you were writing as well that there's talk that rod rosen stein would possibly recuse minimumself he's talking about that possibility since he's the one assumed to be mentioned in that tweet from last week. where does that go from here and what could happen if he refuses himself in the investigation and what happens next. >> so if rosen stein accuses himself next in plain to takeover oversight of robert muller is rachel brand a career attorney held multiple jobs related to department of justice and she's currently third in command shows associate fern general working under george bush administering and worked in obama administration she has a reputation of conservative lawyer than rod rosen stein. she does not have experience as prosecutor or in criminal law that's not her background and she would be thrust into this roll instantly if rosen stein ever recuseed himself. she was the one that discussing a possible recuseal with. if he decides to take a step back from the whole russian matter like jeff sessions has then rachel will be thrust into the spotlight. >> do you think he's up to t

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. >> it sound like the president is adding rod rosen stein to the enemy's less with bob moehler, james comey and number of people. >> reporter: it was rod rosen stein who wrote a letter laying out reasons for the president to dismiss fbi director james comey but last month, president trump told nbc news that the recommendation was irrelevant. >> he made a recommendation but regardless of recommend daisy was going to fire comey. >> reporter: president went on to say he was thinking of the russian investigation when he was firing comey. president rosen stein talk about the possibility he may have to recues himself from the probe if investigators want to question him, about possible white house interference. california senator dianne fine stein is worried that the president may try to fire rosen stein and special counsel robert muhler. she issued a statement saying the message the president is sending through his tweets is he believes the rule of law does not apply to him and anyone who thinks otherwise will be fired. the president's son in law white house senior advisor jared kushner is

. >> it certainly sound like the president is adding rod rosen stein to the enemy's list to bob muhler, james comey and ever increasing number of people. >> reporter: it was deputy attorney general rod rosen stein who laid out reasons for president to dismiss fbi director james comey but last month president trump told nbc news that the recommendation was irrelevant. >> he made a recommendation but regardless of recommendation i was going to fire comey. >> reporter: president went on to say he was thinking of the russian investigation when firing comey. mr. rosen stein talked about the possibility he may have to recues himself from the probe if investigators want to question him about possible white house interference. california senator dianne fine stein said he is worried that the president may try to fire rosen stein and robert muhler. she said message the president is sending through his tweets is he believes the rule of law does ant reply to him and if anyone who thinks otherwise will be fired. the president's son in law white house senior advisor jared kushner is also under scrut

rosen stein, do foreigners have constitutional rights? >> when they're in the united states, senator, different rules apply. that's why i think it's important for people to understand that section 702 applies only in circumstances where it's a foreign national outside the united states. if they're inside the united states, we would need to rely on other provisions of fisa to do the collection. yes, we can do it but need to apply different rules. mr. mccabe as the director indicated is responsible for that. >> mr. mccabe, what happens when an isis terrorist comes from syria to the united states and admiral rogers can no longer use 702 to monitor his electronic communications. >> his folks notify mine and we work together to pursue coverage under different elements of the fisa statute. >> i'm sure you work as hard as you can to make sure it's seamless. it seems like 702 because it's limited to foreigners on foreign soil without targeting u.s. persons anywhere goes the extra mile to protect the constitutional rights of american citizens and

i think it raises real questions for rod rosen stein as well. >> if session was trying to figure out how he was going to find out the conversation, there was no good answer other than i can't talk about it. i think the man values the outing. this is not something who will sit there and lie. they came up with this. i get it politically. >> right, but it doesn't pass the smell test. the president hasn't had a couple of days to think about whether or not to invoke that privilege. the time to do is before he testifies before congress. i agree with the quote about sessions and i don't think anyone feels he helped hack the ekrpaleks, but did he talk about other things that happened with the obama administration. >> cane was getting at distinguishing between his meetings as a senator and campaign surrogate. it got blurry. >> with your point, this is bad for president trump for this season. sessions is unwilling to discuss with trump. we have james comey and bob muller will see saying that trump suggested he get off and he wanted a loyalty oath from comey. woe have the president's attorney s

. >> in the house of appropriations committee today the deputy aep attorney general rod rosen stein wasted if anyone recommend et following the firing of james comey. he said he wasn't able to talk about that because he couldn't speak about when a described as open investigations. does that satisfy you in. >> that's an echo of what we heard from him time and time again about three weeks ago when we had the declassified briefing that he led i think three or four weeks ago here in congress and he alerted that time and time again. what that subjects to me and i use the word suggest advisely, i suggest -- that suggests to me this is of course to the special counsel, to bob mueller, that bob mueller has taken an interest in the question of the circumstances around that firing. with he have long conversation after jim comey's testimony about whether there's a place to be made and if the firing were part of that you would have the kind of answer that the deputy attorney general gave today and three or four weeks into the congress which is i'm not talking about that because it is part of the in

rod rosen stein telling the a.p. if there is a need for me to reaccuse, i will.ria rivera, abc news, washington. >> comedian bill maher is apologizing for using a racial slur on his program. he joked mar should visit nebraska and work in the fields. the comedian referred to himself as a house slave not a field worker. he waved off the groans saying it was a joke. he issued a statement today saying he was sorry. hbo said it was taste less and the segment wouldn't be reaired. >> it was a battle today in downtown hatfield. this is the skirmish on king's highway marking the british encampment. the red coats were known to loot and pillin pillage their way thh the area. this has become a five year tradition. >> veterans are seeing the war memorial dedicated to their service in world war ii. they boarded busses from williams town high school. this was made possible by an organization dedicated to ensuring veterans visit the memorial at least once in their lives. >> it was a great day for a bike ride and run at the board week. we show you the try athlete competition at t

he would not say when he was told to write the memo and rosen stein would not tell him who told him to write that mempo. >> and a friend of president trump's was back. and chris rudy said the president is considering firing mueller. today he said he never spoke to the president about it. and the attorney was on tv over the weekend. >> i never said the president told me. i ever said i have a conversation. i never implied. as you know i have been on cnn many times and i always speak for myself and not the president. he has his own spokesman, although they're, i think, in need of a it little bit of help from time to time. so the president's spokesman issued a -- -- interestingly enough they never denied my underlying report. >> cnn legal analyst. it is true that he never denied out right that the president was considering it or thinking about it. what they said last night sarah huck aeb sanders put out a statement saying it speaks for itself. and the question was is potus considering whether he'll fire mueller and she answered he has no intention to do so. she never said no he wasn't taki

mueller may review jeff sessions and rosen stein in the firing of james comey. speaking of comey, the white house is considering whether to employ executive privilege in efforts to stop him from testifying next thursday. >> holy city university is replacing the police force and replacing them with private security guards. after a thorough review they have decided to outsource safety needs. they are being encouraged to apply for the new jobs. >> lee caplin, the bucks county man accused of sexual assaulting six girls from an amish family and fathering children with one of them. the parents gifted the girs to the 52-year-old caplin in exchange for financial help. >> the community is trying to put an end to illegal practices at stop and go stores. protesters say the businesses are classified as restaurants but don't operate as such. some of the stores sell shots of alcohol but don't have restroom and are not handicap accessible. they want businesses to follow the law and respect the community. >>> a florence new jersey man is drawing praise for rescuing a man from t

. >> deputy attorney general, rod rosen stein, tried to make sessions pass easier. >> in president trump orders you to fire the special council, what would you do? >> senator, i'm not going to follow any orders unless i believe those are lawful and appropriate orders. under the regulation, special council muller may be fired own for good cause. >> sessions asked that today's hearing be public, and his former senate colleagues are prepared for the possibility that he won't answer all of their questions, saying had i conversations with the president are private. senators want to know what role sessions played in the firing of fbi director james comey. sessions had recused himself in the russia investigation, but president trump said sessions recommended comey's dismissal. sessions recused himself after admitting he had not disclosed two meetings with the russian ambassador in 2016. today he's expected to strongly deny any suggestions there was a third meeting. on capitol hill, cbs-3 "eyewitness news." >>> and reminder cbs news will carry the testimony of attorney general jeff significance

. >>> an unusual warning tonight from the deputy attorney general, in a vague statement rod rosen stein urged americans to be wary of fake news. rosenstein said americans should exercise caution before accepting as true any stories attributed to anonymous officials. now particularly when they do not identify the country, let alone the branch or agency of government with which the alleged sources supposedly are affiliated. americans should be skeptical about anonymous allegations." rosenstein did not name any specific news outlets, but this comes one day after anonymous sources told the washington post that mr. trump is being investigated for obstruction of justice. streets of oakland >>> their slogan is strength in numbers and today we saw why. dub nation flooding the streets of oakland to celebrate the warriors' second nba title in three years. tonight christin ayers tells us the warriors are returning the love in a big way. arty... natsot then...the big clean-up. natsot police estimate the warriors parade a people to >> reporter: tonight the party is over and oakland is almost back to

that in apparent reference to deputy attorney general rod rosen stein. rosenstein sent the president a memo but mr. trump made it clear during an interview with lester he was going to fire comey regardless. >> i was going to fire comey. there is no good time to do it, by the way. they -- >> you let -- i accepted their recommendation. you already made the recommendation. >> i was going to fire regardless of recommendation. >> reporter: tonight a source close to the outside counsel tells nbc news the president was not confirming the investigation with his tweet but rather referencing an earlier news report adding mr. trump hasn't been notified he's under investigation. nbc news confirmed special counsel robert mueller is looking into whether president trump obstructed justice. >> president trump is constantly self-sabotaging. this is a president no matter the initiatives is trying to crack, he gets on twitter and destroys everything. >> reporter: top white house officials aren't taking any chances. vice president mike pence hiring his own outside counsel,

is raising eyebrows with their exact quote being or what as the reaction to mr rosen stein's anonymous sources statement wow can it get any better than this in the world of mainstream media they even managed to pull off the justice department began francis and thiago r.t. . well the justice department statement came just hours after the washington post published an article saying the very same department at the point of the special counsel to investigate president for alleged obstruction of justice again unnamed officials was cited we discussed the issue with a number of experts some time now before his inauguration even that there was briefings going on against only that would contain information that could only have come from a high level some of those of a security classified nature of what would have expected a major investigation turfing carried out intervention in leaking classified information to the media is a criminal offense the united states as elsewhere but no investigation of that seems to have taken place or fog those leaks but certainly many of the leaks are more politic

he could order rod m rosen stein to do it, . >> if president trump ordered you to fire the special counsel, what would you do? >> senator,caus i'm not going to follow any orders unless i believe those are lawful and appropriateou orders. >> reporter: for the president, the debate may bettero? more about pivoting from the t broader russia probe. >> this is textbook ex trump, waiting to see what he wants toump, do, leaving all options on the table, leaving o people guessing andn creating a huge and distraction. >> reporter: for his part, the president trying to focuscrst attention on his ocus agenda, today talking health care in ca wisconsin and meeting with senate republicans at the white house. this comes as senate republicans have come under fire for trying healthler oututhe a care bill without a public hearing so far. >> i appreciate what you're doing.e to come out with a bill that's going to be a fundamentalal bill for the people of our country. >> reporter: with the clock ticking on a potential vote, too two senate sources it will nbc president trump told republican senators that the -

is raising eyebrows with their exact quote being what as the reaction to mr rosen stein's anonymous sources statement wow can it get any better than this in the world of mainstream media even manage to have their justice department bigger branches and thiago r.t. . now u.s. led airstrikes have killed hundreds of civilians in the area surrounding rock in syria according to a un panel the islamic state stronghold is under siege by u.s. backed local forces with the support of western warplanes across the border in iraq civilian deaths are also rising in mosul which has been under a similar see for months right streets of the keys the u.s. coalition of using incendiary weapons near civilians in both cities and what could potentially amount to war crimes. reporters. the u.s. coalition is more than willing to update the world on its activities against the islamic state in iraq and syria who have successfully been able to take ground from isis already in rocca or recently walked the streets of east and west mosul i saw for myself that markets and their businesses are reopening so things are moving

is raising eyebrows with their exact quote being or what as the reaction to mr rosen stein's anonymous sources statement wow can it get any better than this in the world of mainstream media they even managed to offer their justice department began francis and thiago r.t. . the un and human rights watch dogs are seriously concerned over what they say amounting civilian deaths from u.s. led airstrikes against islamic state and the reported numbers are much higher than those being admitted by washington. the u.n. says hundreds of civilians have reportedly been killed in recent strikes in the embattled syrian city of raka the i still held hub is under siege by u.s. backed local forces with the support of western plains across the border in iraq civilian deaths are also reportedly rising in the islamic state strong of mosul which has been under some of the siege for months now the u.s. led coalition is also being accused of using a century weapons near civilians in both cities and what could potentially amount to war crimes and reports. the u.s. coalition is more than willing to update the

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rosen stein, i want to follow up on something my colleague began. resources for special counsel. you said, and said more than once that you anticipate, and you know the resources that will be needed to do a full investigation will be there in full measure for the special counsel, correct? >> yes. what kind of oversight do you, because we know as appropriators and folks looking over the budgets in one way to squeeze or change the direction is to have tighter oversight or squeeze on the resources. do you have the ability to do that or do you tell director mueller that he can have basically whatever he needs. who has the oversight or is there such a thing. >> i think within limits he has oversight of his budgets. i am sure if there was something inappropriate, it would be brought to my attention. i don't expect that would happen. >> i would anticipate that as well. thank you for that answer. i was going to go to drugs because that's a big issue. we just had attorney general sessions in the state of west virginia to talk about dea 360. seems to be a goo

i don't understand what's rosen stein's memo was supposed to tell us.s he saying that "the washington post" lied and not true? i didn't find his memo and particularly enlightening. they once again have an unnamed source who makes an allegation which may be true. it doesn't help us any to have page one making allegation, and bureaucrats of justice piously explain they can't tell you whether or not it was probably leaked from one of them. it's true. i think it be serious about stopping weeks, maybe not this first round, but at a time we have three or four leaks which we will get from the special counsel's office, i think will be forced to create a new special counsel to look into the special counsel. >> think about with the president treated all today. being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director. ingrate specific detail in a strongly worded two and a half page statement. that's insanity to me. >> i don't blame trump for being frustrated, but i think he be better off to's stomach shift g. the left is effec

. >>> deputy attorney general rod rosen stein is warning americans about leaks around russian officials and trump campaign. on wednesday there was reports that special counsel robert mueller is investigating the president himself for obstruction of justice. he released a statement saying, americans should be skeptical about anonymous allegations. the department of justice has a long established policy to neither confirm or deny allegations. >>> troubling news coming from nike. maribel ask live in time square with more on that. >> niek -- hike nike is cuttin% of it's workforce. the restructuring is to sell directly to consumers cutting back on smaller retail shops and focus on online business as part of the strategy. they will focus on a sales and shopping trends in tokyo and new york and london. >>> stocks closed lower. futures are pointing to are a higher open. reports on housing starts an consumer sentiment are due out today. spending on father's day is expected to hit $14 billion from gift cards to tickets and exporting events. it breaks down to $136 per dad. my dad taught me to find

making a stunning commission, chris ruddy of conservative news max president trump made order rod rosen steinler. the white house pushing back saying that's not the case and ruddy does not speak for the president. senior aids confirm he met with steve bannon yesterday. today attorney general jeff sessions forced to recuse himself from overseeing the russian investigation set to testify on capitol hill and nothing but the truth so help you god. sessions expected to take on allegations of purplingry -- perjury during his confirmation hearings and his role in the firing of fbi director james comey. last week comey told the same committee president trump asked sessions to clear the oval office. >> my sense was that the attorney general knew he should not be leaving balls he was lingering. >> reporter: trump asked him to drop the investigation into michael flynn. kenneth moten, abc news washington. >> thank you for that, 6abc and 6abc.com will bring you the sessions testimony live at 2:30 p.m. today. turn in to "action news" for brian taff's reports coming from washington, d.c. >>> golden state wa

rod rosen stein testified yesterday there is no cause to fire him. >> at this point, have you seen any evidence of good cause for firing of special counsel muller. >> no, i have not. >> reporter: he is overseeing the russia investigation because jeff sessions recused himself. the deputy attorney general says he is confident muller will have independence to conduct the investigation appropriately. >>> new information today. district attorney mark peterson has resigned. he pleaded no contest to one count of perjury. this after state prosecutors charged peterson with 13 felony counts of misusing campaign funds. the state attorney general's office charged him 12 points of perjury and one count of grand theft. he was fined $30,000 in september 2016 for violating california political reform act by spending more $66,000 on personal expenses. >>> the death toll from that high rise fire in london stands at 12 and that number is likely to rise. the fire started last night just before 1:00 a.m. london time. fire crews are still inside the building looking for victims tonight and searching for spo

today the senate intel committee, dan coates will be there, rod rosen stein. that's a prelude to what's going to happen tomorrow. mika has the morning off. msnbc contributor mike barnicle, seor political analyst for nbc news and msnbc mark halperin. senior political editor and white house correspondent for the "huffington post," sam stein, chair of the department of african-american studies eddie glaude, junior. nbc news capitol hill news correspondent kasie hunt and "new york times" reporter michael schmidt. good morning all. >> willie, they're all here for one reason, mike barnicle, and that reason is the red sox-yankees series matters again. kimbrel matters again. that's what america wants to talk about. >> kimbrel comes out last night and shuts them down. wril lee? >> i saw. >> i'm sort of like comey and jeff sessions with willie. >> don't leave me in a room? >> don't want to be with him. >> we have our reasons. let's dive in. fbi director james comey is set to testify tomorrow, and we're get to new reporting on that in just a moment. first today we'll hea

so the question is would rosen stein acce rosenstein accept an order to fire mueller, or would he refuse and resign and would the order be followed by someone lower down in the hierarchy in the justice department. that's -- it's technically up to the attorney general. >> matt, do you agree with that legal assessment? >> i do, and the special counsel is just an attorney in the department of justice, it's appointed, there's no statutory construction like we had with the independent counsel law that expired in 2000. let's remember that bob mueller has ethical opportunities to practice law and so did jim comey. so there are riules and regulations that could raise some situations that i hope he's analyzed before he accepted this position. >> jeff, do you agree with that? i mean is his law firm apparently represented some members of the donald trump family and he had a meeting with the president? >> i would have to know more. i mean certainly it's a big law firm, and there are often theoretical conflicts that are not real conflicts when you have many, many lawyers that one has nothing to do wi

then he had to recuse himself when it came out he met with the russians and after comey went, then rosen stein was in the position to -- rosenstein was in position to appoint mueller. a lot of people have given me credit. i like to take it. but -- that franken, he's playing three dimensional chess. four moves ahead of everybody else. he knew that sessions would pivot and lie and then -- he trapped him. yes. ok. that's exactly what was happening. that's what happened. charlie: but you said to david letterman -- and how was the conversation between you and david letterman? al: it was great. he's good at interviewing people. charlie: he is. we saw that for 25 years. al: there's a reason for that and he and i are good friends and we had -- we had fun. we had fun for an hour or so at the 9 n street. charlie: i sent far transcript, but we couldn't get one yet. one thing you said talking about russian probe, they're going through a whole lot of stuff here if they have nothing to hide. al: that's right. they do not -- they're not acting like people who have nothing to hide. and so when you ask me do i

. >> people should look at the rod rosen stein memo again to see what problem was with jim comey. his team cleerly points out that integrity and morale were down and clearly points out that comey tried to usurp the power of the attorney general -- >> deputy attorney general rod rosenstein will likely be asked about the man he recommended be fired when he appeared before the senate intelligence committee wednesday to discuss wiretapping authorities. rosenstein told the associated press on friday that if he became the special of robert mueller's investigation he would recuse himself. this is expansive and could include the firing of comey. senator mark warner telling jake tapper that while comey may seem like the most important figure there are others to be questioned this week about other interactions with the president. >> a question we will have not only for director comey on thursday but on wednesday for director of national intelligence coats, and admiral rogers, i will want to ask them because there are reports that president also talked to both of them in terms of asking them

this is a move to get rosen stein to at the very least recuse himself.ways the possibility that trump could try to fire rod rosenstein. he could do that as president of the united states. he could fire the number two person at the justice department. i don't know rosenstein will do that. he's not necessarily going to be moved by tweets. i think he's a by-the-book bipartisan guy, and he'll do what's right when it's time. if it's time for him to recuse himself, if he thinks it's the best thing, he'll do that, but not before then. >> zerlina, what do you think the reaction would be if rosenstein recuses himself and rachel brand steps in, given the fact that she has conservative leanings and some connections on that side of the political aisle, how would you see democrats responding? >> i think democrats want someone truly bipartisa completely disassociated from the political conversation and the leanings of the white house. i think there would be a concern if she demonstrates herself to not be somebody who can be truly independent. we're really in this posi

that part of the obstruction aspect of the case is the role of the president and jeff sessions and rosen stein start looking into the role of rodrosenstein that is tricky because he is overseeing the special counsel so would he have to recuse himself from the investigation? >> whether as was said in the report there could be nothing there at the end of this. there could be no charges and nothing that congress does and yet sucks up a lot of the oxygen and attention for the white house. >> it is a part of it. there is policy making that has to go on with russia&number of other areas. there are people who have to lawyer up. you can be career person in that white house. you don't make a lot of money. you are facing enormous legal bills now. you are supposed to be helping make policy plus you know that there is a pretty good chance that trump will ignore your advice and diminish the russian situation. it's a chaotic scene. >> can i add one thing about this obstruction? >> that is that we shouldn't be looking just at the question of donald trump firing comey or might fire mueller. there -- >> with m

said the james comey firing had nothing to do with russia, said it was only in response to rod rosen stein's memo. neither of those appear to be the case. they are now contradicted by the president himself. so given the vice president's exposure on both of those things which happen to be both major elements of robert mueller's investigation, both the russia issue and the potential obstruction of justice issue it's not surprising that the vice president has now found himself a private lawyer. but, oh, what a private lawyer he has got. that news breaking tonight. washington post first to break the story as they have been ahead on so many of the twists and turns in this investigation. there are two other pieces of this that have fallen into place today. we have details on that coming up. stay with us. when you booked this trip, you didn't know we had over 26,000 local activities listed on our app. or that you could book them right from your phone. a few weeks ago, you still didn't know if you were gonna go. now the only thing you don't know, is why it took you so long to come here. expedia. eve

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. >> the deputy attorney general of the united states, ron rows enstei -- rosen stein presented the briefst it, why comey should be hired e fired in that letter to the president of the united states. it's still a case that has some serious stuff in it to think the republicans on that committee will not make hay of that report to impeach comey's credibility is to fool ourselves. >> is it much bigger, though, as a citizen in testimony than director? >> well, for there to be a potential invitation of presidential executive prif leempblg i we heard that discussed. his issue with that. >> the white house says they're not going to. >> that only imploo is to government employees. does it apply to civilians? that's going to be a dicey question. i think goods and decent people can say did james comey make some mistakes. there can be an argue for he's a moral upright man. i believe his moral compass points directly towards the nor it's star. i think as he explained on may 3rd in that last appearance before congress, i believe he explained the calculus we went through. this wasn't a decision he made

thinks it's coming close or closing in on him and all of this is at a peace and once again what rosen stein was doing was laying down a marker and saying if the president goes over that line with mueller, then a line will have been crossed that others think is irretrievable. >> we're going to take a quick break. next new word from a white house official about what robert mueller was doing just a day before. so you miss the big city? i don't miss much... definitely not the traffic. excuse me, doctor... the genomic data came in. thank you. you can do that kind of analysis? yeah, watson. i can quickly analyze millions of clinical and scientific reports to help you tailor treatment options for the patient's genomic profile. you can do that? even way out here? yes. even way out here. hey you've gotta see this. even way cno.n.re? alright, see you down there. mmm, fine. okay, what do we got? okay, watch this. do the thing we talked about. what do we say? it's going to be great. watch. remember what we were just saying? go irish! see that? yes! i'm gonna just go back to doing what i was doing. find

a deputy ag rod rosen stein who appointed muller. he tells the ap, in an interview that he would recuse himself from any oversight of muller's probe, if, if he became a subject of the investigation and he said, i have talked with director muller about this, he is going to make the appropriate decision and if anything that i did winds up being relevant to his investigation then as director mueller and i will discuss if there's a kneneed fr me to recuse, i will. how do you think it will play out? >> he may not be a subject of the investigation, but he will be a witness to the investigation if there's an obstruction investigation. because the rosenstein memo gave cover and the sort of excuse for the firing of comey then, the president went on lester holt's interview show and said otherwise. then rosenstein had to talk about why he wrote the memo and what sessions was doing there when he was supposedly recusing himself. all that will make rosenstein a witness, when you are a witness like that, you cannot have over site responsibilities f

that is the same day that deputy attorney general rod rosen stein goes before the house appropriationse week after fired former fbi director james comey took the stand >> blockbuster testimony is still the talk of dc. fox's garrett tenney has the details. >> reporter: washington reeling from the senate testimony and the president's response, which disputed parts of that testimony. >> would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of >> 100%. i didn't say under oath. i hardly know the man. i'm not going to say i want you to pledge allegiance, who would do that? >> committees in both the house and the senate want to see all the memos james comey has with president trump along with tapes of those conversations the white house may have but there are also questions on whether comey was contents of the memo in the first place. legal experts point out, agents are not allowed to disclose any records gathered on the job and that this applies to every employee. >> people are treating this like a diary entry. he wrote this on an fbi computer about a pending sensitive investigation

but we've got key people at the center of all of this, rosen stein, coats, rogers, in addition to comeyying in a public forum this week. what are the chances we get closer to the bottom of this? >> well, first, chris, what you heard there was classic putin. very similar to what he says in most cases. what i've observed in my interactions with the russians over the years is that when they do something that you don't like, and you protest, they push back and accuse you of escalating, then call for discussions to trynd consolidate their gains. so pushback and denial is the classic strategy they follow in this case. as far as the hearing, you know, here's what is going to happen, i think. comey will be asked at least two things, did the president demand his loyalty, and did comey himself understand that the president was actually asking him to stop the investigation? a lot of it will depend on what comey says about the tone of that conversation, whether he says it was a casual remark or whether he said no, i was clearly told to stop the investigation. he'll also be asked whether, as he clai

director mike rogers, deputy attorney general rob rosen stein, and f.b.i. and dan coats, director of national ntelligence. senator westerner: everyone wants to interfere or down play or halt the ongoing investigation not only the justice department taking on but this committee as taking on. i hope as we move forward on this you'll realize the importance that the american public deserves to get the answers to these questions. thank you. >> senator, i would like to respond to that if i could. director coats: first of all, i told you, i committed to the committee that i would be available to testify before the committee. i don't think this is the appropriate venue to do this. given that this is an open hearing, a lot of confidential information. relative to intelligence or other matters. i just don't feel it's appropriate for me to do that in this situation. then secondly, when i was asked yesterday to respond to a piece told was going to be written and printed in "the washington post" this morning, my response to that was in my time of told was service, which

rosen stein i have a couple of questions as the president ever discussed the appointment of special counsel in any way?. >> so second of president drum borders due to fire what would you do? i would not follow those of us they were awful. >> i understand he could be fired only for good cause. so that is why i would do so that it doesn't matter what anybody says. >> i want to turn to be open your a crisis -- opioid as it was responsible for more than 59,000 deaths including a record 376 such deaths in maine that is more than the year before. so the situation is actually getting worse. last year i was briefed by federal law enforcement officers that say have a major influx with the direct ties to gangs in major cities. with the mexican drug cartels between new haven in connecticut and banker maine , they traded that for firearms then distributed those two other gang members upon their return to connecticut. we need a multi pronged approach with education prevention so key to that of law-enforcement plague of this tool is cooperation among federal state or local officials. the department of bu

>> i think the burden will be on the people testifying, comey, rosen stein and others.f anything was untowards they should have had some reporting of it earlier. the fact they didn't, they didn't find anything that was a true obstruction of justice. this was nothing there. if the president casually said boy, i hope this thing with flynn goes away. he might have said that. that's not criminal nor obstruction of justice. it doesn't cross the line until he issues and order, an ultimatum, a this or that. not of that has been alleged at this point. if they make that allegation, which i don't think anybody suspects they will. early indications that they most certainly will not. this ought to be over. let's see if the democrats are able to pull the covers up on this one and put it to bed once and for all. my guess is they can't do it. >> shannon: governor, i want to ask you quickly about something that i -- to me has been flying under the radar. chuck grassley has initiated an investigation into whether former secretary of state hillary clinton tried to influence or shut down

: a very busy day in washington on capitol hill we're awaiting that deputy attorney general rod rosen stein hearing. supposed to be about funding but we guess it will go into other territory. jeff sessions testifies to the senate intelligence committee later this afternoon in an open hearing. there is no denying the hot water will be wading into. he will be wading into it. let's bring in judge andrew napolitano. good to see you, judge. you said yesterday this was a dangerous position for him to be in testifying under oath and in open setting now. how do you feel today? >> i feel the same way today because he is not testifying as the person in charge of these criminal investigations and intelligence investigations. he is testifying as a witness. and he has three issues to concern himself with. the president of the united states who appointed him, the justice department which he still heads even though he is not responsible for these investigations, and himself. because the democrats are going to come out very hard and strong and accuse him of perjury because of what i think was honest misund