meaning rod rosenstein.hat language has been moving towards not firing rod rosenstein after rod rosenstein told the president that he is not a target. >> neil: he volunteer you had that the president did not request that he volunteered that information. thank you very much, my friend. try to ask john roberts if he is available here. i do want to go to steven of "the washington times" to keep track of the developments. there was a cabal going after the president and depending on your viewpoint it was that it was being called into question mccabe and then comey and then possible misstatements on the book tour. where is this going? you know, you are a lot closer to it than i am. if rod rosenstein is telling the president look, whatever is going on out there, you, sir, are not a target of this investigation. do you believe that and is it your sense that that is that? >> yeah. i mean, i guess i accept it on faith from the reporting that he did tell him that now, what that means is absolutely up for discussion. as

i don't think he'll fire rosenstein. confident that would be the beginning of the end of his presidency. he's not going to do that. >> that would be a mistake. the best thing for the president and the country would be to allow mueller to continue his work. >> i think the president is too smart to do that. >> honestly, i am not that concerned. i don't believe the president would do that. >> well, joining me now is senator richard blumenthal. this word now that the president wanted to fire mueller back in december. if he wanted to do it then, is there any reason to believe he wouldn'tle also want to do it no uh? >> he certainly wow much more reason to do it no uh. this raid on his lawyer's office is like a nuclear strike with multiple warheads. the awe it is audacity of this the need for it demonstrates his lawyer not only has evidence of a crime, possibly implicating the president, fwu also that he was thought likely to destroy or conceal that evidence. otherwise the judge would not have granted that warrant. and so the i

that's up to rosenstein now. and as of december of last year, rosenstein has publicly testified that he sees no reason to fire bob mueller. >> have you seen good cause to fire special counsel mueller? >> no. p. >> thank you. if you were ordered today today to fire mr. mueller, what would you do? >> i would follow the regulation. if there were good cause, i would act. if there were no good cause, i would not. >> and you've seen no good cause so far. >> correct. >> so, rosenstein didn't see a reason to fire mueller. is that why his job is in jep jeopardy tonight? pamela brown is "outfront" with this breaking development and pamela, you are breaking this story. what more are you learn iing at this hour about what the president is thinking about firing rosenstein? >> well, our team has learned the president's consideration of firing rod rosenstein has gained urgency following the raid of the office of the president's personal lawyer. sources familiar with this matter say this is one of several options on the table ri

with him wanting to fire rod rosenstein and rod rosenstein apparently signing off on the southern districtng and exercising that, you know, all the search warrants in terms of hotel and the apartment and the law office of his attorney and thank goodness notwithstanding the president's misunderstanding of how our government functions and works and the justice department works for, i think the justice department itself and the professionals who work there and in the fbi have an understanding of what their responsibilities are and whether or not he does they're moving forward to protect this democracy and i think that's a significant thing. >> if you think president trump furious at comey up until now just wait until he goes through more of the book. >> wait. he may have done him a favor and now can't be blackmailed because it is out there. one way or another. >> i'm sure the president's not very happy about reading -- >> don't think he'll read of that. >> "the new york post," not "washington post," "the new york post." this report. we'll continue to stay on top of breaking news. much more ri

deputy rosenstein. rod rosenstein. he wrote the letter, very critical, of comey.of the things i said i fired comey, well, i turned out to do the right thing because you look at all of the things that he's done and the lies and you look at what's gone on at the fbi with the insurance policy and all of the things that happened. turned out i did the right thing. but he signed -- as you know, he also signed the fisa warrant. so rod rosenstein, who's in charge of this, signed a fisa warrant and he also -- he also signed a letter that was essentially saying to fire james comey. and he was right about that. he was absolutely right. so we'll see what happens. i think it's disgraceful, and so does a lot of other people. this is a pure and simple witch hunt. thank you very much. thank you. please. >> will rod rosenstein keep his job? >> thank you. >> will rod rosenstein keep his job? >> thank you all very much. >> you can hear the reporters asking very clearly at the end there, will rod rosenstein keep his job? "thank you very much." no answer from the president. whatever t

in other words mueller becomes the boss of rosenstein. and they've made the case against the fbi and all the rest. you guys are lawyers. i don't know if that sticks but they are challenging the ethics of all of this. >> well, there's a lot of material to work with there. this lawyer raid here has absolutely nothing to do with russian collusion, nothing. can't possibly. so let's say it comes up -- >> with whihich is why it was f out to the southern district to new york. >> it wasn't farmed out. they wouldn't do it. >> he is recused from michael cohen. >> so then use another one. it should have been moved out of the special investigations purview. it's completely outside of any arguable jurisdiction related to the charge that mueller originally got. gloria is right about the sort of circumstantial reversional her -- reversal here. it looks like mueller is using that, not being a sincere, good actor. >> jake, i think these conflicts charges, they've thrown one after another in the white house of bob mueller, starting with claiming that he wa

rosenstein primarily among them. perhaps even jeff sessions and of course there is always the question about does he want to fire mueller. do we know he is going to do any of these things? nobody does. >> what are your sources saying about the president's feelings on mueller himself right now? >> he has problems with mueller too. i was told by a source that right now his rage is more directed at rosenstein and at jeff sessions. but they leabelieve, and the president believes that the raid crossed a red line. and he has run amuck. and he is unchecked because rosenstein approved that. and he believes that he is not checking him in the way he should. and therefore, he would like, if he had his druthers, he would like to get rid of him too. there are members of congress, you heard chuck grassley say it would be political suicide if he did that. he may not want to start that fire because difficult for him to extinguish politically. firing rosenstein would not be as difficult. >> we got information on what the fbi was seek

and rosenstein seeing you are not?e still want to get additional context as to what discussion took place. lisa: we have a sense of where we are with miller's investigation and when it will wrap up? chris: we believe we are getting into the real meat of the investigation. if you look at the indictments until now, they have been on people like paul manafort for money laundering and tax evasion. our michael flynn for obstructing justice and lying to investigators. the real meat of the investigation gets into the issues of whether there was cooperation between anybody on trump's campaign, or whether trump had knowledge of the russian interference in the election, and also the obstruction of justice. things are moving at a fast pace, and obviously we have the investigation into trump's lawyer now, michael cohen and the rate on his office. now you have a whole other track of investigation taking place in new york. the u.s. attorney is leading that office in that case. there are now parallel investigations into associates of

, rod rosenstein. as you know, he also signs the fisa warrant. so rod rosenstein who is in charge of this signed a fisa warrant and he also -- he also signed a letter that was essentially saying to fire james comey. >> now, according to the fox news radio producer who asked that question, you heard shouted about mueller, the president mouthed thank you at him as he was ushered out. in the same clip you may have noticed the president quickly pivoted from mueller to deputy attorney general rosenstein. nobody asked. the president just brought him up. that was no coincidence. according to "the new york times" reporting the president's tirade last night copied in private at the white house as he fumed whether he should fire rosenstein before the times broke the news today it was rosenstein himself who was the one who personally signed off on the decision to raid cohen's office. mike the schmidt is one of the reporter who's broke that story as well as tonight's breaking news the president sought to fire muel

. >> we know it was rod rosenstein. >> do you know chris wray? >> we know it is rod rosenstein who needs to be fired -- >> and you are saying the swamp. >> and i think he is a united states attorney for 20 years. >> he started his career as the -- in the independent counsel office pursuing bill clinton. that is where -- i first met rod rosenstein was down in little rock, arkansas, when he was an independent counsel -- >> rich, how do you see this? >> we have to acknowledge that any president of the united states would be extremely upset if what was supposed to by counter intelligence investigation into the meddling of the election has morphed into a personal raid -- raid of his personal lawyer's office partly at least over a toddry payoff to a porn star. there is no president that will say that is a natural progression and that is great, i'm fine with that. so it is natural that he's very upset about this. he's angry about it. i don't think there is any way he's going to fire his way out of it. i don't think firing rosenstein gets him or mueller

but is rod rosenstein putting them at risk? >>> we begin with a live view of the white house and reported skepticism of north korea's plans to freeze nuclear testing. the "washington post" says behind the scenes they are warning that dictator kim jong-un could be setting a trap and promising not to back off a hard-line stance ahead of a potential leader summit. this comes ahead of the president voting in mike pomp pompeo's confirmation tomorrow. he's facing an unprecedented view and is expected to be confirmed once the vote goes to the senate. meanwhile, president trump is airing new grievances against james comey. saying, james comey's memos are classi classified, i did not declassify them. they belong to our government. therefore, he broke the law. additionally, he totally made up many of the things he said i said, and he is already a proven liar and leaker. >>> president trump is also attacking a report that his lawyer might flip to avoid jail time. nbc's geoff bennett has more. >> reporter: president trump blasts "the new y

dismiss mueller or dismiss rosenstein himself.you have freedom caucus members talking about impeachment of rosenstein. mcconnell has suggested they don't need to protect mueller. this is the hill gop playing jv. consider the intrigue they tried to build around the devin nunes memo and it fell flat and the comey memos. but mueller is playing varsity and he's building up indictments and guilty pleas. this is just a side show. >> it's both, a side show they're trying to politicize them, which seems inconsistent with their supposed concern about leaks and yet is very unusual for a legal or journalistic sense to see this. usually you have to wait decades to see it. for example, james comey memorializing the real time, long before he knew he would be fired that trump told him he spoke with people on the miss uni verse trip that reminded him that he didn't stay overnight. he brought up the golden showers thing. and then brought up again he didn't stay overnight in russia. but there were social media posts that he at least overnighted the

rosenstein, it is the first step to dismissing mr. mueller. and clearly, and i think in many views, that would cross the line. >> the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is reluctant to consider legislation to protect the special counsel robert mueller. he said it is unnecessary. because he didn't believe the president will actually remove the special counsel. how do you see it? >> well, you listen to the president. he really is -- is selling doubt in the investigation which is obviously attempting to influence the investigation. we could protect the integrity of the investigation by passing a pretty simple statute to protect the special counsel, that protects mr. mueller. we should have done that a long time ago. the president's threats should not be used to try to influence this investigation. >> how would t-- would the congress react, senator, if the president were to fire mueller. >> i do think that would create a constitutional crisis and you would see the american people and the members of congress take steps in order to make sure tha

this, other than to undermine rod rosenstein?at's the purpose. and think about how disgraceful this is. here is the deputy attorney general, who is being investigated by the white house, by the people who employ him, solely because he is doing the job he's supposed to do. rod rosenstein is supervising the mueller investigation in an honorable way, reflecting his integrity, and that's not good enough for this white house, they want to get rid of him. >> but you say he's a witness. >> of course he's the witness, he's the first witness. he's the my prayprimary witness. any decent lawyer asks -- calls rosenstein as the first witness and says, did you write the memo at the time? at the time you wrote the memo, did you think you were obstructing justice? did you think there was justification? did you ask the president if he had any corrupt motives? you can't be a witness and at the same time supervise prosecution -- >> but do you really believe that's what the intent of the president is, in terms of getting rid of rosenstein? >> i don'

he could ask rosenstein to fire mueller. rosenstein could say no and resign or be fired by the president. and that succession plan you put up there would kick in. but then he's got to find someone, you know, the these are all career people who care about their reputations and don't want to be known for defending donald trump in a duley instituted investigation, they're not going to do this. so he's got to clear out the whole leadership of the justice department if he wants to get rid of mueller, the way nixon did in the saturday night massacre. >> i said in the open he's in that territory. >> we all know that's what he wants to do. the issue is what's holding him back? because he does what he wants to do. the only thing that's holding him back -- >> midterms. >> i think it's more congressional republicans, just by a thread they are telling him you can't do that. that is a red line. and as soon as they start to go shaky, he will do it. >> okay. i have the code of the federal regulations on the firing of the special counsel, t

rosenstein. it's mr.essions' job and he has a duty to fire rod p rosenstein. >> sean: professor dershowitz, you had said that the raid on michael cohen's hotel room, his home and office was a violation of his constitutional rights. do you agree with joe that it's the attorney general's job to step in and fire rod rosenstein? >> i would do it differently. i think rod rosenstein is recused.ro he can't serve on an investigation in which he will end up being the key witness. if i were a lawyer for donald trump, and i am not, i a. just saying what i would say about anybody, i would be makins a motion in front of a judge. first to the justice department. to recuse rosenstein. then in front of a judge. you cannot be a prosecutor and you cannot be a witness in the same case. the thing to me that's most disturbing tonight, i am a lifelong member of the american civil liberties union.n. i was on the national board of the american civil liberties union. to its everlasting disgrace, today the american civil liberties

rosenstein should fire mueller. lou: if rosenstein doesn't? >> he should find someone who will.ose stop officials to step up and do their jobs. attorney general jeff sessions should unrecuse himself. mueller himself is conflicted. forget about that there are no republicans on the staff of the special counsel operations. mueller himself interviewed for the fbi position that opened up and is now the subject of a criminal violation by his own operation. lou: rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general is the fellow who said that the president should fire, should fire james comey then appoint a special counsel to investigate the firing based on his memorandum. how dumb do you have to be to find a conflict if you are in justice department leadership. >> it's a conflict and mr. rosenstein is implicated in the fisa abuse issue because he signed off on one of the fisa applications. this is a mess. stormy daniels isn't going to save the mueller operation. the president is focusing on removing robert mueller. lou: to hell with official washington. it is the deep state and it's working aga

the two as in rosenstein and comey.hich makes you have to question how that could be if rosenstein was the one to write that memo justifying comey's firing. but that is what they want allies to do. all of this happening as the president weighs firing him and rosenstein himself was here at the white house today, meeting face-to-face with the president. now an official says it was preplanned, it was just official business that was discussed. but you have to wonder if other things were brought up, considering all that has been going on this week. >> pamela, thank you very much. with pamela's reporting, you say, gosh, exactly as she did, if they want conflict of interest based on the memo he wrote that supported their point of view, it's a hard argument to make. but they are trying. and "outfront" now, row naught toe mariotti, former prosecutor, bob mueller's special assistant at department of justice. what do you make of these attacks on rosenstein, this now-coordinated effort to put out the message he's conflicted, he's g

rosenstein. it is mr. sessions job and he has a duty to fire rod rosenstein. >> i would be making a motion in front of the judge. first in front of the justice department to recuse rosenstein, then i would make it in front of the judge. you cannot be a prosecutor and you cannot be a witness in the same case. >> martha: that is the president's legal team fighting off more incoming today. a report that fox broke down about mueller interview "untrue." catherine herridge and washington tonight with the story. hi catherine. >> good evening. the president's personal attorney ty cobb telling fox news a short time ago that it is untrue. a source familiar with the legal strategies says this week on the president's longtime lawyer and ally michael cohen was like a bomb going off shattering trump on all sides. also today, just as officials confirming rod rosenstein will oversee the russia probe and has the power to fire the special counsel for preplanned meetings that lasted an hour. the subject of one meeting provid

i'm not sure if rod rosenstein is in that same category or not. this is the president's decision. >> i'm interested and you work for the fbi and the cia. the president described this raid on michael cohen's office, hoax and hotel as an attack on our nation. and you're somebody who knows what an attack on our nation is. what was your take when you heard that. >> two takes. first if you are in the line as i was at the bureau in the leadership position, you will say look, we have a job to do and that is whether you are the dog catchers, the mayor or the president, if you have probable cause to go into a lawyer's office or resident, you will follow probable cause. if i or jake tapper did something wrong, we just step back and say this heartens me in terms of what the american public did. on the other hand you say the president of the united states is suggesting that in a country where a sixth grader and eighth grader and 12th grader is taught we're all born equal and all equal under the law that the president himself could say i think it is appropriat

i think it is rosenstein. and i think you could replace rosenstein with your own person who's going to do exactly what you directed them to do. he can hand pick that person if he chooses to do so. i still say that would be obstruction. >> bring this back to the obstruction case. james comey is about to go out on a book tour, sort of a high level peek at jim comey and questions about his firing. in response to the american response to the atrocities in syria, he went back to rod rosenstein's role and articulating a rationale for firing jim comey. b where are we right now in terms of the president's public facing actions and how many of them point to an obstruction of justice case that bob mueller could bring? >> i think firing rod rosenstein would be obstructy. i'm not sure it would be obstruction of justice under the classical definition. the president cleared the room in the oval thauoffice that day said i want you to see your way through to clearing mike flynn. he did things that are totally outside of the p

after all, rod rosenstein is his deputy. he played a role sdae-- he had hand in helping to select him. that's our best understanding. the notion that it would be perceived as yet another attempt to potentially interfere in the investigation, certainly i think everyone who works in the white house and the department of justice are very aware of those questions. >> what is the significance of the michael cohen raid in the mind of the president if that, for him, is so scary that it would trigger him doing the very thing that everyone, including some of his loyalist allies on television, have been pleading with him not to do. alan dershowitz was on "the beat" earlier this week. he's a loyal defender of trump on collusion among other things, other issues, and he's pleading with him not to fire rosenstein. >> all the reporting shows the president was deeply rattled by that development, deeply concerned, deeply angry, believed it crossed some kind of red line. you know, on the other hand, it's now been, you know, what, nearly two w

he would have come and presented it to rosenstein, and rosenstein would have made the call what to do with it. this is, for instance, as ken starr did when he came to janet reno and said, hey, i've got some new information about this monica lewinsky person. you keep it, starr. but rosenstein here said, you bring it to the southern district of new york. the first thing it tells us, by the way, is cohen's involved. that's news to us. remember, this search warrant has to be about cohen and not about trump. the second thing it tells us is cohen is in a world of hurt because if not mueller, at least rosenstein is going to be worried about some of the overall political consequence of where mueller goes. not so, the southern district of new york. they famously take no quarter, and cohen is now in their clutches. he's there for the long run. it's not going away even if mueller were to be fired tomorrow. that investigation now sits with them and stays with them. >> david jolly, i'd like you to pull back the lens a little bit and just tell me what it tells you about this president, that when si

mueller, ray and rosenstein. it is clear to me that mueller, ray and rosenstein are antitrumper and not a good faith federal investigation and designed to embarrass the president and i believe they have determined that they want to take him down. i think it is one of the most disgraceful events in american law enforcement and the history of our country and should be an embarrassment to all three of them and apparently is not. >> i think that there is no evidence of collusion with the russian and so what mueller and his people are trying to do is goad the president in to firing them and so they can say oh, my we brought it all out and we were fired. i disagree with tom. i do not think that the president ought to be goaded in to doing this. i think he is stay cool. >> lou: i am so furious at what we are witnessing, i am reactive and reflective and reactionary. it is to me such an incendiary moment that i cannot imagine why is the bar association as i asked earlier in the broadcast and where is the legal profession

and he's mad at rod rosenstein.ce that currently today, he's angrier at him than at mueller. >> if he were to fire rod rosenstein, dana, there's been some speculation there would be a new acting deputy attorney general to oversee mueller's probe. and once mueller concludes his probe and presents the report, it would be up to that new person to decide whether to submit it to congress or make it public. it might never see the light of day. >> absolutely. look, there's so if what ifs, which is why there's so much unchartered territory here. but also why there is a very, very deep concern about the notion of the president firing rod rosenstein. because he is the one who appointed robert mueller, because he is the one who was in charge of the mueller investigation. question, open question, i was on capitol hill yesterday talking to some of the president's fellow republicans who have a vested interest in this, many of whom think he'll never fire rosenstein, but they also didn't think he was going to fire james comey, who

. >>> and white house preparations to undermine rod rosenstein, and the republican party has the launched a major war against james comb yes. 4r5i9 today, details from that book began emerging, some revealing, some outright salacious, remarkal scenes with president obama and later president trump, at some of the most critical moments in recent history, including a russian attack on american democracy. randi kaye joins us with the latest. >> according to "the washington post" in his new book james comey set he brought up the dossier, that dossier alleged that russians had a so-called pee tape of prostitutes that trump had paid to urinate on each other and his bed in a hotel suite. comey writes that he wanted him, reportedly writesh adding that it bothered him if there was even a 1% chance his with wife melania thiol it was true the in an apparent play for my sympathy, trump said he has a beautiful wife appeared the whole thing has been very painful for her. he asked what we could do to lift the cloud. 9 former fbi director reportedly writing that president trump said -- i'm a germ aphobe.

rod rosenstein needs to be fired. nunes is also demanding that the fbi, the doj hand over the key documents about the t opening of the russia investigation, plus we have media reacting to the president and by the way, that he is not a target. oh, it's driving them insane. and he is only a subject in the corrupt mueller investigation.nl there is a total freakout over. jonathan turleyp- is out with a brand-new bat that is bashing the abusively biased press for refusing to accept this fact. also tonight, alan dershowitz was phenomenal last night, he is back as well as joena digenova. they will give us a reaction to the latest legal developments. jason chaffetz, he has a list of the top ten things congress should be doing right now so that they will serve you, the american people, as opposed -- they are supposed to be public servants and it would help republicans win. he'll joinll us with the detail. we have all of that and so, so much more in our breaking news opening monologue. ♪ tonight, president trump is on a complet

they feel the same way about rosenstein. >> what would happen, if then, if he tries to fire either rosensteins stand up? stand by them or stand aside as the president, you know, tries to stop the russia investigation? >> hard to say. there will be some members in the conference who i think would stand by the president. some in the very safe ruby red districts. i think most of those members who are more thoughtful and those who are in more vulnerable political situations certainly would understand the gravity of the situation. and not only from a political standpoint, but from -- from the perspective of protecting our system of justice and the integrity of it. >> so when you say stand up, what do you mean? >> i think -- i think these members will have to push back and publicly denounce any such -- any such decision if the president were to make it. i hope he doesn't. and i've raised this issue with the speaker, in fact, i was in a meeting with him today, i said, please, please tell the president not to do this. >> but everybody -- everybody, congressman, who is standing up, pretty much, who st

there's this growing frustration with rod rosenstein. one of the problems is they believe that rod rosenstein is not managing robert mueller properly. if rod rosenstein were doing his job that mueller would have some fences around him and some of this stuff would not be happening. maybe the stormy daniels questions would not be coming up right now. what we have to stay tuned pr is the possibility might act on some of this. obviously mueller firing would be a red line that he cannot cross. maybe firing jeff sessions would anger people in the senate, con sefbti -- conservatives in the senate. people are telling him that this is something he could get away with politically. >> you doing a lot of reporting on this directly related to the russia probe or separate beyond? >> based on what we know about what they acted on yesterday, no. payments to the women, investments et cetera. we do know that michael cohen was his fixer and involved in many of his business dealings. we know one of those is the failed project to build a trump power in mosco

rosenstein t is mr.ons job and he has a duty to fire rod rosenstein jts i think he is recused. i don't think he can serve on an investigation in which he will end up being the key witness. >> those are two trump confidants on fox news offering their thoughts on how the president should handle the russian investigation. two attorneys whose opinions we know the president values. he had dinner with alan der shou last night -- before the accident show tonight on sean hannity about ten minutes before it started. spent a deal of time attacking the mueller investigation. no conclusion so they go crazy. tonight "the washington post" in the story, the president has been livid in the wake of monday's fbi raids of michael cohen. he contemplated a shake up at the justice department in the hopes of occur being the expanding probe who's referral led to the raids. considering firing rod j. rosenstein overseeing the probe. >> "times" reporter joining me and my friend michael steel and political analyst. good to see you

he's been musing about firing rosenstein overnight. back to the national security implications and what seems to be an imminent missile strike in syria, something the president has called a nice and new and smart missile strike. what is it that mean? our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is with us. >> reporter: good morning. not only showing his military intentions which he said he'd never do, declaring war on twitter, the missiles are coming, how does the president of the united states pull back from that? it seems he is committed and he knows exactly that the russians are watching this very carefully. as you pointed out a minute ago, look at the tweet the use of the word, smart, u.s. smart weapons. the russians know that the u.s., the uk and france, which all may be involved in this have precise weapons, precision guided weapons guided to their targets by satellite. these are smart weapons. the russians know it but the president signaling this is very important because the russians have already keyed in on it by him saying smart

rosenstein gave him that information which, of course, was leaked afterwards out into the press. it is not justice department protocol, nor any other prosecutor's protocol, to share information beyond the investigation. it just welcomes interference. that's true even with the most objective of those who get the information, which i think 95% of america believes congressman nunes is not objective. it is not hard to understand why we don't do this, and yet several house republicans have smeared mr. rosenstein and even threatened his job unless he broke with the longstanding prosecutorial guidelines giving him the ammunition to twist. it is just disgraceful and not consistent with us being a democracy where there's rule of law. more consistent with a bullying attitude that we see in nondemocrat, small d, countries. deputy attorney general rosenstein is doing his level best to honor the integrity of the russia probe while being dragged through the mud by his colleagues. he's a strong man. he's done an excellent job and he is doing his best now. he's doing exactly what a deputy attorn

rosenstein fired. but it's a pretty unusual and bold move for the attorney general to reach out to the white house and say, hey, if you make this move, i may be leaving too. >> yeah. do you think, josh, this was in some way a warning of a, of a you know what storm if trump pulled the trigger on axing rosenstein? >> well, it's a good question. i think it's hard to predict anything until things actually happen and you have people pulling out, but there's certainly a lot of consternation at doj with the president. his moosings about firing rosenstein, his several attempts to oust jeff sessions. that's part of the obstruction inquiry by the special counsel. and he's very frustrated with the fbi and doj. it's been a recurring theme of this presidency. that the is not simpatco with doj and fbi. and more than anything else, as far as our reporting, don, the president expresses lots of frustration with the united states legal system and leaders who he think he should be investigating and charging andrew mccabe

did rod rosenstein know when these are being leaked to trigger a special counsel investigation, rod rosensteinigns the document creating the special counsel. was he completely in the dark? or was he actually in on it? i'd love to know that answer. >> harris: as we move forward with all of this, do we have time? i want to hear from the president now. he tweeted, let's read his tweet about this. it's interesting. he tweeted about michael flynn, who we know was caught up with the fbi. they accused him of lying. general michael flynn's life can be totally destroyed while shady james comey can leak and lie and make lots of money from a third rate book that should never have been written. is that really the way life in america is supposed to work? i don't think so. that's from the president of the united states. your last word. >> i am glad we are seeing charges being referred to the doj with regards to andrew mccabe. he was lying to officials of the justice department. he was my brigade commander when i was a young intelligence officer. he rose through all the ranks, served through decades, fightin

rosenstein to do his job. if rosenstein doesn't want to, then he needs to go.ecause that is how our government is supposed to work congress needs to be able to get answers on behalf of you. we now see corruption at the highest levels of government. you have a corrupt media, they are in major denial. they are besides themselves over reports that president trump did not currently -- let me repeat, not a target of the special counsel robert mueller wants corrupt investigation. now, despite this new development, the media is desperate. they are holding out hope. they are on their knees. they are praying to god that somehow, some way, robert mueller will still find a way to make donald trump the target and go after the president. think through this. if that ever happened, is that good for the country? is that good for the forgotten men and women of the country? does that create jobs? does that get people out of poverty and create food stamps? no. does it keep us safer? no. >> do they seem to care? no. take a look. >> subject means someone of interest to the grand ju

is rod rosenstein in his job tomorrow? does donald trump go through this evening without firing the u.s. attorney for the southern district or rod rosenstein? i think that's an open question. >> let me take that point to krystal ball and read the reporting from bloomberg as well as some of our own folks working on this. mueller brought the information involving cohen to rod rosenstein, who decided the matter should be handled by the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. does people a when people ask, does the system work? the pressure on sessions and rosenstein. tonight is a night where the system appears at this hour to be working. the senator says what happens next hour? and krystal, there's reporting that donald trump is watching this all live on tv as he sees evidence gathered from cohen's office and trump knows better than most people what cohen has in there. >> that's exactly right. and to just talk about michael cohen as trump's personal lawyer understates that relationship. first, this relationship g