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In congress to say that donald trump cannot fire the people who are investigating him. no one is above the law. not even the president. >> what do you make of the accusations against the presidents nominee to be head of the v.a., dr. and admiral ronny jackson. >> well, look, im very glad that jon tester and others are on this. they want to do a thorough background check and being the head of the v.a. is important. but for me, the big issue is an issue around policy. it is who is going to be ther...

Most republicans, both in congress and nationwide is that the president is going to continue to obstruct justice by firing bob mueller. you have, just learning yesterday, that, that the attorney general jeff sessions had to tell the white house if anything was done to fire deputy attorney general rod rosenstein or bob mueller he would not be able to stay. this lawsuit is the only thing that donald trump cannot fire and thats why its being filed. it wouldnt be necessary if donald trump werent eve...

Michael cohen is in now in judge woods courtroom and why whats going on in that courtroom, it seems to me the most important case in america right now since the president cannot fire judge wood and cannot fire any of these prosecutors in new york who have closed in on this. >> and we have a pending motion to take his deposition, if were successful, im going to be taking michael cohens deposition within the next 45 days. theres no question in my mind hes going to plead the fifth and message the f...

I would trust the credibility of mcclatchy over almost anybody who works in the trump organization, given the fact pattern, michael cohen and trump himself have had years of sort of flagrant lying on this one. but this may come down to who you believe, mcclatchy versus cohen. >> and the hannity show is one of the places that michael cohen flashed around his passport saying ive never been there. talk about the trouble that michael cohen is in now in judge woods courtroom and why whats going on in...

Valuable contributions. there is no truth to any suggestion otherwise. the new rules go in effect on friday. back with us now, white house reporter for the washington examiner steve nelson. good to talk with you once again. in speaking of these sort of changes in security clearances or what john kelly is trying to edge pose in the white house in response to rob porter, what has been the reaction to these statements from the white house that jared kushner is actually going to be able to continu...

Of the united states and the man who literally wrote the rules under which robert mueller was appointed joins me now. so, lets start, neil, with this. when people say will the president fire robert mueller, the president personally cannot fire robert mueller. how would he go about -- what would he have to do to remove him? >> he might try and fire him directly. he might constitutionally be able to do that. or he could order the acting attorney general under the regulations rod rosenstein who i...

The lawyers say there is no plans to do it. the president does what he wants. if he wants to fire mueller hell have to navigate the special counsel regulations under which mueller was appointed. former acting solicitor general of the united states and the man who literally wrote the rules under which robert mueller was appointed joins me now. so, lets start, neil, with this. when people say will the president fire robert mueller, the president personally cannot fire robert mueller. how would h...

Leaves the game, looking to attempt to blow our efforts. >> does the white house care? >> no. of course, not. it is feeding off of this. >> you said something earlier that i think is really important, the question is mike pences state of mind. mike pence is someone the president cannot fire at least for the next four years. time and again, this governor who has positive himself as kind of the authentic man in the administration has always been a knee to the president. i dont quite understand how...

I want you to react to that. >> the president is not thinking about firing bob mueller. this is speculation that is out there, that is just incorrect. >> neil: would you advise him regardless of a grand jury that that would be a bad idea? >> look, my job is to -- my job is to deal with what? i have to deal with the facts as we have them and the case as we have it. the decision the president were to make on bob mueller is something that im not involved in and wouldnt be involved in. frankly the p...

>> well, first of all, robert mueller is a republican. he served in both democratic and republican administrations. i agree that he is an honorable man. the president cannot fire robert mueller. he would have to have to deputy attorney general fire him. so in order for the president to get rid of mueller, he do what nixon did. keep firing people until they fired mueller. and i dont think the president will do that. >> there was a poll about who people believed between comey is that trump. i dont...