story, republicans demanding former acting fbi director andrew mccabe and deputy attorney general ron rosensteintify on capitol hill after mccabe dropped the bombshell, plans of an inside job to remove donald trump from office using the 25th amendment. todd pyro joins us with the explosive revelation. >> expose of allegations from the former number 2 at the fbi, mccabe alleging high-level talks about kicking donald trump out of the white house. >> i was concerned that i was able to put the russia case on absolutely solid ground in an indelible fashion that where i removed quickly or reassigned or fired, the case could not be closed or vanish in the nice without a trace. >> reporter: reaction was harsh, lindsey graham saying bias against donald trump and rosenstein about the case, rosenstein wanted to wear a wire around the president. >> i imagine if the shoe were on the other foot my democratic colleagues would want to know about that conversation if it involved a democrat. >> doug collins says the scheme is right out of hollywood. >> this is worse than a 60s movie, the time in which we see the

times donald trump talked about the russia investigation saying the outgoing deputy attorney general, ron rosenstein told the attorney that i am not a subject, i'm not a target, he told the times he did not know if there's reassurances cover the separate investigation out of new york. stone -- donald trump said he did not speak with mister stone, his longtime confident, a man he has known for 3 decades and those stolen dnc emails he said he did not direct anyone do that. other big topics the president touched on in the interview with the new york times according to this report. he dismissed the importance of the proposed trump tower his team was seeking to build a mosque outside of the election and he denied his own lawyer's account late in the campaign he was still discussing the project. he also denied twitter messages about cooperating with prosecutors amount to witness tampering. michael cohen was expected to go before committees on capitol hill in february. he and his lawyer lanny davis sent a letter saying they were not going to appear at the initially scheduled testimony because they felt the

ron christie, former adviser to george w. bush. the prident is furious with his deputy attorney general, lling rod rosenstein treasonous. s the significance of, the president railing against one of his own legal f office supposedly trying to get rid of him? ron: laura, i think it i remarkable. this is the same rod rosenstein that donald trump was praising fen he is advising to james come now you have a situation where the president has taken to twitter and he has been very vocal about his discontent with thfi individual. it shocking, candidly. the president is in charge of the justice department, chief legal officer of the united states, and yet still he is trashing the deputy in that agency. laura: on another legal front, the president's declaration of a national emergency to build a border wall with mexico has already attracted a slew of lawsuits. is the president going to prevail? ron: yes, i think he will.he s on his strongest executive footing here.e beca of a statute was passed in the 1970's that said the president may allow a declaration ofmergency in certain circumstances, and the criteria has been met here. the

general way of saying he lied to his fbi colleagues. we know that when robert mueller, the letter, the release by ron rosenstein said he was picking up the counterintelligence investigation that had begun under comey. you didn't mention another counterintelligence investigation which makes no sense when you think about it. all these things are there to be explored and haven't been and i think it is puzzling, whatever mccabe says hasn't been taken with more than a grain of salt. shannon: we like to have many questions. great to have you with us. shannon: the lawyer who filed a $250 million lawsuit on behalf of nick sandman is speaking out tonight. lynwood wants to punish the washington post for allegedly targeting the covington high school team because of his politics and what would call the paper's political buys, trace gallagher is on the case from the la newsroom. >> no argument that nick sandman at the covington catholic's were vilified by numerous outlets including the washington post after sandman was shown staring down nathan phillips and is growing evidence media outlets had a conclusion before looking at the video the changes the

general counsel jakes baker told house investigator that mccabe said ron rosenstein was serious about president. promoting his book mccabe confirms those discussions and more to cbs news. until now rosenstein and those close to the deputy attorney general have said his comments were sarcastic. this has been at odds with testimony from baker under oath and even more so now with mccabe's 60 minutes interview. rosenstein resisted calls to come to capitol hill to clear up the conflict. mccabe also confirms what has been widely reported that after f.b.i. director james comey was fired by the president in may 2017, there were two investigations, one into obstruction of justice for the firing, and the other a counter intelligence case into alleged coordination between the trump campaign and moscow. >> i was very concerned that i was able to put the russia case on absolutely solid ground in an indelible fashion that were i removed quickly or reassigned or fired, that the case could not be closed or vanish in the night without a trace. i wanted to make sure that our case was on solid ground. >

at 9:00.book tv withnday, a conversation deputy attorney general ron rosenstein on rule of law norms and the united states compared with legal systems abroad, including that of china. at noonerage begins eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on our free radio app. >> presidential candidate senator amy closure was in nashua, new hampshire today, meeting voters at the home of a former state senator. the granite state traditionally holds the first in the nation presidential primary. senator bernie sanders, who announced his presidential bid last week, won the state primary in 2016. [applause] [indiscernible] i will move this over. there is a lot of room over here. there we go. we are all good. i want to thank you so much. this is a home that he and elliott made for a house party. [laughter] >> i love that you can go over here. it is great to be back in new hampshire. if you did not notice, i had a little town hall meeting here