cbs television. also making news today... the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman is visiting pakistan where he announced investment agreements worth $20 billion, including an $8 billion oil refinery. he described it as just the start of an economic tie—up. the prime minister of poland, mateusz morawiecki, has cancelled a visit to israel in a growing row over anti—semitism. mr morawiecki was angered by comments from the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, was quoted in israeli media as saying "poles co—operated with the

and mr rosenstein sitting around a group report professor dershowitz dershowitz really plotting a soft coup using the twenty fifth amendment which was never designed for that for because of their opinions of the president's exercise of his authority was somehow nefarious without any basis what to do so i think that's what's most troubling so i am beginning to believe as the president has said many times that there are a lot of people in part in the bureaucracy that have never accepted his legitimacy that have never wanted him to be president are doing everything possible to undermine him michael politically what about the split in the democratic party the progression wing in the establishment wing is that where you oh it certainly does it seems that a lot of the heat and a lot of the activism a lot of the energy is on the far left but i think we see the tail wagging the dog and i think this was evidenced by this new member of congress that attacked a pac and was immediately condemned by all parts of our party although some other folks rolled their eyes that something that people who ha

mr rosenstein has dismissed reports that he discussed getting rid of mr trump as a "joke."eports from syria sayjihadists have been blocking roads out of the last area the islamic state group holds, preventing hundreds of civilians from fleeing. president donald trump has urged europe to take back hundreds of is members captured in syria and iraq and put them on trial. rescue workers in zimbabwe have pulled nine people from a gold mine which has been flooded since tuesday. more people remain underground and are feared to have died. it's thought they entered the mine shafts illegally to look for gold, before heavy rain destroyed a dam upstream. now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello, and welcome to the week in parliament, the programme that scrapes the mould off the political jam at westminster and beyond. deja vu all over again as theresa may loses another brexit vote. the ayes to the right, 258. the noes to the left, 303. for the first time, the government admits a link between its flagship welfare reform — universal credit — and hardship. and the main issue that le

mr. rosenstein here. i think it's important to know that last week when you announced that mr. cohen was coming this week, just happened to be the very same week that we learned the deputy attorney general of the united states was thinking about wearing a wire to record the commander in chief. was actually contemplating talking to cabinet members and invoking the 25th amendment. that's what we should be focused on, not this sad display we have had to go through the last several hours. and, again, it's not my words, you can take the words of the former general counsel for the house of representatives under tip o'neill. so i hope we've learned some things here today, but, mr. chairman, as i said earlier, your first big hearing, the first announced witness of the 116th congress is a gentleman who is going to prison in two months for lying to congress. i don't think that's what we should be focused on. yield back. >> thank you very much. you know, i've sat here and i've listened to all of this and it's very painful. it's very painful. you made a lot of mistakes, mr. cohen, and you'

mr rosenstein has dismissed and denied reports that he discussed getting rid of mr trump. reports from syria sayjihadists have been blocking roads out of the last area the islamic state group holds, preventing hundreds of civilians from fleeing. president donald trump has urged europe to take back hundreds of is members captured in syria and iraq and put them on trial. british prime minister theresa may has called on conservative mps to put aside their "personal preferences" and support her brexit deal. her plans were rejected in a vote last week but one of her senior ministers indicated that there might be a solution to the disagreements/ within the party. now on bbc news hardtalk is on location in florida. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. last december‘s limited ceasefire deal between the warring parties in yemen has barely alleviated the suffering of the yemeni people. welcome to hardtalk. here we sit in florida, the state you are born, raised and work on all your life and you are still here. what keeps you in the state that you confess is crazy? i think it is w

andrew mccabe told cbs television that mr rosenstein discussed with him how many cabinet members would mr trump abruptly dismissed the fbi director, james comey. here's a bit of that interview. the discussion of the 25th amendment was simply... rod raised the issue and discussed it with me in the context of thinking about how many other cabinet officials might support such an effort. rosenstein was actually openly talking about whether there was a majority in the cabinet who would vote to remove the president? that is correct. for more on this, i'm joined by our washington correspondent, chris buckler. chris, what is the mechanism, then? is this something that was technically possible for them to do? so the 25th amendment is away, essentially, replacing a president and there has to be that mechanism in case a president dies, in case he resigns or in kc isn't able to do hisjob and resigns or in kc isn't able to do his job and it resigns or in kc isn't able to do hisjob and it has been resigns or in kc isn't able to do his job and it has been used resigns or in kc isn't able to do hisjob

mr rosenstein has denied reports that he discussed getting rid of the president, and that he suggestedatejudiciary committee has promised to get to the bottom of the allegations. we will have a hearing about who is telling the truth, what actually happened. mr mccabe, you remember, was dismissed from the fbi for leaking information to the press, so you have to remember the source here. mr mccabe took over the fbi after the president fired his predecessor, james comey, in reaction to the investigation into collusion between his campaign team in russia. on sunday, trump took to twitter once again to claim he was the victim of again to claim he was the victim of a witchhunt, and calling mccabe a disgrace. threats to the presidency are many, but while trump appears u nsettled, are many, but while trump appears unsettled, it'll take more to unseat him. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first, the headlines on bbc news: seven mps announce they've quit the labour party — condemning jeremy corbyn‘s approach to brexit and antisemitism shamima begum tells the bbc she apologises f

mr rosenstein has dismissed and denied reports that he discussed getting rid of mr trump.eports from syria sayjihadists have been blocking roads out of the last area the islamic state group holds, preventing hundreds of civilians from fleeing. president donald trump has urged europe to take back hundreds of is members captured in syria and iraq and put them on trial. rescue workers in zimbabwe have pulled nine people from a gold mine which has been flooded since tuesday. more people remain underground and are feared to have died. it's thought they entered the mine shafts illegally to look for gold, before heavy rain destroyed a dam upstream. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week: what is the emergency? the us president says it's an invasion of drugs and crime on the southern border. his critics say it's a constitutional crisis of his own making. some say he is the emergency. and six weeks to go till march 29th. we take a close look atjeremy corbyn‘s moves on the brexit board. my guests today, bronwen maddox, di

mr. rosenstein and mr. mccabe need to testify under oath to get to the bottom of it.s it possible there was genuine alarm over the president's behavior weab said in private meetings and he was trying to stop the russia investigation? is it floss was legitimate concern at the top of the government among those allege two cabinet members that there was something wrong, that something had to be done. is that sufficient? >> they actually started a counter-intelligence investigation. but my question is, who authorized that? if the president was acting as an asset of the foreign government, did they go to the joint chiefs? the congressional leadership? it's a small group of people. this was reported by the "new york times" six months ago. obviously nothing came of it. but it's a story now getting legs. you can't leave this to be decide by a small group of people in a democracy. eric: how do we know this is even true. this allegedly comes from banker saying rosenstein told him. it's double hearsay. wouldn't the natural question in closed door session of congress, to say two c

mr. rosenstein: the goal is to ensure the acting attorney general believed it was appropriate that we would establish a process whereby there would be some structural independence and that comes in if the special counsel proposes to take an action and is overruled by the attorney general or acting attorney general is required that report that to congress. the special counsel is a subordinate employee who reports to the acting attorney general and complies with the requirement to obtain approval just like an acting united states attorney would need to do. so i can't answer your question because that's will be a decision the attorney general makes as to what to do with whatever information is provided to him but i can tell you that the legislation was appropriately written that we can be confident that the investigation was conducted in an independent way and if the and beyond that i think attorney general barr -- we can trust him to do that. bill barr when he was attorney general first go round in the course of his 14 months or so he appointed a couple special counsels in that era that were

mr. rosenstein, he's on his way out and there is a new sheriff in town and i think we have to look at what is attorney general barr going to do? i watched his confirmation hearings with great interest and he won me over. i think that he is going to do just what he said. he's going to be, in terms of the summary he sends to the congress, he's going to be as transparent as possible. but subject to the rules and the law. if he didn't do that he'd be putting himself above the law. so i think he's got some tough decisions to make. but the most interesting thing i thought mr. barr said in his confirmation hearings was he would not be bullied. and i thought when i heard it that was the message to the president, that he's not going to cover it up, but by the same token it's a message to congressmen like adam schiff that he's not afraid of being subpoenaed. i think he's going to do what he thinks is right and he's going to have allegiance to the rule of law and the constitution. >> point taken about barr on the way in, rosenstein on the way out. but kim, let's talk about rosenstein. i want to do th

mr. rosenstein himself. lauren: so they're brettly pree allegations. mccabe is saying rosenstein said they never search me when i go into the white house, of course i could wear a wire. do we do what senator graham is suggesting, we open another investigation to get to the truth, or does that just further distance the fbi's credibility in the minds of americans. >> this is being reviewed at the moment by the inspector general and at the end we're going to get an overview of the mueller investigation, how it started and all of these conversations. so at the right time unfortunately this falls within the russian interference investigation and we p won' wont everything at this point. lauren: this declaration of national emergency is creating a rift. the house is expected to introduce a resolution to override donald trump's declaration of a national emergency to get border wall money and construct the wall. what do you expect the senate to do here? do you expect some republican senators to go the other way and then do you expect the president to issue his v

mr. rosenstein was caught off guard when he used the memo in the firing.o andy mccabe is in this story. he will join us when he book comes out and i imagine that he finally tells his side of the story and it will be a real trigger for this president who is still around investigation for possible conspiracy with the russians. >> mccabe was a agent working on the streets of new york on organized trim cases. he worked up the fbi and was in charge of the washington field office. and when jim comey was fired he became the acting director of the fbi. he would tell you he made some mistakes, but he is fine, decent, and honorable man. i think andy is telling the truth when he describes the way that rod rosenstein reacted and the events for comey. we're seeing this now, but mueller had this for a year and three quarters. so you could be darn sure that mueller followed up on all of the leads related to this firing as any good prosecutor would. >> frank, let me read you some more of what he writes. it is similar to the picture that you paint in your role, that you fe

mr. rosenstein here. last week when you announced that mr. cohen was coming this week it is the same week we learned the deputy attorney general of the united states was not this sad display that we had to go through in the last several hours. again it's not my words, take the words of the former general council. so i hope we learned some things here today. mr. chairman, as i said earlier, your first big hearing, the first announced witness of the 116th congress, is a gentleman going to prison in two months for lying to congress. i don't they is what we should be focused on. >> thank you very much, i sat here and listened to all of t s this. it is very painful. it is very painful. you made a lot of mistakes and you admitted that. and you know one of the saddest parts of this whole thing is that some very innocent people are hurting, too. and you acknowledged that. and that is your family. you have come here today and you -- in my heart after -- and when i practice law i represent a lot of lawyers that got in trouble. and you have come saying

mr. rosenstein will resign the following month.s you're judi holliday and you were born yesterday, you can connect the dots. you can see when he says it's up to the attorney general. he's a tremendous man, he's a tremendous person. you know, nancy pelosi's daughter said when she saw her expression toward trump when she gave him -- >> i want so zero in on this, congressman, because it's really important. you were saying that you just feel like it's too much more of a coincidence and there are parts that need to be wrapped up. but robert mueller, as he has already done and can continue to do, and actually we saw boxes of documents going out to other prosecutors this week, an indication that perhaps things are being spun off into other probes, things that may be outside of his mandate but still need to be investigated. might he just be handing off some of that unfinished business as you see it? >> sure, he's doing that. robert mueller is not going to leave anything undone. i suspect judge jackson or the relevant federal judge over the

mr. rosenstein's appointment. >> thank you very much for the clarification.to note, to some extent, it's hard to ignore that the willingness to discuss ongoing investigations has not been applied evenly. i mean, you have just mentioned today that roger stone indictment, and that's an ongoing matter, but let me get back to an opportunity you have to clear the air. many have speculated that your appointment was based on your public appearances that harshly criticized the special counsel's investigation. prior to your on hiring as chief of staff to then attorney general jeff sessions, i'd like to know, did you discuss or share your private opinions of the special counsel investigation with president trump or other white house officials, such as mr. kelly, or trump family members? public surrogates like mr. giuliani? i would note this is not covered by executive privilege, because at the time you were a private citizen. s. >> congresswoman, thank you for that question. i came to washington, d.c. in october of 2017 to be attorney general sessions' chief of staff.

mr. rosenstein here. i think it's important to know that last week when you announced that mr.cohen was coming this week, just happened to be the very same week that we learned the deputy attorney general of the united states was thinking about wearing a wire to record the commander in chief. was actually contemplating talking to cabinet members and invoking the 25th amendment. that's what we should be focused on, not this sad display we have had to go through the last several hours. and, again, it's not my words, you can take the words of the former general counsel for the house of representatives under tip o'neill. so i hope we've learned some things here today, but, mr. chairman, as i said earlier, your first big hearing, the first announced witness of the 116th congress is a gentleman who is going to prison in two months for lying to congress. i don't think that's what we should be focused on. yield back. >> thank you very much. you know, i've sat here and i've listened to all of this and it's very painful. it's very painful. you made a lot of mistakes, mr. cohen, and you'v

mr. rosenstein. what do we think he meant by those comments? is he above performing for an audience of one? if so, then what was he fore shadowing? >> well,i mean, i don't know what was in his mind or his intention, but it is an argument or a case that i have heard a lot of lawyers make over this process, that really what this mueller investigation is a doj investigation. this is meant to be, if you look at the regulations, a confidential document that's given to the attorney general. we are not operating under the same rules as the ken starr investigation where everything about that was to be made public. so mueller's investigation involves grand jury testimony, it involves classified information. the republicans, when they were in control, pushed the doj to turn over documents. there were fights between the doj and the white house and congress to get documents turned over. as you saw adam schiff alluding to, now shoe is on the other foot, and the concern here now is that democrats are going to be pushing in the same way the doj to turn over d

mr. rosenstein here. i think it's important to know that last week when you announced that mr. cohen was coming this week, it happened to be the very same week that we learned the deputy attorney general of the united states was thinking about wearing a wire to record the commander in chief, was actually contemplating talking to cabinet members and invoking the 25th amendment. that's what we should be focused on coming up this sad display we've had to go through the last several hours. again, not my words. you can take the words of the former general counsel for the house of representatives under tip o'neill. i hope we've learned some things here today. mr. chairman, as i said earlier, your first big hearing, the first announced witness of the 116th congress is a gentleman who's going to prison in two months for lying to congress. i don't think that's what we should be focused on. >> thank you very much. i listen to all of this. it's very painful. it's very painful. you made a lot of mistakes, mr. cohen. you have admitted that. one of the saddest parts of this whole thing is th

mr. rosenstein made a speech and then took questions at the center for strategic and international studiesast night. [ applause ] >>> thank you very much for those welcoming remarks. it's wonderful that you could be with us here today. i'm the senior adviser at the csic. and i have the great privilege today of introducing deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. after he makes his initial remarks, he and i are going to move to the chairs here and have a little bit of a conversation and then we're going to take your questions. you all have note cards on your chairs and i would encourage you to be thinking as the remarks are given and our conversation proceeds about questions that you would like asked and when you've written them on the card, lift it up in the air and our team will collect those cards and bring them up to me. the deputy attorney general today is going to speak with us about the importance of defending the rule of law and what that means. and particularly as contrasted with authoritarian regimes such as those in china and russia. few are better suited to address these issues.

mr. rosenstein said was the -- is the standard that may be used. i think the american people expect and want to see the mueller report. if there's any intelligence questions there that may undermine our means or methods, those can be redacted. other than that, it seems to me that everything should ultimately be made public and i am convinced that there will be effort, if it's not, there will be efforts in congress to make it public. >> well, should lawmakers subpoena the report? >> if it doesn't come voluntari voluntarily, i have no hesitation to support a vote in subpoenaing for the report. >> and when rod rosenstein says, look, some of the information may not be accurate, it was collected, they can't confirm it, should that kind of information also be presented to congress? >> well, i don't know what would be in the report that bob mueller would put that isn't accurate and can't be confirmed. i would think that the report, based upon the number of indictments, guilty pleas, actual trials that it's had, that's led people to ultimately be found gui

mr. rosenstein was caught off guard when mr.he firing and he began telling people he feared he had been used. everybody is back. chuck, remind people who andy mb cane is in this story. his book comes out, he will join us when it comes out. and i imagine andy mccabe finally telling his side of the story is going to be a real trigger for this president, who's still under investigation for possible conspiracy with the russians and possible obstruction of justice. >> andy mccabe was a career fbi special agent. he started working on the streets of new york on organized crime cases. he had worked his way up through the fbi, serving as the assistant director in charge of the washington field office, became deputy director under director comey and when jim comey was fired, andy became the acting director of the fbi. i think he would tell you he made some mistakes, but on balance he's a fine, decent and honorable man. he's also a credible man. i believe that andy is telling the truth when he describes in his book the way that rod rosenn

mr. rosenstein's statements.stein is sort of known inside of justice for having a very dry wit, and it's possible to see how he could have made statements that he intend sarcastically that could have been perhaps taken seriously by people. so it's hard to know if this is an innocent misunderstanding or if there's something else here. >> i want to play something that one of our other colleagues, chuck rosenberg, had to say yesterday about some of the revelations in this book, and barbara, i'll get your reaction on the other side. >> i like andy. he's a friend of mine. i respect andy. and i had the privilege of working with andy. he was fired 26 hours shy of his 50th birthday when he would have earned his pension. andy is not a perfect man. he's made mistakes. in the future he may have to account for those. but he's a truth teller. he's telling the truth about what he saw, he's telling the truth about what he heard. >> barbara, what do you make of what chuck rosenberg said? >> i don't know andy mccabe, but i think

the new york times report last year and the department attorney general rob rosenstein suggested wearing a wire meeting with mr. trump. rosenstein's office issued the following response. quote, "the deputy attorney general never authorized any recording that mr. mccabe references." andrew mccabe also writes about his discussions about rosenstein about protecting the russia investigation at large. in a conversation on may 12th of 2017, mccabe says he told him "i feel strongly that the investigation will be best served by having a special counsel." robert mueller was appointed five days later on may 17th and the world changed for donald trump and many others. people do not appreciate how far we have fallen from normal standard of presidential accountability. everyday brings a new low with the president exposing himself as a deliberate liar who'll say whatever he pleases to get whatever he wants. if he were on the box at quantico, the fbi polygraph, he would break the machine. trump attacked mccabe for months and raising questions of federal law enforcement, mccabe was fired last year on the eve of his retirement

mr. rosenstein's appointment. >> all right, thank you very much for that clarification.d just like to note that to some extent it's hard to ignore that the willingness to discuss ongoing investigations has not been applied evenly. i mean you've just mentioned today the roger stone indictment, and that's an ongoing matter. but let me get back to an opportunity you have to clear the air. many have speculated that your appointment was based on your public appearances that harshly criticized the special counsel's investigation. prior to your hiring as chief of staff to then attorney general jeff sessions, i'd like to know did you discuss or share your private opinions of the special counsel investigation with president trump or other white house officials such as mr. kelly or trump family members or public surrogates like mr. giuliani? and i would note that this is not covered by executive privilege because at that time you were a private citizen. >> congresswoman, thank you for that question. i came to washington, d.c., in october of 2017 to be attorney general sessions' ch

mr. mccabe, rod rosenstein, mr. wray. general clapper, of course, who said no, there is no metadata collection process. then hillary clinton herself. all those people purgerred themselves but i -- purgerred themselves. >> tucker: ask about the day of the arrest, a week ago today. you said cnn was in the perimeter and that was a raid that must have been considered dangerous. there were automatic weapons. one had two side arm. a lot of guns. why were they allowed to stay there? >> i don't know. i hope senator lindsey graham and the republicans would get to the bottom of it. i would like to know who signed off on the raid. the main reason that the gag order concerns me is because i need to be able to raise the money to mount a defense. >> tucker: right. >> they have unlimited taxpayers dollars. three platoons of left wing ivy league lawyers to prosecute me. they have enormous amount of material in discovery we have to go through. three terabyte according to the press relief. so unless they go to stonedefensefund.com and i ha

mr. mccabe, rod rosenstein, mr.pher wray, general clapper, of course, who said that there is no data collection process. then hillary clinton herself. most people have perjured themselves but i am being prosecuted for perjury. >> tucker: they never gave him the figure to the man, though, and that be your main problem. let me ask you about the day of thee arrest, it we week ago today. you said that cnn remained within the security perimeter. >> yes. >> tucker: during a raid that clearly they must've considered dangerous because they had automatic weapons, at least one arresting officer had two rifles with him and a sidearm. a lot of guns. how do you think cnn was allowed to stay there? how does that make sense? >> i don't know. i hope senator lindsey graham and the house republicans will get to the bottom of that. i would like to know who signed off on this raid. the main reason that the gorder concerns me is because i need to be able to raise the money to mount a defense. they have unlimited taxpayer dollars, three

mr. rosenstein here. i think it's important to know that last week when you announced that mr. cohen was coming this week, just happened to be the very same week that we learned the deputy attorney general of the united states was thinking about wearing a wire to record the commander in chief. was actually contemplating talking to cabinet members and invoking the 25th amendment. that's what we should be focused on, not this sad display we have had to go through the last several hours. and, again, it's not my words, you can take the words of the former general counsel for the house of representatives under tip o'neill. so i hope we've learned some things here today, but, mr. chairman, as i said earlier, your first big hearing, the first announced witness of the 116th congress is a gentleman who is going to prison in two months for lying to congress. i don't think that's what we should be focused on. yield back. >> thank you very much. you know, i've sat here and i've listened to all of this and it's very painful. it's very painful. you made a lot of mistakes, mr. cohen, and you'

mr. trump asked his deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, to write a memo listing the reasons comey hadaccording to mccabe, mr. trump made a request for that memo that came as a surprise. >> mccabe: rod was concerned by his interactions with the president, who seemed to be very focused on firing the director and saying things like, "make sure you put russia in your memo." that concerned rod in the same way that it concerned me, and the f.b.i. investigators on the russia case. >> pelley: if deputy attorney general rosenstein listed the russia investigation in his memo to the white house, it could look like he was obstructing the russia probe by suggesting comey's firing. and by implication, it would give the president cover. >> pelley: he didn't want to put russia in his memo. >> mccabe: he did not. he explained to the president that he did not need russia in his memo. and the president responded, "i understand that, i am asking you to put russia in the memo anyway." >> pelley: when the memo justifying comey's firing was connection anyway, telling nbc then russian diplomats, that the rus