. >> joining us now from washington, capitol hill reporter for the hill molly hooper. molly, good to have you you with us on this friday morning. so we saw democrats voice their concern that the president might try to have mueller filed during the process. given what you just heard from steve bannon that the president is about to go to war changing up his legal teams, give us a sense of how people are viewing the threat of possibly firing special counsel robert mueller. is this gaining more traction on those watching developments at the white house, or not? >> i thinks those people watching developments at the white house shake their head a little bit when it comes to what seems to be a chaotic atmosphere among those people who are working at the white house and those who may be fired shortly from the white house. there's so much going on. but when it comes to bob mueller, the challenge the president has is number one, it's not the president who would be firing bob mueller. it's rod rosen stein. and rosenstein has assured congress he won't do that unless there is just c

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