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Became an investigation of possible obstruction of justice by the president. and that initiation being in the immediate aftermath of the firing of comey, which was seen as -- which i think is a part of that obstruction. so all of this flows from that. and this looks like another step designed to frustrate or maybe even shut down an -- to obstruct the investigation. >> i have asked you many times when you have been on, youre asked at every turn, but its now more a real possibility than it has eve...

Things and asking for comeys loyalty, you can look at a whole list of actions. do these all amount to an attempt at obstruction of justice? thats the judgment that will have to be made. >> friday night, after this report, "the new york times" report came out, you had said that if rosensteins gone, you said something to the effect of everything would be on the table. come january, if you were -- democrats were in the majority and you could be the chairman of the judiciary committee, is that what ...

Presidency. by his actions and how hes acted. to see where we are at this point right now, in and of itself is striking and historic. this is one of those moments where if youre in your office right now, you would be huddled around a television saying oh, my god, is the guy who is overseeing the investigation into the president, who may or may not have colluded with the russians to become president, is about to walk into the white house to be fired. i mean, this is one of those aha moments, exce...

White house wanted rosenstein to issue a firmer denial after "the new york times" reporting. he did put out a second statement despite saying oermy he wasnt going to comment further. we know they have been having conversations for several days now, since that bombshell story broke. but its unclear where they stand right now. if theyre on two pages or not, and thats what theyre hoping to get together once they sit down at the white house, whatever is going to come out of that, theyre trying to ge...

To force him out, and if he resigns rather than is fired, hes resigning under great pressure. its equivalent to the same thing. >> sean hannity on friday night after the report said when there was talk of others saying rosenstein should be fired immediately, he said that the president needs to know that this is all a setup, that rosenstein should not -- that the president should not fire anyone right now. do you think that -- do you see that as a possibility? >> well, i hope that the president t...

Have a conversation about how this all went down? >> if i were chairman, i would do that. im not chairman. the republicans control the committee and the congress, as you know. i would think that rod rosenstein should certainly, if hes no longer in that position, should certainly come in and testify and be subpoenaed if necessary. we have to get to the bottom of what seems to be an ongoing obstruction of justice. >> whats the most important thing you can learn in the next -- it looks like right n...

This. even though he would like to get rid of rosenstein, maybe he believes now, as we were also told friday, i was told by a source, that the president didnt want to do anything about this until after kavanaugh issue was resolved, that he didnt want two big messes on his hands at the same time. which is why we have seen his restraint on rosenstein on twitter. so its an incredibly chaotic situation. kelly and rosenstein have been close. and im told by one source that, you know, kelly has protect...

Borger. gloria, at this moment, its important to remember the long road and evolution in the relationship, if you will, between president trump and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. >> yeah, and you know, it hasnt been an easy relationship. first of all, he didnt think a special counsel ought to be appointed. of course, rod rosenstein, who was appointed by jeff sessions, another person he has no love for, appointed the special counsel. and then theres a sense inside the white house, partic...