the assistant attorney general rod rosen steen, well, he was -- i was astonished to say he was also up on the hill today. he was supposed to be having a budget hearing. i can tell you this was not just a budget hearing, senators wanted to know what has been going on with the fact that there was this story in the last 24 hours that president trump may be considering firing the special counsel, robert musclier that rod rosen steen only appointed a couple of weeks ago. rosenstein said flat out today under the law he is the only person who could fire robert mueller and right now he says to even entertain that thought going further rosenstein said that he would not follow any orders to do that even if that order came directly from the president of the united states, donald trump. purpose of my appointment of special council mueller was to ensure that there would be public confidence in the outcome of that investigation and he now has responsibility for that and& i think that if there are any questions they should be directed to him and i know he's going to do the right thing, as i would, an

we have rod rosen steen at fox5 for years now when he was the us attorney for maryland.has been for years at the core of many of the big ers stories in our area, tax fraud cases. the bee and daycare way pedophilia story. he has been the man who has prosecuted a lot of those cases. we've asked him questions for years. clearly now, though, he is in a different position. he is in a different role, clearly a very difficult role right now and we are not getting the kind of access to be able to ask him questions the way we used to when he was the us attorney in maryland. >> all right. we will be watching watching this thursday to watch james comey testify. thank you, fits. on the way on 5@6:30. do you remember this? this right here? h this was seens as the shove seen around the world. here it quoms. both men say no hard feelings. there maybe much more to it. we'll explain when we come back. they also know you need to get your annual check-up. now prepare for your check-up with one touch using the mycigna app, where you can find a doctor in your plan's network to save money, ma

if bob mueller were co-conclude that there is evidence that rod rosen steen knew that the memo he was working on was a pretext to fire comey for completely different reasons. that the president was going to fire comey to inhibit or instruct the russia investigation. i'm not saying this is the case. i can't say what mueller may or may not be investigating. if he should conclude that rod rosen steen's conduct is culpable in some way, he can't report to him. >> and you have asked for tapes. if tapes exist from the white house, we should know soon. president trump said we'll know soon whether tapes exist. do you think they'll turn anything over? if not, what happens? >> i don't know. i would certainly hope by the date that we set in our bipartisan letter the white house will respond that yes, they have tapes. yes, they'll preserve them as we have urged and required. and yes, they'll turn them over or that no, in fact, there are no tapes. it was an idle threat. one way or the other, we need an answer. if we can't get one, i think we'll need to subpoena those potential documents to make sur

deputy us attorney rob rosen steen says first responders need to be extremely careful. the spread of opioids brings a growing risk to our first responders. fentanyl is especially dangerous. fentanyl is 50 times more deadly than heroin. just two milligrams, the equivalent of a few grains of salt, an amount that a could fit on the tip of your finger can be lethal. the guidance issue to police tonight requires them to now secure all suspected drug evidence and not test it. some of the d.c. police department's top brass went on a field trip today, about 40 members of the command staff stopped by ben's chili bowl and listened to a historian and how police have interacted with community members over the stopping and ben's they stopped at the museum of african-american history. the annual july 4 certificate outside the us capital and will pull double duty for drummer for the beach boys. other performers include mow town legends, the four top ers and country star trace at kins. uber hands out ping slips after an investigation disition up some disturbing information. we are lear

while the president took a shot at deputy ron rosen steen in a tweet.hey said president has full confidence in. his current attorney, jamie gor relic worked with robert miller at wilmer hale. after the appointment of our former partner robert mueller as special counsel we advisedded mr. kusniriker to obtain the independent advice of a lawyer with the appropriate experience as to whether he should continue with us as his counsel. scheduled to travel to israel and then will meet with raised tonight mala. the president cease an opening he believes to ran the piece process and he wants to make sure that he gets things on track which is why he's sending kushner over. at the white house, john roberts, fox news. >> next at 10:30, the fight against extremism online. there's a new effort from youtube to keep terrorist content off its site. a new week, a new record for stock, all three major indices soring on monday with the do you and the s and p finishing at all time highs. tis the season to be raising prices. we'll be pay ing more to send some gifts. up ups is

of questions about whether or not president trump is considering firing the special counsel that rosen steentedded a couple weeks ago rosenstein was em from thetic in his answer today saying that under the law that only he can fire the special counsel and he would deny any order even if it came from the president himself the purpose of my appointment of special council musclier was to ensure that there would be public confidence in the outcome of that investigation and he now has responsibility for that. i think if there are any questions they should be directed to him and i know he's going to do the right thing as i would and defense the integrity of that investigation. >> of course all of this comes in the wake of that incredible hearing last week with the fired fbi director gym comey and in the days since trump supporters and advocates have been turning up their heat on the special counsel robert musclier, former house speaker neut gingrich saying musclier needs to higher more republican people. we're live on the hill tonight, tom jits ferld, fox5 local news. >> all right. it is primary e

optic is, the reality is, it would be attorney general sessions who has since recused him to rod rosen steen as the person appointed mueller. if rosenstein decided to do it -- as you guys can imagine, what a cluster. but at the end of the day, this is a game of chicken between comey and mueller and who's going to blink first? well, we obviously know who is going to blink first and i believe it is going to be trump, as we saw with the tapes with comey. >> some folks who are wondering if that initial tweet back on may 12th you better hope there are no tapes of our conversation. witness intimidation. walk us through what the actual legal argument is here. this question was put to the deputy press secretary yesterday, as well. >> so, there's an actual federal statute that governors what is witness intimidation and intempt to basically influence testimony. the threat by trump that you better hope there are tapes. i'm doubling down, my friend. i hope there are tapes and in the end trump backs off and says, okay, there weren't any tapes. i said it to keep the guy honest, spare me. trump loses on th