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Going to get something done. thank you. >> something done. this, just two days after manchin, the key democratic senator in the negotiations at this point, that he walked away from talks with the white house and said he was a no on that bill. and tonight, senate democrats are just minutes away from holding a conference call to discuss the fate of this massive bill and massive effort to get it over the finish line. manu raju is out front for us tonight. manu, whats going to happen on this call? >...

National security analyst james clapper, the former director of national intelligence. good evening, sir, or good afternoon from australia. good to have you on. so, director clapper, the deputy attorney general and the president, theyre expected to meet on thursday. do you think president trump is going to fire him? >> i dont think so, don. i think this could possibly be nothing more than perhaps an air clearing. thats the good news. i think, though, the fact that theyre having this meeting is y...

Good to have you on. so, director clapper, the deputy attorney general and the president, theyre expected to meet on thursday. do you think president trump is going to fire him? >> i dont think so, don. i think this could possibly be nothing more than perhaps an air clearing. thats the good news. i think, though, the fact that theyre having this meeting is yet another indicator that i think rod rosensteins days are numbered. at some point, he is going to leave. i think a logical -- maybe the mos...

And still be deputy attorney general. i think we have to put that possibility on the table because we simply cant be sure what this meeting is about. it doesnt sound like we know for certain exactly whats on the table here. so i think a note of caution here that we just dont know how this is going to end, and it would be theoretically possible, within the realm of possibility that when the meeting is over, rod rosenstein is still the deputy attorney general for at least until the midterm electio...