where is rod. rod, where are you? why? he's entitled to a much better location than that. thank you, rod, very much. >> reporter: president trump tweeted about the new filings late tonight totally clears the president thank you but those filings say mr. trump directed his lawyer to commit two felonies. >> kristen welker, thank you. >>> the president also making some big announcements today revealing his nominees for attorney general and u.n. ambassador as reports swirl his chief of staff is heading for the exit. with more, here is peter alexander. >> reporter: president trump tonight tapping his pick to be america's top law enforcement official, long-time washington lawyer william barr. >> he was my first choice from day one, respected by republicans and democrats. >> reporter: if confirmed, barr would return to a position he held under president george h.w. bush and replace matt whitaker under fire for attacking the russia investigation. republicans tonight quick to praise the pick but democrats are demanding barr that would oversee the russia inquiry commit to protecting

isn't rod therefore totally conflicted?, what's your answer in. >> the tweet storm itself was completely unhinged. you would hope the commander in chief of the military would have a little better poker face and be able to hide it a little better when he's feeling stressed. that said, i agree with michael it's inappropriate for the president to lash out at his own nominated deputy attorney general. but the issue about rod rosenstein potentially having a conflict is a legitimate one was rosenstein himself could be a key witness on the obstruction of justice issue here. when comey was fired, the president based that on a memo that rod rosenstein wrote saying we, the department of justice, i recommend he be removed because he mishandled the hillary clinton e-mail situation. trump himself, however, shortly thereafter told lester holt, i got rid of comey because of the russia thing. those are two very different accounts of what happened. one could be obstruction, russia. the other, firing comey because of the hillary e-mails is n

where where is rod? ro rod, whe rod, where are you? you are entitled to a much better place. okay. thank you very much. >> and how do you -- thank you very much. how do you square that circle? >> well, i cannot square if circle, bun of the things that rod rosenstein did and precise ly the right thing to do was to seek the ethics advice of the p professionals within the office, and so to the extent that the president is tweet iing or sayi that he is conflicted the career department officials have looked at what rod said and knows and wrote and decided that he can remain in the case which is frankly looking like good thing for the rule of law. >> and is he the still in charge of the probe or matt whitaker? >> the person who runs the department of justice is matt whitaker, but the deputy attorney general is overseeing everything, and he or she is the chief operating operator of the office, and so even if he has the official sign-off, rosenstein is overseeing the investigation. >> and he was in the justice team under eric holder and so what happens if william barr is confirmed, does wh

j.lo and a-rod helped trim that tree.owed you earlier, j.lo has a new movie just in time for the holidays called "second act." it costars her bestie leah remini. >> y'all have been girlfriends for so long. do you remember when you first met? >> it was one of those instant chemistries. you love this person. >> i was friends with marc anthony. he was dating jennifer. he was doing a film. went to the premier. i was hoping jennifer was going to be ugly in real life. i was like, there's a lot of light here. i even said, why are you so pretty? i'm like, ugh, i hope she's dumb. i'm going to find something, you know? and i didn't. >> and we fell in love right there. >> make no mistake, these two are totally ride or die, but does leah approve of j.lo's man a-rod? >> you only want to see them happy. >> those are nice jeans by the way. >> again? i'm in the a piece of meet. >> her boyfriend is played by milo ventimiglia. we all know -- >> it was his heart. watching him on "this is us," i was like, this guy has so much heart and passi

it's continued to be an awkward situation with rod rosenstein in the justice department. he's obviously had a rocky relationship with the president. but i think there are a couple things at play here. obviously, this spitballing, this feeling that the president was somehow out of control, now one justice department official says this is not how rod rosenstein felt, they're denying it. but there are other things that play out besides just the decision to fire james comey, even before the president made that move. there is already a discussion among top officials at the justice department about the potential of opening an obstruction investigation because of what happened around national security adviser michael flynn. remember when donald trump had this private meeting with james comey, he encouraged comey when he was still leading the fbi to let the whole thing, let the whole investigation into flynn go and that began to raise alarms with people in the justice department even before trump decided to go ahead and fire comey. >> sarah, did president trump know this obstruct

bought me a letter or a rod rosenstein, whitaker, bill barr.t has been handled appropriately. >> dana: catherine herridge is live in washington. >> this story broke this morning, they have revealed more details about the deliberations, painting a more nuanced picture of the decision-making. the ethics review concluded that there was no actual conflict for matt whitaker to oversee the mueller problem. however, a senior ethics official was concerned over the objects that whitaker made previous negative comments about the case. recusal was "a close call," and they recommended in favor. they considered it an issue, we are told, recommended against recusal. today, rod rosenstein, pardon me, asked separately about the stalled legislation to protect the special counsel. >> the investigation is being conducted in accordance with the department of regulations, and nothing anybody says is going to affect that, so i believe that that investigation is being handled appropriately under the existing department regulations. >> one of the big changes, you will

lo and a-rod be getting together? >> j. lo, a-rod, j-rod.pez sharing these family snaps from christmas morning. everyone in matching pajamas, obviously, tearing into their christmas gifts, including, of course, a $40,000 set of louis vuitton luggage. duh! proving, of course, that stars really are just like us. >> just like us. >> yeah. i had mine, too, on christmas. >> now friends of the power couple are telling "us weekly" that, quote, an engagement is definitely on the horizon and alex is obsessed with jen and spends as much time with her as he can. >> and we are obsessed with them. if it's true, this would be alex's second time down the aisle. it would be j. lo's fourth, but, look, girl, we're not throwing any shade. you find your love, you march down that aisle as many times as it takes. >> we'll see if it happens. >>> and a final christmas note, mariah carey has set a new mark. >> he's not even getting her name right and she is the reigning queen of christmas. 24 years after its released, "all i want for christmas is you" has set a bran

curtain rods. we found one for 24 bucks. if we buy 528 thousand of those and hook them together we can cover 900 miles for 12.6 million dollars. that is an m., not a b. total cost for a beaded curtain wall, 31.3 million dollars. again an m not a b. that is .006% of the 5 billion the president wants. this right here is the definition of fiscal sensibility, people. and here is the best part.

rosenstein has refused to do. >> dan: congressman goodlatte, with regards to rod rosenstein, he seemsin a government in and of himself. i don't know if he has extraconstitutional power a member of the justice league, whatever it may be. rod rosenstein seems to be telling you all to -- he doesn't want to go on capitol hill, doesn't want to talk. is anything going to be done? common sense people say, if i did this in my job, i would be fired. >> i hope he has a short shelf life because i would think that the new attorney general would insist on having a new deputy attorney general. we have a lot to speak to mr. rosenstein regarding this meeting that took place before the special counsel took place. we wanted to talk about his involvement late in the fisa warrant process with regard to carter page and other matters. we had it set up in early october, it did not suit everyone on capitol hill, and the timing in terms of the amount of time available to ask. dozens of pages of questions we had for him, it did not work, it fell apart. we tried to ask him back. it is something for lindsay term

rod rosenstein is at the white house at a hanukkah reception.e'll get reaction now from congressman eric swalwell. thanks for being with us. what does it say to you that there was already an obstruction case opened before robert mueller was even appointed? >> they had good reason to be concerned. it looks like they were trying to prevent a five-alarm fire from turning into a six-alarm fire. the president at this point would have just fired the fbi director. we later learned that there were multiple versions of stories given as to why he fired him and then his own admission to lester holt was because of the russia investigation. so thank god they were preparing to act, because we will later see the president continue to obstruct, tamper with witnesses, and just outright lie about the investigation. so i think their cause was one that was rooted in real credible concern. >> i mean, the irony is, and it's not the first time we have realized this, that had the president not fired comey, he might have spared himself the special counsel portion of thi

and invoking the 25th. >> i have a doubt that he rod rosenstein testifies.ion to become aware would you believe you could record the president? how would you believe the 25th amendment is appropriate? what, in fact, prompted you to believe that when you are not a cabin officer and lacked the authority even to be conducting those conversations? >> in a statement, rosenstein denied the "the new york times" reporting is accurate. a source close to the general said he was being sarcastic. just of footnotes, if you will. on monday we expect the same ground rules with comey. a transcript released within 24 hours, and on a personal note, congratulations, harris! forgetting the interview with the president! well done. >> harris: thank you, that means a lot. i respect your work so much, catherine. thank you very much. for more on this, let's bring in one of the lawmakers who will be questioning james comey. republican targets men matt gaetz of the judiciary committee. >> before we get to the judiciary work, i know you just give reporting on the white house chief of s

attorney in that southern district, that person was forced to recuse himself by rod rosenstein.hat you is the -- lou: who is the only man who does not recuse himself. >> what you have is the democratic holdovers who are running this case and they clearly, when you read their sentencing memo on cohen with campaign finance, they make it sound like the holy grail of government. lou: obama, for example, would never have violated campaign finance laws. >> no, no. he got off with a fine. lou: 375,000 dollars. >> but i think the total -- lou: very quietly snuck it in. >> and the tone of that speak making in that sentencing memo is all about a partisan tone. lou: where is the border wall, gina, and why is this president reluctant and why is the republican leadership reluctant to fund a lousy $5 billion for a $25 billion wall. and the dimms are so cocky about it they're insulting the president with a $1.5 million offer so long as this money doesn't go to build a wall. >> well the democrats might want to wake up and it wouldn't hurt the republican to wake up to the fact as well. it is thi

rod rosenstein made him special counsel to investigate the president the day after rod rosenstein escorted him to the white house to interview for the job left fbi director again. robert mueller crashed and burned in that interview. the president said it, no, i need new blood, you will not be the new director. less than 24 hours later, rod rosenstein makes him the special counsel. how could he be an investigator? >> thank you so much. coming up, we will preview the looming government shutdown as the funding for the wall on our southern border now hangs in the balance. stay with us. ♪ chological? psychological. small town or big city? small town. methodists...or mules? mules. how's this? signed?! no way. nobody knows thrill seekers like we do... barnes & noble ♪ he eats a bowl of hammers at every meal ♪ ♪ he holds your house in the palm of his hand ♪ ♪ he's your home and auto man ♪ big jim, he's got you covered ♪ ♪ great big jim, there ain't no other ♪ -so, this is covered, right? -yes, ma'am. take care of it for you right now. giddyup! hi! this is jamie. we need some help. >> judge jeanine

and my view has muelle see any controversy arising muelle >> i think that's an important point. >> rod rosenstein is day to day that hasn't changed. that's a lot of people are >> to that point, the special inis telejens voted to give him wikile what did you know about >> either they are preparing an what they are going to charge there nothing there and they eviden >> for could be either of these >> there is a 30 and mueller is that's a possibility. >> stone said he has not been >> a bad sign. >> usu a bad sign. one is challenging his authority and all the grand jury work >> for could. there press depth fcedent facts. it's not the usual way you use again, we don't know what it may well be that he will look at roger stone and say he's not it may be that these guys are let's put this in the report and have a public hearing. >> to exact point, the wikile is it a protected news servic muelle to figure out does could lose? >> from the special counse we'll keep following a of breaking and developing storie washington. the president meeting wit house republ the white house. will he demand chan

rod rosenstein is at the white house at a hanukkah reception. we'll get reaction now from someone who had a front row seat sot drama. congressman eric swalwell. thanks for being with us. what does it say to you that there was already an obstruction case opened before robert mueller was even appointed? >> they had good reason to be concerned. it looks like they were trying to prevent a five-alarm fire from turning into a six-alarm fire. the president at this point would have just fired the fbi director. we later learned that there were multiple versions of stories given as to why he fired him and then his own admission to lester holt was because of the russia investigation. so thank god they were preparing to act, because we will later see the president continue to obstruct, tamper with witnesses, and just outright lie about the investigation. so i think their cause was one that was rooted in real credible concern. >> i mean, the irony is, and it's not the first time we have realized this, that had the president not fired comey, he might have spa

we have 0 get rod rosenstein in front of us.t's been almost 12 weeks since the "new york times" reported the rod rosenstein said he was thinking about wearing a wire to record the president and thinking of invoking the 25th amendment and we have yet to ask him question one. we need to get rod rosenstein in. judge jeanine: do it. you guys come on and talk about it all the time. you know i love you but enough of this nonsense. the american public has had it with you guys. >> mark meadows and i are pushing to get this done. judge jeanine: i said with obamacare ryan should have been gone and i took a lot of heat for it. that was a year and a half ago. this guy doesn't have the american people's interest at heart. jim comey decide he's going to take all these notes and leak them to his friend at columbia law school who is a non-government employee, an egomaniac who has to be at the center of everything. he's used to keeping this close to the vest because he's part of and close to the deep state and he's going to get away with it, isn

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she marries rod blanchard at age 24. together the couple welcomes a beautiful baby girl. >> perfectly healthy pretty little baby. named her gypsy rose. i was excited and very scared. i'm not going to lie i was scared. i'm 18 years old and i got a baby here. >> but she was beautiful and perfectly healthy. >> yeah, she was. nothing wrong with her. she looked perfect. >> i see you. you want to blow me a kiss? very good. >> reporter: but the relationship was far from perfect. and the couple broke up. >> and not long after dee dee was saying that she was sick, had problems sleeping, epilepsy. and it just progressed from there. leukemia. paralyzed muscular distrophy. and she would have seizures. gypsy was probably 7, 8 years old. she's in a wheelchair now, she needs a feeding tube. >> was dee dee a good mother? >> i told dee dee she was the best mother. there's no way i can do what she doing -- you have a sick child, it's constantly 24/7 taking care of her and everything i mean, i always praised her and told her, "good job." >

nadia the rod is a victim of war crimes and has experienced brutality and abuse of the most horrific and in her autobiography she has described his shock pain fear and sense of debasement at times she wanted to give up but she had preserved an innate ability to resist and was never out. managing to escape as she did was in itself a great feat but today she is receiving the nobel peace prize for her activities subsequent to her time in isis captivity she has defy the social codes of shame and silence and dared to speak up on the abuses perpetrated against herself and thousands of years see the women and children. in doing so. she has broken the stigma that has afflicted millions of women victims of war time sexual violence she has dedicated her life to be airing witness to war crimes and making sure that the world never forget this. no. move out we thank you for your extra ordinary coverage thanks . ladies and gents. dennis mcqueary and now the on the rod have made significant contributions to combat this type of a war crime by focusing attention on the suffering inflicted on women in

this is the first public acknowledgment that whitaker in fact not rod rosenstein is really in charge.lked to reporters today. >> as we have described previously, we have continued to manage the investigation as we have in the past, and it is being handled appropriately. whether it is bob mueller or rod rosenstein or matt with whitaker or bill barr, that is going to be handled appropriately by the department of juses tis. >> and joining me now is nbc justice and security analysis matt miller under attorney general eric holder ther. there is a lot to unpack here, because they were announcing a indictment against some chinese hackers today, and that is why he was in front of the cameras with chris wray, but the bottom line is the mueller probe. and so rod rosenstein is in chargek, but the ethics probe is when matt whitaker was on the private world and various cable networks criticizing the mueller probe, that it was as a private citizen and it does not affect his role as acting attorney general and so in replacing jeff sessions, he does not have to recuse himself, but at the same time th

is a mature man and the congolese now d m a rod is a young woman. u.c.d. none the less they are related to one another just as they are related to every person who is a victim of abuse they bring to mind the words of an earlier peace prize laureate topical carmen of yemen whose prize also recognize the struggle for women's rights from this very podium she said in justice against. one person is injustice against all mankind see a muslim arab woman invoked the battle waged by women in male dominated societies and described it as a fight for the dignity and rights of women and men alike she dedicated her award to all those women whom history. and the severity of ruling systems have made unseeing to all women who made sacrifices for the sake of a healthy society with just relationships between men and women to all those women who are still stumbling on the past of freedom in countries with no social justice and equal opportunities. today's peace prize laureates join a long tradition of champions of human dignity carrying on the work of cover called car money a

and remember that the attorney general rod rosenstein is the guy who laid out the case of fire in comey, so it is not unique. >> melissa: but for some of those reasons barr is such a clever picket, because you have someone out there, how can you not confirm him when he has held the job before previously? how can democrats take a shot at him? how can the never-trumpers take a shot at him. but he does agree with the president's point of view where he wrote about the usurping of executive power. in addressing james comey usurping the doj power when he stood up they are outrageously and talked about what should or should not be pursued by the doj, which was never his role. so this is a very clever pick on the president's part. >> harris: barr served as attorney general during the first bush administration from '91-'93. i want your last thought on tha that. >> brian: i love the pick. i think it is incredibly smart. and when you can try to tar and feather barr on some of the questions, the fact is that these are very legitimate questions known by people in good faith on both of the sides of t

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rod rosenstein sought to assure the public that everything is just fine. >> we've continued to manage the investigation as we have in the past. and it's being handled appropriately. whether it's bob mueller or rod rosenstein or matt whitaker or bill barr, the investigation is going to be handled appropriately by the department of justice. >> here's hoping. but the twin developments of whitaker not recusing from the mueller probe and barr being an extremist on the validity of the probe itself could undermine the investigation's independence at a crucial time. the house intel committee voted to release to the special counsel its transcript from roger stone's appearance before that committee. this follows the post reporting, last friday mueller requested an official trance crypt of stone's 2017 human. the first time the special counsel had asked the committee to turn over material it has gathered during its investigation. so what is robert mueller up to? to help us figure that out, let's bring in frank figliuzzi and matt miller, former chief spokesman for the justice department. eli, don

while the senate continues in recess, deputy attorney general rod risen stein, fbi director christopher way and u.s. torn for the southern disk of new york, announce chargers against two hockers associated before the chinese government. this is 25 minutes. >> [inaudible conversation] >> good morning. i'm honored be joined this more than by fbi director chris wray, assistant attorney general and the united states attorney general, very bur home from the season ticket of new york. the justice depth is announcing criminal indictment of two hackers associated with the chinese government. the charges include conspiracy to commit computer intrusion against dozen of companies in the united states and around the world. as with all american criminal charges, individual defendants are presumed innocent unless and until approach guilty in court. this case is significant because the defendants are accused of targeting and compromising managed service provide ifs or msps. msps are firms trusted to store, process and protect commercial data, including intellectual property and other confidential busi

that is what i don't get with rod rosenstein.e is going to get a report looking into the firing of james comey. he was one of the critical players. whether heissues is was used or played by the white house. so mueller is coming to him and saying, help me define the scope and helped me to find whether we give this report to congress, when he is reading about himself? it is otherworldly that he is involved in this case. perhaps you are right, i'm not saying you are right, but perhaps you are right here but hasn't that been corrected by the appointment of matt whitaker? we have and attorney general. we read these reports that rosenstein is still receiving information from bob mueller, but that can only be with the approbation of the attorney general. >> he was in charge for most of the investigation. ff sessions did the ethically correct >> i am really curious, let us say the special counsel columns out and proves that it is would ifby a jury or the process is that the donald trump gained the presidency illegally. he had conspiracy

he is a central figure in this entire scandal. >> he governs of rod rosenstein and others involved ind it's very specific. it says, if you have a personal or political involvement in a case or with somebody else involved in the case, you must disqualify yourself. it's not, may be, or g.i. might, it's mandatory. rosenstein has ignored the relations in the code of professional responsibility with impunity. this is a guy that has been interviewed by robert mueller the special counsel as a key witness in the case and yet, rosenstein presides over the case? this is the ultimate conflict of interest and that, instead of accusing william barr or matt whitaker of a conflict of interest, let's all take a look at rod rosenstein. he should have been kicked off of this case from the beginning. >> dan: it's amazing that everyone wants recusal's except for rosenstein. after the break, one democratic congressman had a christmas themed meltdown on capitol hill. we will show you the tape that you don't want to miss, coming up. >> dan: welcome back to a special edition of "hannity," "law & order" in am

. >>> plus only we're with a-rod and jlo for a big surprise. jenny from the block goes back to the bronx. >> then -- >> it's christmas. >> gwen reveals the real reason she hasn't married blake yet. >> and chris pratt in love and not afraid to sing about it. ♪ to keep me from getting to you babe ♪ >> this is "entertainment tonight." >>> major tv news tonight. we have the first interview with kathie lee gifford since her stunning announcement she's leaving "the today show." >> let's get started with another day time shocker. now email lllen is talking abou walking away. >> i've gotten to the point in my life where i don't have to prove anything to anybody and i don't really care what anybody thinks. >> ellen tells "the new york times" she's considering ending her hugely successful talk show. her contract is up in 2020 and she's not sure she wants to extend it. so why leave after 15 years? well, in an article called "ellen degeneres is not as nice as you think," "the new york times" says the comedian is feeling boxed in by her talk show role. seco

the people in torrington worked long and hard and produced a steel rod about a 16th of an inch in diameter, perfectly straight, beautifully polished, unvarying in its service. they put in a wooden box can sit it across to germany. then just before the war broke out, the germans responded by sending back a box which a people and ranked an open and the tissue paper and identical steel rod, same length, same diameter, same brilliant policy, same straightness and they thought they simply copied is. then they noticed to their horror that, in fact, a whole had been poured down the center of the tube and they were aghast. how is that possible that that could be done? in the war broke out and all correspondence broke down until in 1945 both companies survived the war, and the managing director of the german company came over to america and came up to torrington, and the two bosses had lunch together and ruefully the american said, i still can't get over how you board the whole and that steel rod you made so brilliantly. we were bested, bears, it was horrible. the german said that's the reason i've

rod rosenstein being near tears. john kelly reportedly over the labor day holiday screamed at in a way he's never been screamed at. whatever your politics, these are grown men being treated abusively by the president they serve. >> i'll tell you a couple things that i'm listening to joyce and chuck talk about this. i'm thinking about my career as a reporter. i've done some books. you're familiar with that work. when you're trying to do reconstructive history if you're writing narrative nongiks things that happened in a presidential campaign, you want to talk on any given thing, any event, any scene you're trying to write. you want to talk to everybody in the room. get notes, e-mails sent before, after the meeting, anything on audio anybody has and try to talk to anyone because the reality is people's memories are terrible. also the -- even people being honest with you remember things differently. on top of that, then there are people who lie. in this white house, people who lie a lot. so if you are trying to get to t

and actually, justice department officials are telling us that rod rosenstein will play the leading rolet oversight, but matt whitaker retains the decision to make the ultimate decision. >> so when whitaker says, whatever happens in the mueller investigation is going to be treated appropriately, not that we have any reason to doubt rod rosenstein's integrity in this, but what does that actually mean, appropriately? isn't it true that whitaker or barr could take mueller's report and put it in a drawer? >> yeah, they definitely play an important role here of oversight. and recusal is all about guaranteeing the appearances and public trust in justice and what's happening and independence and objectivity. so when you have someone like whitaker, who's been -- it's been recommended to that he ought to recuse, it isn't so much for having a direct conflict of interest, in that he has some monetary relationship or something that could be compromised, but based on prior statements that any decision that they make is going to be viewed with some skepticism by members of the public. and that's why t

> and, really, i think what ultimately the president is going to start doing is putting pressure on rod rosenstein-- who is in charge of this investigation, is acting attorney general-- and really try to get rod to maybe even cut the budget of bob mueller. >> stephen: good point. trump could take all the money away from bob mueller. and, just out of habit, give it to a porn star. ( laughter and applause ) ( piano riff ) so-- allegedly. so trump just hand-picked a guy who wants to stop the investigation into donald trump to be in charge of the investigation of donald trump. that's like a defendant at a murder trial saying, "your honor, you're fired. i'm going to have my friend terry take your seat. now, then, terry, if it please the court, did you throw that knife into the river like i asked? the correct answer is no." ( laughter ) and if all that's not unsettling enough-- and it is-- last year, whitaker also retweeted an article titled, "note to trump's lawyer: do not cooperate with the mueller lynch mob." that's going to be an awkward first day on the job. ( laughter ) "hey, bob, i'm y

the operator would be underneath and there's a series of rods and strings. >> justin's brother, shayne snyder, is the other heir in our story. >> these two here are made by bill fosser and these were actually two of bill's favorite puppets. this is canio from "pagliacci", and this is lakmè from the opera "lakmè." >> so, it was bill who advanced this technique of the rings and the rods? >> correct. he made many improvements to the design, like giving them a little bit of a joint here and then the walking. >> can you make them walk? >> mm-hmm. >> unbelievable. >> and you can get a lot of range of movement and motions just from lifting and turning the rod. >> ingenious, but it's tough to make a buck in puppets. so, bill only works off and on at the kungsholm, though he pays the bills with another skill he perfects there. he's a sought-after stage designer at full-scale chicago theaters. >> he was indeed a genius. he had the eye. >> actor tony mockus performed on some of bill's sets in the early days. >> every now and then, you're lucky enough to work with people who have that kind of an a

bob mueller or rod rosenstein or matt whitaker or bill barr, that investigation is going to be handledtice. >> mr. deputy attorney general, since we have the benefit of you here today, would you mind weighing in on the memo that was revealed last night from the president's pick to lead the department, bill barr, that weighs in on the mueller investigation, calling the obstruction inquiry fatally misconceived and also given the barr nomination, should we expect that the ultimate report on the mueller investigation would be deferred until he's confirmed? >> bill barr was an excellent attorney general during the approximately 14 month he served in 1991 to 1993. bill barr will be an outstanding attorney general when he's confirmed next year. the memo that you made reference to reflects mr. barr's personal opinion. he shared his personal opinion with the department. lots of people offer opinions to the department of justice, but they don't influence our own decision making. we have very experienced lawyers. and obviously, our decisions are informed by our knowledge of the actual facts of th

you know, we hope he looks at rod and sees how unfair and unjust -- >> martha: hard to be it happenedago. i'm sure it's not hard for you, you have been without him and the girls have been without him for a long time. thank you very much. good to have you with us. >> appreciate it. >> martha: you bet. >> thank you. >> martha: the latest russian hoax may be this dancing robot named boris. my friday night ladies panel weighs in. come on over, ladies. ♪ ♪ the greatest wish of all... is one that brings us together. the lincoln wish list event is here. sign and drive off in a new lincoln with $0 down, $0 due at signing, and a complimentary first month's payment. only at your lincoln dealer. and a complimentary first month's payment. 'tand in your garage,son a brand new john deere. that's not a mirage. with 60 months financing at 0%, say "happy holidays" to money well spent. if additional offers are what you desire, visit your john deere dealer before they expire. now, start up your engines and drive out of sight. new john deere equipment for all and to all a good night. see your john deere

cnn learned in the days before mueller was appointed and right after james comey was fired, rod rosenstein and top fbi officials discussed ways to reign in president trump. those options included rosenstein wearing a wire, which he later denied. sources say, and this is big, that acting fbi director mccabe took the step of opening an obstruction of justice investigation. >>> and also, president trump is expected to name heather nauert as the new u.s. ambassador to replace nikki haley. >> kevin hart stepping down as host of the academy awards two days after he got the job. the reason? he refused to apologize for gay statements in past tweets. that has plenty of people talking this morning. >>> we will start on the mueller investigation. this is one of the rare days where we know by the end of the day we will know more than we know right now. joining us now is the chief investigative correspondent for yahoo news and tauthor, and phi mudd, and cnn chief legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. i want to start with you. the president is on this rampage this morning four tweets and running going all afte

the article also quotes rod rosenstein saying the memo had no impact on any of the investigations. of course, the memo will be sent to the to the senate judiciary committee tonight or sometime tomorrow. shannon? >> shannon: trace gallagher on the west coast. thank you very much. okay, barr's memo describing the approach on this issue of obstruction of justice as grossly irresponsible which potentially disastrous implications, so let's bring in alan dershowitz for reaction to the report. professor, welcome, but to have you with us. >> thank you, thank you. >> shannon: i want to read a little bit of what we're getting from the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. he says many people do offer unsolicited advice directly or through the news media, about legal issues they believe are pending before the department of justice. at no time did former attorney general barr sequel receipt for me any nonpublic information. so a two-part question for you. should it and fill it, because of the political optics that they left may want to use to their advantage? >> no and no. i have read "the w

i hooked them up with rod.he movie. they were there and they were kind of like spooked out but also found it cathartic that they were on this recreation of a u.s. base that had been ves were lost and this is a case where now people are being -- some of those real life people are being portrayed in this film? >> yes. so this is -- that's rod lurie, the director. this is jacob scipio. he's a british actor who plays justin gallegos. justin was killed on october 2, 2009. and he actually -- he was awarded posthumously a silver star and the army just announced that they're upgrading it to a distinguished service cross. so, it's great. it's a way to honor these men and their families. and i hope it's meaningful for them. it's been meaningful to be part of it. >> seth: another thing we talked about is your daughter wrote an op-ed in "the new york times." >> newyorktimes.com. yes. >> seth: yes. >> an op-ed about -- >> seth: and she is how old now? >> she's 11. she was 10 when she -- when she and bari weiss edited her wo

, as someone rod, because this country, as someone who didn't grow up here, when the british came intoups are here, this will be sorted. it doesn't look like that now, and that is no good at all. it is a global phenomenon, in america, there... a lot of the supposedly mature democracies are having this schism and allowances and sense of frenzy. this is a big shock. before leaving brexit, let's talk about the independent online, martin, this is the labour angle on this. the shadow cabinet is split over no—confidence vote. this is a row and monks to —— amongstjeremy vote. this is a row and monks to —— amongst jeremy corbyn‘s team. vote. this is a row and monks to —— amongst jeremy corbyn's team. we know he is a brexiteer and he tends to bea know he is a brexiteer and he tends to be a remainder. he said he didn't vote to leave. i'm sure he must be telling the truth, he always does. you have leadership... significant figures in the labour party, who are clearly strong remainers. you also have other people who are going between physicians and stop they can't make their minds up. this is the