mr. rosenstein: this in its second is year, and we are doing quite a lot. i am not going to speak to what has or has not been done historically. you only see the ones that have been deterred. we are working together to pursue every lead, and we are encouraging private sector victims to come forward. we will keep returning indictments will make can. some of the indictments are unsealed. are notother cases that public, but in which we are working actively in pursuing charges. we will continue to pursue this strategy, this whole of government approach that you see here i the virtue of the treasury's involvement, and it will have an impact. going to have a specific deterrent impact on the people who are blocked as a result of this case, and we are going to have a general deterrent impact because we are spreading the word that anybody who attacks america is going to face an appropriate coordinated response by the united states government. >> is it true that the attorney general [inaudible] announcer: this afternoon, richard blumenthal talks about gun violence pr

mr. mueller, i have a question for you. you've asked repeatedly rob rosenstein to expand your authority. to chase down issues that have nothing to do with russian collusion. now you're running around over here, why haven't you asked mr. rosenstein, your friend, the deputy attorney general of united states to expand your investigation to include the hillary campaign? why haven't you asked mr. rosenstein to expand your investigation to look into the russian apparatchiks who gave information to a former ex-british spy who was paid through a process from the hillary clinton campaign? why don't you look at that? how come you haven't looked at the abuse and violations by your friend, mr. comey and the former attorney general of united states? i'll tell you why. because he's a hit man. he got the whole anthrax investigation wrong and has an apologized. he's out to get the president. >> sean: best one of the night. great to see you. congrats, number one on the ratings three weekends in a row. when we come back, democrats, are they finally over hillary clinton? jesse wat

mr. rosenstein actually appointed mr. mueller. but mr. sessions, the attorney general, did the right thing when he said that he had a conflict and under the rules of the department of justice, he could not be involved in the russian investigation. i think he stayed out of the russian investigation. and mr. rosenstein has been the principal person in regards to those decisions. that's how it should be. >> with regard to the fbi, which as you know is currently investigating the possible ties between the president and russia, do you think mccabe's dismissal intimidates agents who are now assigned to the russia probe? >> i think there's a lot of questions as to how much the trump administration will try to influence the independence of the department of justice and the fbi. yes, i think there's a chilling impact on individuals who are trying to do their work at the department of justice and at the fbi. >> what about congress, sir? is congress conducting any oversight of the many high-level firings from trump's justice department? and what hap

mr. rosenstein to expand yourou investigation to look into the russian apparatus, who gave information to foreign ex-british who was paid through a laundered process by the hillary clinton campaign and the dnc, mr. clouseau, how don't you look at t that? why don't you look at the abuse and violations by your friend,or mr. comey, and the former attorney general and the fisa court? i'll tell you why! because this guy's a hit man! this guy, who got the whole anthrax investigation wrong, and still hasn't apologized to the man he was chasing, and ruin for five years, this man is out to get the president! that's why! >> sean: inspector clouseau. best line of the night. great one. good to see you, my friend. sunday nights. congrats, number one of the ratings three weeks in a row. when we come back, democrats, are theyhe finally over hillary clinton? jesse watters and jessicaca tarlov. we'll find out who's world it is. straight ahead. you get to vote. empowering. downright exhilarating. see for yourself why chevrolet is the most awarded and fastest growing brand, the last four years overall. swit

mr. rosenstein who has authority over mr. mueller or fire mr. sessions and put somebody in who will jeopardize mr. mueller's investigation. accordingly, a bill i have, filed to , has been protect -- filed in december to protect mr. mueller. it gives him due process rights if he gets fired. a panel to show he was fired for non -- for purposes that were political and not relating to his job performance. i'm filing a discharge petition today. be filing in 10 minutes and asking all members sign it to bring this bill to the floor immediately so we can protect the special counsel, protect mr. mueller and protect america. god bless america. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call of the chair. >> the right to try act, which would allow terminally ill patients to try medication that has yet to be approved by the f.d.a. also another measure they are set to take up would make it more difficult for financial regulat

two of the constitution he can fire them if he believes they're undercutting himself he can fire mr rosenstein he doesn't have to wait well for mr rove sessions brucey hand if he doesn't do that it's because he doesn't want to bruce you need to appear on the on the liberal cable stations to tell people that because they're american people aren't told that very often philip john brennan's name was mentioned here i think i know why he had such a furious and i think even childish tweet about the mccabe firing is that we go back to the lack of candor again i think john brennan is probably has the least amount of candor and all the cast of characters here i mean i would really like to know how many times he leaked to the media because that's at least one reason why mccain was let go because he leaked to the media go ahead philip. you know i agree i mean you know we keep looking at the f.b.i. and this and unfortunately the cia or at least the leadership of the cia was much more guilty of of this kind of lying and sneaking around for political reasons brennan it is known approached a number of europe

two of the constitution he can fire them if he believes they're undercutting himself he can fire mr rosenstein he doesn't have to wait well for mr rove sessions brucey hand if he doesn't do that it's because he doesn't want to bruce you need to appear on the on the liberal cable stations to tell people that because they're american people aren't told that very often philip john brennan's name was mentioned here i think i know why he had such a furious and i think even childish tweet about the mccabe firing is that we go back to the lack of candor again i think john brennan is probably has the least amount of candor and all the cast of characters here i mean i would really like to know how many times he leaked to the media because that's at least one reason why mccabe was let go because he leaked to the media go ahead philip. you know i agree i mean you know we keep looking at the f.b.i. and this and unfortunately the cia or at least the leadership of the cia was much more guilty of of this kind of lying and sneaking around for political reasons brennan it is known approached a number of europe

two of the constitution he can fire them if he believes they're undercutting himself he can fire mr rosenstein he doesn't have to wait well for misrule sessions brucey hand if he doesn't do that it's because he doesn't want to bruce you need to appear on the on the liberal cable stations to tell people that because they're american people aren't told that very often philip john brennan's name was mentioned here i think i know why he had such a furious and i think even childish tweet about the mccabe firing is that we go back to the lack of candor again i think john brennan is probably has the least amount of candor and all the cast of characters here i mean i would really like to know how many times he leaked to the media because that's at least one reason why mccabe was let go because he leaked to the media go ahead philip. you know i agree i mean you know we keep looking at the f.b.i. and this and unfortunately the cia or at least the leadership of the cia was much more guilty of of this kind of lying in sneaking around for political reasons brennan it is known approached a number of europea

two of the constitution he can fire them if he believes they're undercutting himself he can fire mr rosenstein he doesn't have to wait well for mr rove sessions brucey hand if he doesn't do this because he doesn't want to bruce you need to appear on the on the liberal cable stations to tell people that because they're american people aren't told that very often philip john brennan's name was mentioned here i think i know why he had such a furious and i think even childish tweet about the mccabe firing is that we go back to the lack of candor again i think john brennan is probably has the least amount of candor and all the cast of characters here i mean i would really like to know how many times he leaked to the media because that's at least one reason why mccabe was let go because.

mr. rosenstein.othing to go into investigations of violations by this administration, and the excuse has been that the mueller investigation and the intelligence committees are looking at it, that's not a good excuse. the house judiciary committee had you been having investigations into violations of the emoluments clause and into conflicts of interest and ethical concerns going on at the white house. our country is under attack from russia. and what is our president doing? nothing. he said nothing about the 13 russians indicted for interfering in our elections. he is acting in all ways as if he is a cheerleader four vladimir putin and not the president of the united states of america. >> what about kushner's interim security clearance? i know you've been among those to express some pretty serious concerns about that. are you at ease somewhat, because john kelly has downgraded his security clearance? >> i'm pleased that it was downgraded. but i don't doubt for a second that donald trump, who does not

that you know anything that emerges out of that investigation is also fair game but the fact is mr rosenstein the deputy attorney general is the one who's empowered to police whether or not he's stepping outside of his jurisdiction and moreover remember that even if it is outside of his jurisdiction it's not like the issue goes away it would just be transferred to the main justice department attorneys who would continue to investigate if it had credibility and we know that mr trump feels uncomfortable about that he's called his attorney general most recently disgraceful because he gave to the inspector general the task of determining whether there are problems with this face to warrant concerning christopher steele than this though cia on trump and so the whether it's within or outside the special counsel's writ it's going to remain as a bird in the side of the administration all right gentlemen we're going to have to leave it there thanks to all our guests clyde wilcox bruce fein and rami hooty and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al-j

mr. rosenstein, because the attorney general recused himself to decide who gets it. certainly i'm confident it will be sent to at least the leaders of congress, and i'm quite confident that it someday will be released to the public. >> bob bennett, whose clients include a former president of the united states, counselor, thanks very much for coming on the broadcast with us tonight. >> thank you for having me, brian. >> and coming up for us, why the president is again at odds with his own party. that and more when we continue. >>> president trump is standing by his plan to impose tariffs on aluminum and steel imports. his announcement last week came as a stunner to just about everyone and it's sowing discord among other places his own party. it prompted a rare public split with speaker of the house paul ryan. his spokesperson told nbc news today, quote, we are extremely worried about the consequences of a trade war and are urging the president to not proceed with those plans. "we are extremely worried about a trade war. this tariff notion has angered u.s. allies inclu

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mr. rosenstein to get at mr. mueller, but we have done nothing. we're the people's house and we're the relevant committee, not necessarily the intelligence committee, which has responsibilities, but not the same as judiciary, yet our committee because of the actions of our chairman, mr. goodlatte, we have done nothing to look into any of the abuses of the constitution, possible violations of the emoluments cause, obstruction of justice, attacks on the judiciary, and attacks on the press by this presidency and this president. and we should be looking at all of these. but they are in bed with this president, and i think that history will judge this committee and this chairman very harshly, and many republicans harshly, for staying in bed with what i think will be seen to be the most corrupt, mendacious president in the history of the united states. >> my last question to you is about this moment, and you and your colleagues close this letter by nodding to that. you wreet, in a time of ever increasing concern over sexual harassment and growing apprec

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mr. rosenstein because the attorney general recused himself, to decide who gets it. certainly i'm confident it will be sent to at least the leaders of congress and i'm quite confident that it someday will be released to the public. >> bob bennett, whose clients include a former president of the united states, counselor, thanks very much for coming on the broadcast with us tonight. >> thank you for having me, brian. >> and coming up for us, why the president is again at odds with his own party. that and more when we continue. this this this this is my body of proof. proof of less joint pain and clearer skin. this is my body of proof that i can take on psoriatic arthritis with humira. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to both joint and skin symptoms. it's proven to help relieve pain, stop further joint damage, and clear skin in many adults. humira is the #1 prescribed biologic for psoriatic arthritis. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infect

mr. rosenstein's conduct as indicated here, we need someone from outside the chain of command in the department of justice and i still think there's a lot of work to be done. this is a positive step but not nearly enough. >> trish: we are going to see what is in the report, we are going to have a lawyer look at that. we will determine whether there's a special prosecutor down the road. bringing a special prosecutor and anything is a big deal so do they want to make sure they're doubting their eyes an end crossing their teams here? >> you're right that it's a big deal. you have to fire the deputy director of the fbi because he lives four times, twice under oath. it's also a big deal we have to reassign people off the mueller probe, when you've got cash that is convertible into a warrant to spy on american citizens. it's a huge deal when you have people of the department of justice and fbi making fundamental misrepresentations to the pfizer court. we already know all of that. we don't need to expect or general's reports. those are facts that really exist in the record. when the attorney general s

mr. rosenstein. but once he has that mandate, every single person who he, mueller, or his team unilaterally decides is interfering with his so-called investigation or is obstructing it, has told him what he believes to be a lie, commit perjury, he has the authority under that general mandate under 106.04 to prosecute that crime. even if the person never commit any crime at all simply by virtue of appointing this fellos as special counsel, he now has the unilateral authority to charge someone with a very serious crime that had nothing to do with the underlying investigation. that's very, very dangerous. that's one of the many reasons it's so important that you are spending this time to point out who exactly mr. mueller is and who his teammates. i will say this, also. the conflicts that sort this team are absolutely astounding. the only reason special counsel is appointed under the statute, of course, if there is reason to believe a crime is committed. but if specifically there is a conflict of interes

mr. rosenstein, who happens to be in charge of the mueller investigation. "the 11th hour" on a wednesday night begins now. >>> good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 405 of the trump administration, and it will take us all of this next hour just to tell you what has happened this evening. there are major developments on several fronts, here's a look at the headlines from again just the last several hours. nbc news has learned exclusively that robert mueller is asking witnesses if mr. trump had advance knowledge about e-mails stolen from the dnc and the clinton campaign. that reporting comes from our own colleagues, katy tur and carol lee. "the washington post" reporting tonight mueller is also looking at trump's apparent efforts to oust attorney general jeff sessions from his post. just today, the president said his own attorney general was disgraceful. and then tonight, the attorney general, jeff sessions, the very man, shows up in a very public, high-end d.c. restaurant, and he brings along a very special guest. axios

mr. rosenstein giving a rare interview. in it he in effect says everything's fine here. we're chugging along. this case takes up no more than 5% of my energy but nobody should consider mueller an unguided missile. what do you make of his decision to speak at all? >> brian, as a reporter, i'm not a big believer in coincidences in politics. you saw rod rosenstein having dinner with attorney general jeff sessions, at michelle richa richaud's restaurant in d.c., a sign perhaps many reporters think of solidarity as this investigation faces security any from the white house and today rod rosenstein talks to "usa today" knowing they will becoming out with no collusion. he's trying to protect the probe and protect mueller. >> our great thanks to our lead off panel tonight. julia ainsley to robert costa who spoke irish and french restaurant names tonight and will wine banks, thank you. really appreciate it. >>> coming up as we approach the first break, stormy daniels, gun politics, forth korea, tomorrow's trip to california and viewing samples of the wall. all the things that jus

mr. rosenstein. but once he has that mandate, every single person, he, mueller or his team, unilaterally decides, is interfering with this so-called investigation, or is obstructing it or told him what he believes to be a lie, committed perjury, he has the authority under that general mandate, under regulation 6 pun.04, to prosecute that crime. even if the person never committed a crime at all, by virtue of appointing this fellow as special counsel he has the unilateral authority to charge this some one with a serious crime. that's dangerous. and that's one of the many reasons it's so important that you spend this time to point out who exactly mr. mueller is and who his scheme is. i would say this also, the conflicts that mark this team are absolutely astounding. the only reason special counsel is appointed under the statute, of course, is if there's reason to believe a crime was committed. if specifically there's a conflict of interest within the justice -- department of justice. how is that it so m

mr. rosenstein when he took office and explained my serious concern about the way in which the president is interacting, especially with the fbi. i told the attorney general, it can't happen that you get kicked out of the room and the president talks to me. >> it can't happen that you get kicked out of the room, comey telling congress under oath that is exactly the kind of thing that's suspicious because it suggests the person doing the kicking out of the room knows they're doing something wrong. so the question tonight, does this all amount to obstruction? to witness tampering? we don't know. we here can report on the evidence that's piling up. whether there's a crime to charge would be a legal judgment and that just hadn't been made yet, whether people like it or not. bob mueller is the authority who will make it. but that caution doesn't mean there's nothing else to take from this bob shell reporting, the man who argumented the solicitor general report, he says that donald trump is now showing a lack of sbintegrity. he made this point about trump's conduct. >> it looks so bad, and bas

mr. rosenstein. so very interesting dynamic going on here. >> harris: some sort of support group?s. figuratively and literally. >> sandra: were they sending a message to the president? they have already said no this was not intended. >> judge mukasey, attorney general mukasey had the luxury of working for a president who when he wanted to talk to him wanted to disagree with him he picked up the phone and discussed it in the oval office rather than these tweets. this is very, very, very aggressive stuff. i have got to correct the president. mike horowitz, who is the i.g., the inspector general, is a george w. bush appointee who was reappointed by barack obama. he is respected by both parties, both sides. >> sandra: great point. >> both sides of the aisle. i think i understand the president's frustration. he believes the obama administration used the power of the government to surveil his campaign and that it was a political cruz that caused a federal judge fisa court judge sign the search warrant. to him that's a crime. judge mukasey might be right it might not technically be a cri

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mr. rosenstein will agree to fire mr.ller or whether or not we have something similar to what we saw in the 1970's president's and. nixon. with the arrival of the new lawyer have to think that that path because it could happen. inia: we are permanently uncharted waters. you mentioned earlier that ty cobb could be the next one out the door. what are you looking for to validate what you are talking about with a significant dynamic shift? jeffrey: one of two things. we will see if the president sits down for a interview and we have reports the parties are talking. that is not surprising but sooner or later will -- he will have to agree, and the ball is in mr. mueller's court. mueller is not what this that the wake the president decides he is not going to talk to him. something is going to happen. the second big will see is whether or not trump takes the actions that i discussed, which is fire the attorney general or deputy attorney general. the last week has seen a heightened escalation from this president, very personal aga

mr. rosenstein is involved in all this abuse that we think took place. you have to have a second special counsel. i hope jeff sessions figure that out. >> now, the big public critics of the attorney general sessions are in the house of representatives and not in the white house. at least this week, sandra. >> sandra: peter, how is he about to change his strategy for fighting isis? >> the president thinks isis has been run out of the caliphate that they tried to carve out for themselves in syria and iraq. >> we spent, and i was against it from the beginning, to try and say -- well, maybe not, i was against it from the beginning. we are knocking the hell out of isis. we will be out of syria very soon. >> he thinks he's got a new card for negotiations at the table with north korea and south korea. he says he may hold up a trade deal with the south koreans until they can come to a nuclear resolution in the next couple of months. it sandra. >> sandra: peter doocy. the palm trees look beautiful in the background. slight breeze. a lot better off than new york c

mr. mckay. or rosenstein. margaretta lynch. because mr.stigating interference in the russia -- the campaign. because if he was, he would do not only what i said, but he would be investigating comey and mccabe for interfering in our election. here's the big story. the obama administration didn't want to interfere with our election than the loathsome, loathsome vladimir putin. whether it's unmasking, whether it's susan rice refusing to allow the cyberspace folks to investigate, the obama administration did more to interfere with our election than the russians. that's the story. >> sean: you are one of the hardest interviews i've ever ha had. that is a superb analysis, good job as always. life, liberty and live in every sunday night and p.m., number one show on cable. you don't want to miss it. when we come back, peter schweitzer, a new book about government officials and corruption. remember he wrote the number one best seller "clinton clash of my cash." this book will be number one. his interview is next. ♪ i'm very proud of the fact that i

mr. rosenstein to fire him. stuart: so it's rosenstein's decision? >> yes.oss so rosenstein appointed him and can shut him down and could replace him. stuart: just give the man some legal advice would you tell president trump yeah, fire him. >> no, no, i think that would enhance, it's tough for me to call that legal advice because this would enhance his political problems and it would not alleviate his legal problems at all because they would appoint somebody to replace him. stuart: is it possible that the president's tweets the angry tweets about the mueller probe are like come on, get on with it , show us what you've got. now don't keep this going until the end of the year. >> he's got a 10,000 piece jig saw puzzle he's not going to show the puzzle until all those pieces are in there because he doesn't know what all the pieces are until he gets them so i would encourage people to be patient but i'll tell you something you don't want to hear after the last week i think this goes well into 2019. stuart: that's just terrible. i'm sorry. >> well it's a major d

the president did not mention mueller is a long term republican as is rod rosenstein, nominated by mr. trump. on saturday the president's personal lawyer, john dowd called on rosenstein off to bring an end to the investigation. >> i think people see thats as a massive red line that can't be crossed. >> fellow republicans urged the president not to fire mueller. >> if he tried to do that. that would be the beginning of the end. >> south carolina republican said the president's attacks sent the wrong message. sent the wrong message. >> when you are innocent, if wait a minute. sent the wrong message. >> when you are innocent, if this disinfectant spray says i have to rinse off the disinfectant after i've disinfected? yeah, i'm not gonna do that. but i am gonna do this. seventh generation's disinfectant spray. it kills 99.99% of bacteria, and there's no rinse required. which means i can spend more time tickling these babies. guess what time it is? time to come clean with seventh generation. #comeclean mother...nature! nothing smells greater than the great outdoors... especially when you'r

and he had this very public unity dinner with his deputy, rod rosenstein. mr. trump has taken pride in his ability to thrive in the midst of the chaos he likes to create. >> we have to be unpredictable. we have to be unpredictable. we have to be unpredictable, folks. >> but now aides say the president's consuming anger at mueller is making him erratic, even unglued. spoiling for a fight, any fight, the president decided to pick one on trade, announcing new tariffs against the advice of many of his top advisers and without any internal review, tweeting, trade wars are good and easy to win. >> it will be 25% for steel. it will be 10% for aluminum. >> joining me now is president trump's commerce secretary, wilbur ross. secretary ross, welcome to "meet the press." >> good to be on with you, chuck. >> all right. let me start with this. we had some reporting that said the president was looking for a fight, you gave it to him. but there weren't many preparations with this announcement. there was no diplomatic strategy. we had people at state, treasury, department of d

mr. trump's defenders in the conservative media. >> if rod rosenstein had his way, we wouldn't know about any of these scandals. people now need to be held accountable. >> democrats are hitting back. on saturday, the democratic leader of the senate's russia investigation, mark warner, tweeted, every member of congress, republican and democrat, needs to speak up in defense of the special counsel, now. >> i just think this is outrageous. the department of justice, the fbi should be independent. >> another sign the administration is trying to delegitimize the russia investigation, the 11th hour firing of former deputy fbi director andrew mccabe on friday night. just 26 hours before his formal retirement following a recommendation from the fbi. mccabe has been a target of the president for months. >> he got from 500,000 to 700,000, whatever it was. got that money for the wife. >> did you ask who he voted for? >> he has had some troubling behavior and by most accounts a bad actor. >> he's also a key witness in the russia probe. >> has there been any curtailment of the fbi's activities in this

as is the man who appointed hip, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein himself nominated by mr. trump. on saturday, the president's personal lawyer, john dowd, called on rosenstein to bring an end to the investigation. >> i think that people see that as a massive red line that can't be crossed. >> reporter: fellow republicans urged the president not to fire mueller. >> if he tried to do that, that would be the beginning of the end of his presidency. >> reporter: south carolina republican trey gowdy said the president's attacks sent the wrong message. >> when you are innocent, if the allegation's collusion with the russians and there's no evidence of that and you're innocent of that, act like it. >> reporter: white house lawyer ty cobb said the president was, quote, not considering firing mueller and presidential attorney john dowd said his comments talked about ending the investigation were his opinion, not the president's. the attacks come in the wake of the firing of the deputy director of the fbi and cbs news has confirmed that andrew mccabe did keep notes of his meetings with