i am not defending rosenstein. what i am saying is given everything you exposed, given the hard hitting questions today he got in congress. let's see what happens now. all of these people need to be wiped out. there are plenty of good people out there who can handle a case who have no influence. they haven't given to either party. 8 out of the 16 people not only donateed to democrats but very active in the anti-trump movement. they all need to be gone. if they are talking about mccabe there could be crimmial issues. >> sean: dr. sebastian gorka, how do we interrupt the insurance policy they discussed with who we think is andrew mccabe? is the insurance policy we will just go after trump and manufacture trump and russian collusion and that will be in the means to take out the elected president? we are smarter than everybody else that voted for donald trump. >> i only interrupt what individual words in the text messages mean. we have enough evidence already. i have to disagree with pam. you talk about replacing indiv

rosenstein. i will recognize myself for an opening statement. general,, deputy attorney general rosenstein, for appearing for the first time in front of this committee. there is much to discuss today, and we look forward to your testimony and answers to questions. committeen of the with primary oversight over the department of justice and the fbi, i have always supported the department and fbi in performing their valuable mission to keep our nation safe and to hold individuals accountable for criminal conduct. yet, i and me on this committee now find ourselves in the very difficult position of questioning the actions of both prior and current department and fbi leadership. you have in you -- you have a unique role in that you appointed special counsel mueller and have a supervisory role over his investigation. it is very appropriate for you to appear before this committee to answer questions related to the scope of the special counsel 's investigation, as well as its current efficacy in light of

lou: up next rod rosenstein. markets. advisor ran the numbers and showed that he wouldn't be able to retire until he was 68. the client realized, "i need to get back into the markets- i need to get back on track with my plan." the financial advisor was able to work with this client. he's now on track to retire when he's 65. having someone coach you through it is really the value of a financial advisor. >> an embarrassing performance today by did he mean members of the house judiciary committee as the question deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. just listen to some of the did he mean's low lights in today's hearing. >> let me show you some of these individuals here. it says that the trump accusers want a day in court. what -- the department of justice, what intentions do you have to allow these women who are accusing the president of sexual misconduct, what does the department of justice intend to do -- >> i don't think i have any position on that, congressman. if they file a lawsuit, they're free to do so. >> but you'

that robert mueller and testimony of the head of justice department deputy attorney general ron rosenstein? we take up the deep state sorts web of corruption with congressman jim jordan, former federal prosecutor andrew mccarthy tonight, we get into that. top story, justice department clear political corruption at highest levels, question is how far down does it go? american public is being asked to believe that its individual ignorance in justice department. playing the -- plaguing the doj and the fbi. reopen every investigation he has touched. nation's deputy attorney general, does not see it that way. for that matter, he does not see it at all. rosen stein testified before house judiciary committee today, defending the department of justice. fox news chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge with the report. >> i think that public trust is gone. reporter: republican say anti-trump -- undermine confidence in russia investigation, pointing to august test from fb fbi agent to lisa page. he writes the path you threw out for considering. andy's office -- strong continue -- i'm afra

rod rosenstein.e's pal with the these guise. andrew mccabe who will retire with full benefits web was a big player on the fbi side. you get this interlocking group of senior officials top law enforcement in the country, and you wonder why people are saying there is something wrong there. as you pointed out in the tease, devin nunes is saying you have been stonewalling. gregg: do you smell cover-up? >> absolutely i do. gregg: rosenstein doesn't want to hand over evidence that might discredit himself and the entire investigation. >> i asked rosenstein for things and everybody else on the committee did. it was constantly, that's being investigated by the inpick tore general, et cetera. they are doing everything they can to stonewall congress and the american public on these investigation. the one thing that came out of that is both director ray and attorney general sessions. they find anomalies in the hillary clinton cover-up in the fake exoneration. they both said they would reopen those investigations

i'm not defending rosenstein.hat i am saying, is given everything that you have exposed, given the hard-hitting questionss today that he got atg congress, let's see what happens now. all of these people need to be wiped out. there are plenty of good people out there who can handle a case, who have no influence. they have not given to either party. as you said, eight out of the 16 people have not only donated to democrats, but they have been very active in the anti-trump movement. >> sean: sebastian gorka. >> i'm sorry, if they are talking about andrew mccabe, there could be some criminal issues involved here, too, very strong criminal issues. >> sean: how do we interpret, dr. sebastian gorka, the insuray that they discussed with who we think is andrew mccabe? is the insurance policy, when you look of a timeline, that wed we manufacturer trump-russian pollution, and that will be the means to take out a duly elected president because we need to, we are smarter than everyone else who voted for donald trump? >> sean,

rod rosenstein, he offered a full throated defense of his pick to leaded the russia probe. it was a contentious hearing at times where rosenstein was unwavering in his support of the special counsel. >> reporter: president trump's deputy attorney general rod rosenstein found himself taking incoming fire from members of the president's party today, defending the russia investigation and special counsel robert mueller, who he appointed, from republican charges of bias. >> i think it would be very difficult, congressman, for anybody to find someone better qualified for this job. director mueller has throughout his lifetime been a dedicated and respected and heroic public servant. i believe he was an ideal choice for this task. >> this is unbelievable. and i'm here to tell you, mr. rosenstein, i think the public's trust in this whole thing is gone. >> reporter: under relentless questioning by members of the house judiciary committee, rosenstein repeatedly said he sees no reason to remove mueller. >> have you seen good cause to fire special counsel mueller? >> no. >> reporter: a

rosenstein. thank you, mr. chair. >> the chair recognizes the woman from california, miss lawman, for five minutes. >> thank you,rosenstein. you were a career attorney. you spent your whole life working for the people of the united states as a career attorney until you were asked to fulfill the current function that you're performing. >> as a u.s. attorney, for the past 2 je12 years, i was a care attorney. >> so let me ask you, i -- in taking a look at the individuals who were working on the matters that we are discussing, are they career attorneys? >> they are not permitted to discuss the details in the department that he believes will be helpful. >> we are looking at the principles in the civil service format. i remember back in 2008 there were allegations that the department of justice had used politics as a basis for hiring and firing. and the office of the inspector general and the office of professional responsibility issued a report outlining the inpropriety of using politics and personnel in the decisio

rosenstein is an anonymous figure. he is somewhat compromised for the role he played in the comey firing. he clearly has skepticism among republicans. i worry about him not having a necessary political base to be protected should the president move against him first. and i wonder what you think republicans would do. >> i think that's very good question. but i also say that he has a little bit more juice among some base members, meaning the senate and the house republicans than you would think. i mean, he, again, is not someone who is a gadfly, a sort of we don't know who he is. he was also lauded and hailed in his appointments to justice and even being elevated here. he was considered someone who was a safe bet despite all the other politics around session. >> right. >> but here is the other thing i find very interesting about this whole idea that the president wants to fire mueller. for what? because here is -- here is the reality. you've got at least four people now, two of whom have actually plead guilty. >> right.

rosenstein at the time. now we do, which is why i laid this out in the long piece for infowars, and why i have reported on it for the last week. i think you have real evidence, unlike the collusion investigation, of what could be the largest financial crime in history. >> just following up on the uranium one story, it is complicated. but as i understand it, part of what is new here is the focus on the investigation of bribery and corruption by an employee in the united states. the theory of your case is that mueller news that and should have alerted senior people in the justice department and the obama administration about it so that they could have pulled the plug on the uranium one deal, because it was being done by corrupt people in the russian government. the guy in charge of that case was ron rosenstein. the man who donald trump selected as the deputy attorney general, the number two man in his justice department. do you have evidence that rod concealing information in order to promote a cover-up of a r

andment first geflt said the public trust is gone after rosenstein's appearance. he calls for a second special counsel and congressman jim jordan served in the judiciary and member of the house freedom caucus. and congressman, great to have you with us. rob rosenstein, today, i have wanted to ask the question since he talked to you. what was your reaction when you heard him dismiss everything? >> look, you can't make this stuff up. this story gets worse and worse each and every day and the e-mail that catherine highlighted or the text message, she picked the right one. the aspect- trump text is anti- trump. you just went through the list. they are anti- trump. but when he said peter said to lisa, we can't let this happen. we can't let donald trump to be president. he's thinking about a plan to stop one party's nomination. and peter strok interviewed cheryl mills and hillary clinton and took the letter of exxoneration to extreme carelessness and ran the russian investigation and interviewed flynn and kicked off for the text messages. i think he's the central mayer

rosenstein's desk. i to scratch my head about the appointment of rosenstein. my understanding that he was recommended for this job by elijah cummings, the democrat congressman from baltimore, and pushed for the job by then-white house chief of staff ryan's previous. -- reince priebus. example of the president appointing establishment republicans who did not vote for him, and do not have his back. i fear the extent to which he himself withd people who did not support him and are not loyal to him. loyal supporter of the president, and i am concerned about some of the people he has, perhaps inadvertently, put around him. do not believe he should fire mueller. should he fire rosenstein? stone: the reason i believe he should not fire mueller is because i think the democrats realize that they have lost the upper hand in this particular thinkle, and therefore i they are trying to go him into this. congressman spier saying that there are rumors that the president will firing mueller. the ones yours are are starting, congresswoman. they believed if the president fired

that is a venting of emotion out of rosenstein. that's a vindication of the department's values against their abuses through this whole process. >> deputy director mccabe has now been named the acting director of the fbi. part of the reason he's been in the news in the trump era is because of that strange circumstance we had where the white house contacted the head of the intelligence committee in the house and the head of the intelligence committee in the senate, both of whom are leading ostensibly leading investigations into the trump/russia investigation and told them to call reporters on the white house's behalf to quash a story that said there had been contacts under investigation between trump campaign officials and russian officials. the person from the fbi who the white house credited for that -- credited basically with the impetus for those calls was deputy director mccabe. should he be recused because he's already been involved in the white house doing public relations work essentially with members of congress and with th

rosenstein even mr. under immediate federal investigation and i cannot see how they could proceed in the current jobs under that circumstance. michael: i'm a little confused because you wrote he should completely disempower and dismantle -- but now you are saying he should not fire him. how does he completely disempower and dismantle the team? stone: by the appointment of a special prosecutor in uranium one. with that goes on, scandal it would be impossible for mueller to proceed. michael: have you given this advice directly to the president? stone: i have not. steve: tom lobianco of the associated press. tom: roger, thanks for doing this. i want to follow-up on steve's opening question. it sounds like you are saying, yes to the question of whether there will be charges against the president. legal, justified, what have you. it does seem like your answer is yes. is that where we are headed? stone: that is my concern. that is what i fear. i believe it would be a trumped up process related charge. given th

rosenstein, i think the public trust in this whole thing is gone. >> under relentless questioning rosensteineatedly said he sees no reason to remove mueller. and he suggested to democrats on the committee that the president has not pressured him to do so either. >> i am not going to be discussing my communications with the president. but i can tell you that nobody has communicated to me a desire to remove robert mueller. >> are you afraid of president trump firing you? >> no, i'm not. >> rosenstein also dismissed any idea president trump asked him to pledge his loyalty, something former fbi director james comey suggested trump had wanted for him. >> is it ever appropriate for the president of the united states to demand a department of justice official or fbi director take a loyalty pledge? >> i don't have an opinion about that. congressman, nobodies asked me to take a loyalty pledge other than the oath of office. >> rosenstein's staunch defense came as mueller's team -- congressmen steve shabt ticked through a list of contributions he said some members of mueller's team have made to democra

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rosenstein? >> no. >> he said we're at risk of a cudahy that in this country if we allow an unaccountable person, special counsel unaccountable here? >> no. he is not unaccountable. >> he went on to say with no oversight is there no oversight at all of the special counselor. >> there is oversight. >> he went on to say if we allow unaccountable person with no oversight to undermine the duly elected president of the united states, is pursuing the rule of laugh undermining the elected president of the united states? >> no, it is not. >> up with of my other colleagues said we have got to clean this town up. he talked about firing mueller. one of my former colleagues on this committee accused mueller of having ventricle detective can a against donald trump because he fired mr. comey. mr. rosenstein, do you believe that he has a vendetta against the president? >> no. i do not. >> i would just conclude that this little walk-through this one year in american history makes it impossible to understand how

he is required to present a confidential report to rod rosenstein who rosenstein at that point can make it public. you are not going to see bob muleie, doing a press komps on his own. but he will be bringing people who ants high. >> in terms of the remake session, you make it clear he would be laughing. talking to people about roger, the political capital that he has. at least, it seemed to people that i talked to today if he ma make. or even if he makes, he's the kind of person that rod rosen tin and personally would have a very hard time saying no to. is that a. is that fair how that dpu. is that right? >> i would think to think that he met somewhere for big time. they'll be coming up with a budget in the coming days for this investigation. and although technically rod rosenstein could fire pluler. . we do know that the president cannot fire him. he can only be dismissed by the tone general. sherry harris, this was very. >> i'll be glad to. >> joining us now is congressman adam shift, ranking kratz. i know this is a very busy time for you. >> rachel, i can't hear you. i'm sorry, i had

first, rod rosenstein's on capitol hill. ed henry joins us.t sounds like things are really heating up. >> that's right, shannon. this new court document confirms our original parting that the wife of a senior justice department official helped fusion gps dig up that dirt on then candidate donald trump. tonight, republicans are demanding answers on whether the unverified information in that trump dossier led to the appointment of special counsel robert mueller. fusion gps cofounder glenn simpson acknowledging his court document, his company last year hired nelly ohr, the wife of bruce ohr, demoted for concealing his meetings with fusion gps. it commissioned the dossier containing salacious allegations. that is raising more questions about the obama justice department's objectivity or lack thereof, since simpson now says he met personally with bruce ohr. "at his request, after the november 2016 election to discuss our findings regarding russia and the election." that was after ohr had met during the 2016 campaign with christopher steele, the for

rosenstein.lleagues and i have implored this committee to conduct real oversight of the department of justice. on january 24th, 2017, we wrote to chairman goodlatte insisting the committee hold hearings on president trump's conflicts of interest at home and abroad. citing to experts across the political spectrum we showed the administrate's attempts are so far whole inadequate. six weeks later attorney general sessions was forced to recuse himself from the russia investigation but we have not held a single hearing on the question of conflicts of interest. on march 8th we wrote again to the chairman encouraging him to call hearings on russia's alleged interference in the u.s. election. again no such hearings were ever held. in fact, this committee which during the obama administration held half a dozen hearings around operation fast and furious, received testimony from f.b.i. director comey three times in 13 months and detailed staff and resources to a benghazi investigation that cost the public a

rosenstein said there's no reason to fire mueller. democrats questioned rosenstein about president trump's role in the investigation including his firing of former fbi director james comey. they also asked about the possibility of arresting the president on allegations of sexual misconduct. >> i would have to know the facts and i would have to evaluate the law. i've never prosecuted a case like that in federal court, congressman, but if you have an allegation by any person at any time, you should feel free to submit it. >> reporter: the fbi has launched an internal investigation into the anti- trump text messages. rosenstein said that he is completely cooperating. he was asked by democrats about the president's favorite name for the russia investigation and he insists it is not a witch hunt saying that the integrity and the independence of the investigation remains no matter what anyone says about it. liz? >> yeah. democrats pressed rosenstein about whether the president intervened in this investigation. what did they go on to say abo

rod rosenstein, they're all republicans. and chris gave $39,000 in campaign contributions exclusively to republicans. so this is not some sort of democratic special counsel investigation. >> you're pointing to all of these public attacks. some of them may be unseemly. they may give a decay or erosion. but i want to be clear, people have the right to make those attacks. people have the right to remove it. is this more noise? or is senator warner, eric holder, all of these people speaking out, an indication that we are on the precipice of something? >> so there are rumors, keep in mind the special counsel is getting closer and robert mueller would not have done a plea deal with michael flynn to go get people under michael flynn. they would have done that plea deal to get people above michael flynn. there are only a handful of people above michael zplin some of them are in the white house. >> i want to play with you much of what we've been naerg conservative media. >> the special counsel of robert mueller's entire investigation

rosenstein. for the better part of a year, my colleagues and i have implored this committee to conduct real oversight of the department of justice. on january 24th, 2017, we wrote to chairman goodlatte, insisting that the committee hold hearings on president trump's conflicts of interest, at home and abroad. citing to experts across the political spectrum, we showed the administration's attempt to address its ongoing flisconflicf interest are wholly adequate. we have not held a single hearing on the issue of conflicts of interest. on march 8th, we wrote again to the chairman, encouraging him to call hearings on, quote, russia's alleged interference in the u.s. election. again, no such hearings were ever held. in fact, this committee, which during the obama administration held half a dozen hearings around operation fast and furious, received testimony from fbi director comey three times in 13 months, and detailed staff and resources to a benghazi investigation that cost the public almost $8 millio

so you pressed rod rosenstein on this today. were you satisfied with the answer you got to that question? >> a little bit. but, you know, he was explaining all day. this is a really bad fact pattern. i hate it for rod rosenstein that he's the one explaining it because he's not peter strzok and he's not andy mccabe and he is not james comey so he is having to do a little bit of clean up. but these are really bad facts if you care about an impartial objective department of justice and fbi. >> martha: i want to go to the other part of the text messages that goes to this question of conspiracy. because as ed henry laid out the time line on all of this very problematic. this is all text message from peter strzok to lisa page. i want to believe the path you through out for consideration in andy's office that there is no way he gets elected. i'm afraid we can't take that risk. it's like an insurance policy in the unlikely event that you die before you're 40. now, obviously, everyone is going to try to figure out what he do to make sure

despite what rod rosenstein said there under oath, the inspector general made clear what rod rosenstein said is not true. he made a decision to release the texts of the fbi officials and give to reporters even though rosenstein checked with the inspector general, the inspector general says that is not true. his office was never asked to sign off on giving these things to reporters. why did they do it then? this is a serious battle field as to accountability for the russia scandal and muller muell investigation. they are trying to smear the investigation, smear the special counsel as bias. in this case, the department releasing texts appears to be helping them make that case in a selective and out of context way. and when asked about it under oath, the deputy attorney general appears to have not told the truth about that. is that going to end up being trouble for the deputy attorney general for rod rosenstein who oversees the muller investigation at the justice department? if it is going to be trouble for rod rosenstein, the white house will love that. all of these swirling beltway repor

they grilled rosenstein. and trump jr. finished up. anderson, rosenstein was unwavering in his support of special counsel and his team throughout the hour's long contentious hearing where republicans repeatedly alleged political bias but he pointed out robert mueller had had been the fbi director under both democratic and republican presidents and made it clear that despite republican criticism, mueller would remain. >> have you seen good cause to fire special counsel mueller? >> no. >> he also faced tough question over the fbi agent's text messaging. >> and rosenstein responded by explaining in his view that political affiliations or opinions are different from bias and he said he and special counsel mueller have worked together to insure political views are not a factor in any investigation but that really hasn't satisfied republicans and they say the texts with an fbi lawyer calling trump an idiot and loathsome during the campaign -- well, said that must have impacted his work on the russia probe and his work on the hillary clinton

rosenstein? >> no. >> he said we're at risk of a could y coup d'etat. >> there is an oversight. >> and if we allow an unaccountable person to undermine the duly elected person of the united states, is pursuing a rule of law undermining the duly elected president of the united states? >> no, it is not. >> one of my orel colleagues said we've got to clean this town up. he talked about firing mueller. one of our formers colleagues accused mueller of having a vendetta. mr. rosenstein, do you believe he has a vendetta against the president? >> no, i do not. >> i would just conclude this walk-through, this one year in american history, makes it impossible to understand how it is my colleagues on the other side continue to launch attacks not only against reporters, against the fbi, against the special counsel, but they do so to throw dirt on the story, to make it try to go away. they may want to bury their heads in the stand, about mr. chairman, i want to make clear they will not bury the rule of law in

. >>> deputy attorney general rosenstein defending robert mueller and the russia investigation. he told a committee there's no cause to fire the counsel. >> rosenstein was unwavering in his support of the special counsel and his team throughout that hours long contentious hearing, where republicans were pointing to anti-trump messages between fbi agent peter strzok and lisa page during the primaries. they released hundreds of those messages this week. two were from march 2016. they show lisa page, the fbi attorney, saying god, trump is a loathe some human. so because of this republicans want a second special counsel appointed to investigate since strzok was on the russia probe until he was removed this summer when the text messages were revealed. he did play a leading role in the hillary clinton e-mail investigation, and rosenstein is saying the inspector on that is sufficient for now and he said robert mueller himself will not be fired. >> have you seen good cause to fire special counsel mueller? >> no. we recognize we have employees with political opinions and it's our respons

comey's firing, trump appointee and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein appointed robert mueller to oversee the investigation into, quote, any links and/or coordination between the russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of president donald trump and, quote, any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation. his appointment reassured americans that there will be a full and thorough law enforcement investigation. the announcement was met with support on both sides of the aisle and received nearly universal praise. in fact, many of the same people who are attacking him today praised mr. mueller's appointment just months ago. indeed, there's much to praise. the fact is that robert mueller has impeccable credentials as a man of the law. he's assembled a team that includes some of the nation's best investigators, and he's leading the investigation with the professionalism it deserves. mr. mueller is a dedicated vietnam war veteran and a lifelong republican appointed to his current role by deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, also a republican.

and rod rosenstein has not answered any of them.nd the investigations of him by the d.o.j., by the inspector general, by the office of special counsel, eeoc. and what do you do to get answers from rosenstein? >> he's going to come before the house judiciary committee wednesday. it's my belief if he's not willing to produce those answers and some of the information we have been asking about now for months, then congress needs to hold him in contempt. you can't just thumb your nose at the american people and not produce documents and witnesses congress is entitled to and think you will get away with it. judge jeanine: christopher wray did not answer a lot of questions including a question from jim jordan if peter strzok were the agent on the fisa warrant. if that is the case it's a disaster for this nation where the fbi is getting involved with a fake dossier opposing a political party. we didn't get an answer from christopher wray when he didn't have a legal reason not to tell us who signed for the warrant. >> that's not classified.

so let's see if rod rosenstein answers. should we?ure there are no conflicts of interest seem to have a few of their own. >> high ranking fbi officials involved in the clinton investigation were personally invested in the outcome of the election. >> this guy thought he was super agent james bond at the fbi. and i'm here to tell you, mr. rosenstein, i think the public trust in this whole thing is gone. >> not a single, solitary american he can imagine would vote for donald trump. this is the conflict of interest-free special agent assigned. >> did mr. mueller take appropriate action in this case? >> yes, he did. >> have you seen good cause to fire special counsel mueller? >> no. ainsley: i'm glad they're asking questions. i'm glad they're holding these individuals accountable because we as taxpayers need to know. steve: right. ainsley: speaking of taxes this is something everyone is waking up this is how much food can i put on the table and how much i can save for my kids for college. agreement on final tax bill. they will vote on it n

the house judiciary committee grilled rod rosenstein on the special counsel's investigation., just over an hour ago, donald trump jr. finally finished his interview with senate intelligence community staffers. it was a long day behind closed doors. our jessica schneider joins us now for the latest. >> rosenstein was unwavering in his support of the special counsel and his team throughout the hour's long contentious hearing where republicans repeatedly alleged political bias but rosenstein pointed out that robert mueller had been the fbi director under both democratic and republican presidents and made it clear despite republican criticisms, mueller would remain. >> have you seen good cause to fire special counsel mueller? >> no. >> he also faced tough questions over the fbi agent peter strzok text messages. >> yes. and he explained that in his view political opinions are different from bias and he and special counsel mueller have worked to make sure that is not a factor in an investigation but it's not satisfied republicans and they say that strzok's texts with an fbi lawyer

all of the major players, former director comey, ray rosenstein and jeff sessions are all republicans. the charges that somehow democratic political bias has crept into this investigation are baseless given the makeup of the leadership team. in recent weeks much as been made about the cold opinions expressed by an fbi agent last year. this conveniently ignores the fact that as soon as mr. mueller learned about these comments he immediately removed that agent in question from the investigation. if anything this adds to his credibility as a fair and independent investigator. i stand here is a vice-chairman of the intelligence committee. we are in the middle of our own investigation and i'm proud of the way chairman burn our committee have taken on this very difficult task. we've made tremendous progress uncovering the facts of russian interference in the elections. the committee's work helped exposed the dark underbelly. we have looked at the full accounting to target our state electoral systems. and despite the initial denials of any russian context or the election, the committee's eff

why is rod rosenstein talking to you now? >> we were talking to him about a news4 im-team investigation ad we asked if we could ask about the special counsel and, of course, he agreed to answer. >> he could have said no comment. >> he could have. >> thank you. >>> the city of jerusalem and both lay claim to the city making it one of the world's most sensitive diplomatic issues. tonight, t international criticism of president trump's decision to reverse 70 years of u.s. policy and recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. blayne alexander is at the white house to explain. blayne? >> there's no question, this was not a popular decision around the world. they were calling it a mistake. >> an announcement sending shock waves around the world. >> today we finally acknowledge the obvious, that jerusalem is israel's capital. this is nothing more or less than a recognition of reality. >> critics calling it a dangerous move, taking a side in the generation's long battle between israel's and palestinians and a complete 180 from decades

rosenstein, the public trust in this whole thing is gone. >> rosenstein says he and mueller are determinedat despite anyone's personal views, the investigation is inpartial. >> we will ensure there is no bias taken within the jurisdiction of the department of justice. >>> thanks to pete wpgs filliam the report. >>> forensics are ongoing. there's a dashboard hamilton 68 named after the paper, aaron hicks hamilton federalist paper focused on election metaling and protecting the process which focuses on twitter feeds and has determined that russia was indeed -- sites connected with russia were interfering in the alabama election. the extent to which russia also interfered through facebook and google and other social media sites, forensics are probably ongoing. we know the russians were focused on this. >> from what you've seen from what russia has done in 2016 and what our defensive capabilities are state by state or district by district. how prepared are we for 2018. this is going to be a monumental election for many reasons. just given what's at stake. >> it sure is. it's a great point. we

appointed to his current role by deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, also republican. in fact, all of the major players to date inn this investigation, former director comey, current fbi director wray, rod rosenstein and even attorney general sessions was had to recuse himself are all republicans. the charges, the charges some have made that summer democratic political bias have crept into this investigation are baseless given the makeup of the leadership team. in recent weeks much has been made of some political opinions expressed by an fbi agent during the election last year. this argumentco conveniently ignores the fact that as soon as mr. mueller learned about these comments, he immediately removed that agent in question from the investigation. if anything, this incident only adds to mr. mueller's credibility as a fair and independent investigator. mr. president, i stand here as the vice chairman of the senate intelligence committee. we are in the midst of our own investigation into russian incursion, and i am proud of the way that chairman burr and our committee h