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So after michael cohens and hotel room were raided, donald trump was upset and directed most of his anger at rosenstein. firing rod rosenstein could have big implications for the mueller probe. rod rosenstein supervises mueller because sessions is recused. it was an open question, what had sessions do if his top deputy got fired. is he told don mcgahn he would have to consider leaving, almost like a protest resignation. this was not a resignation like an out and out threat i want to make that cl...

And they say that the deputy director andrew mccabe, then the deputy director of the fbi, told the committee in a closed hearing in december that no warrant would have been obtained or would have been sought from the court without the information from the steele dossier. now in terms of what the fbi does, it seemed pretty clear yesterday that the plan was not to say anything. my guess is that they are rethinking that. maybe theyll say something in response. maybe they wont. but theres been -- i ...

Tillerson. >> its hard not to read this as another example of the knives out for rex tillerson at this white house. really from the day reince priebus stepped aside, rex tillerson has been the official tie to this white house who has had the most rumors, the most attacks, the most anonymous aides sniping at him, suggesting he would lose his job or resign or be replaced. this is another example of that. for a man who has long looked to be the odd man out in this white house and among the presiden...

A dishonest media. the chief is doing a fantastic job for me and more importantly the usa. okay. >> i dont know if its clear exactly -- >> what is he responding to? >> a story in "vanity fair" about some tensions about donald trump and john kelly, his chief of staff, essentially saying theyre fighting all the time? weve had some reporting as well about tensions between donald trump as well as his chief of staff. i think its that. this has been in the ether, essentially since john kelly has joine...

What are we starting to learn about it. >> reporter: and let me talk about where this goes from here. and where it goes from here is the senate intelligence committee. tweeted he would be happy to share information he knows with those congress alinvestigators. one source is tilg our team hoefr approximate in washington that it is the expectation that you will be seeing campaign officials from the trump team be meeting with these congress alinvestigators as well on senate intel. we are watching t...

>> right, it is. but the thing that i think we need to understand is that some of this continues to be within his power. the attorney general can, you know, and the deputy attorney general still report to the president. if the president wants to. he can put the -- tell the attorney general, who is now the d.a.g., because of the way sessions had recused himself from the probe, but i think it would be a complete -- >> why would he do that? >> he wouldnt, and he shouldnt. but he can. >> you dont th...

If the president wants to. if the president wants to, he can put the -- tell the attorney general, who is now the d.a.g., because of the way sessions had recused himself from the probe, but i think it would be a complete -- >> why would he do that? >> he wouldnt, and he shouldnt. but he can. >> you dont think he would? >> i dont. well spend a lot of time talking about this, if and when he does. but i think this president puts these things out there into the ether of politics to see what the comm...

Refusing to give up his seat. the airline ceo said he, quote, emphatically stands behind his employees, as united stock takes a hit. good morning. im ali velshi in washington on another extremely busy morning. secretary of state rex tillerson arriving in moscow just over an hour ago for what are expected to be tense talks with russian officials. the question is will he meet with president putin? in any case, the u.s. air strikes in syria and russias meddling in the 2016 u.s. election are all exp...

>> ryan nobles in new york. thank you. and i want to bring in dana bash and bob kuzak and rebecca bird from real clear politics. why is donald trump feuding with the cia, dana? >> one reason. main reason. that is, because if the cia is correct in the finding that russia did get involved and try to basically affect the results of the election, then that suggests that the results of the election, which he says, the electoral college, at least, were a landslide, are not necessarily valid. now, that...

Way, shape or form. thats really, i think, theres no question the main reason why he is challenging that finding in the most, the strongest of terms. >> can he really get rid of that being in the ether, though, bob? seems even with the cia saying this is russia and this is why russia was trying to do it, the effect is hard to quantify. right? >> yeah, it is. its not like the cia has never been wrong about the rise of isis. they were wrong about iraq, but this is remarkable. democrats blaming the...