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Sessions might try to shut it down. >> i can see where jeff sessions is replaced with a recess appointment and the attorney general doesnt fire mueller but reduces his budget so low that the investigation grinds to a halt. >> reporter: rosenstein who rarely talks about the mueller probe offers words of assurance that the president sun tainted. >> bob mueller or rod rosenstein or matt whitaker or bill barr, that investigation is going to be handled appropriately by the department of justice. >> r...

Commentator. >> i can see a scenario where jeff sessions is replaced with a recess appointment that and attorney general doesnt fire mueller but he just reduces the budget so low that his investigation grinds to almost a halt. >> reporter: and during a radio interview last august before his appointment to the department of justice. >> i just hope it doesnt turn into a fishing expedition because i will be the ones jumping up and down making sure the limitations on this investigation continue. >> ...

Obstruction. and this source says the president is actually relaxed about it. now, you might not know that from watching his press conference yesterday. but it seems to me now hes putting whitaker in there, hes gotten rid of sessions and maybe he feels a little more comfortable because he believes that he wont recuse himself and that hes on team trump. maybe he is more relaxed and sees no need to fire mueller after what hes done. >> and hes also gotten rid of rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney ...

President doesnt fire mueller. that will make him really look guilty and they know it. youre watching "hardball." and ♪ ♪ bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens ♪ ♪ brown paper packages tied up with strings ♪ ♪ these are a few of my favorite things ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hehi, welcome!w of my favorite things ♪ good to see you. hi brody. are you stinky? wow, this is a busy place! yep! i practically live with a vacuum in one hand and a mop in the other.

The ground would be -- well, what happens if he doesnt fire mueller? are you going to be watching it? >> its a never-ending story. >> i want to see bob muellers report. >> how about a deadline? >> i lived through an administration for eight years that investigations took eight years. >> the only ones that colluded was hillary clinton. shes -- >> thats not true. >> it is true. >> we dont know what bob mueller has -- >> does he know what he has? >> his working theory is that he wants to get this w...

To prevent that person from retiring, and its unheard of in the history of the american republic for the president of the united states to repeatedly call for the head of a career fbi agent. so i think in that context you have to ask the question, what role did politics play here, even if your ultimate conclusion is that, you know, mccabe may have done something wrong, and im certainly not prepared to assume that at this point. >> lets take that and go to another question thats being asked right...

Standpoint, it probably was. i agree we need to reserve judgment about the actual outcome until we see the inspector general report, but the way it was played out was completely out of the ordinary. the involvement of the attorney general was out of the ordinary given hez recused from the underlying case and hes under so much pressure from the president. thats what makes it similar to what you might see happen. had he put a lot of pressure on jeff sessions to deliver a result like this, and jeff...

Thing and to the presidents credit, he listened. this is something for mueller to look at. i see no evidence that he wants to fire mueller now. i dont know what happened last year. but its pretty clear to me that everybody in the white house knows it would be the end of president trumps presidency if he fired mr. mueller. so i think were if there a good spot with mr. mueller. >> and yet there is legislation being talked about to make sure the president doesnt fire mueller. so the fact that there...

Attorney general agrees to fire archibald cox. the so-called saturday night massacre. still, nixon is hardly immune to it all. about nine months later, nixon, on the verge of impeachment. but instead of being removed from office, he resigns. >> i shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. >> reporter: randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> david gergen and timothy naftali are back with us you. were working for nixon the night he ordered the firing of the special prosecutor. when you heard th...

Doug is right. when you hint at something they take and run with it. does this story override the question i asked doug, and then what do the democrats do next when he doesnt fire mueller mueller. >> david, i wrote a book something called bias in the media, great extent when i shifted from when i changed my registration from democrat to republican. and i can tell you after what i have witnessed over the last three days in the media. it was incredible. the last three days on these other outlets i...