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Judge is sending you to jail. i think thats what he goes to bed every night thinking, every night. all this bravado and everything else, ive known him for 22 years. when i was doing these cases in new jersey and i would put political figures in jail, he would say to me, i could never do that, i could never go to jail. im telling you, no matter what he says, no matter how hes bragging and going on and on about him not being afraid, he goes to bed every night thinking about the sound of that jail ...

Democrats and republicans. now that is a lot to unpack and that one tweet. but when it comes to democrats and republicans, do you think they are deeply invested in whether rod rosenstein keeps his job? is there a difference between the average democrat and average republican might be thinking on the issue? >> of course, rod rosenstein his job cannot be removed from the question of robert mueller s special counsel investigation which was begun by road rosenstein at about the same time he was talk...

Not make it to the supreme court? what do you think? >> i do not think there is concern that he wont make it. i think there is enthusiasm moving forward. it is interesting every time we have these summits, there is something happening here in washington that has significant implications. and of course this is at the pinnacle of issues of concerns when it comesto values . it was one of the motivating issues for evangelicals for donald trump in the 2016 presidential election. i think there is re...

In the initial scope was one year ago this day, may 17 letter, may 17 memorandum, rod rosenstein altered, amended, change, clarify that in some fashion on august 2. and all we have got to see is a little bit of that that dealt with paul manafort. we want to see the whole thing, just like the federal judge. more portly, you in the press need to see it and most important of the american people need to see it because they are the ones who elected this president. and the part that just drives me cra...

We dont know because we dont have the transcript. thats what we need to see. if i am a judge, the follow-up question would be whats the name of the organization they gave you this dossier. >> juan: what does it matter? >> brian: if you are coming at me and i say why is he mad at me, if my enemy is saying bad things about me before i get there, you are dispossessed to hate me. the people at a political motive, which is get how the re- -- get hillary elected. lets see the argument, the transcripts...

Situation. i sympathize with the president. he is getting caught up in something of his own making which is, i would add one thing. its not just karl rove republican who claims there is no obstruction alan dershowitz, a famously liberal man, says you cant be accused of obstruction of justice, what you are doing is within your constitutional prerogatives. to end an investigation is entirely within the constitutional prerogative of the president. so there cannot be obstruction. >> i would remind e...

Tapes, he triggered the situation. i sympathize with the president. he is getting caught up in something of his own making which is, i would add one thing. its not just karl rove republican who claims there is no obstruction alan dershowitz, a famously liberal man, says you cant be accused of obstruction of justice, what you are doing is within your constitutional prerogatives. to end an investigation is entirely within the constitutional prerogative of the president. so there cannot be obstruct...

James comeys dramatic firing came as a shock to comey himself. he was addressing fbi agents at the l.a. command center in california when the tv screens behind him displayed the breaking news. he started laughing thinking he was pranked, until aides told him he had in fact been fired. joining me now is jeremy bash, the former chief of staff at the cia and matt miller, former chief spokesman for the justice department and nbc news justice and security analyst. welcome both. first to you, matt mil...

His personal attorneys office being raided. i think, you know, we can understand why he would be flailing, as one person put it. >> and the fact his own attorney showed up at federal courthouse in new york, which well get into in a second trying to keep the fbi-seized materials that michael cohen had away from the government. so, yes, context is important. >> reporter: sure. >> mr. ambassador, hearing all of that. right. hearing how the president is feeling and how road rosenstein is feeling. ca...

White house bathtub. it is a really bad idea. think about how this would work. he couldnt talk to sessions because he recused himself. he would go to rosenstein who appointed mueller and said fire him. rosenstein presumably would say no, and he would be other fired himself or resign. then the president would have to find someone willing to do what rosenstein wouldnt do. you can go through that leadership having resignation after resignation. in the meantime, people would cite that as a basis for...