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Well, think of disgrace whats going on. its really a sad actuation when you look at what happened. many people is that he should fire him. >> the president is the head of the executive branch. he doesnt have to run this hiring and firing decision by s. is he the power to get rid of rod rosenstein? yes he does. do i think its wise? i dont. reporter: the statement by the former justice officials was released shortly after advisers to president trump had been urging him to fire rosenstein, the one ...

Cause and conflict of interest. if he were fired beyond that, i suppose there could be some reckoning to go along with that for the person who makes the firing decision. >> what do you mean by that? >> well, i think there would be a lot of outrage if he were fired on a whim and there was no finding of misconduct. rod rosenstein said he was the one who hired him and he wont fire him except for just cause. but to answer your question, what happens to the investigation, i think it continues. it exi...

Reckoning to go along with that for the person who makes the firing decision. >> what do you mean by that to? >> i think for had were a lot of outrage if he was fired on a whim. >> rosensteen has said hes the one who hired him and he can fire him but he wont unless theres just cause. i think the investigation continues. it was going on in the eastern district of virginia. i think it would continue. the question is under whose jurisdingz? >> if it justice department hierarchy, rod rosensteen was ...

Pleas and sentencing? >> the firing of muller does not necessarily end the investigation. he can only be fired for just cause and conflict overinteref . if he were fired beyond that, there could be reckoning for the person that makes the firing decision. >> what do you mean by that? >> there would be outrage if he was fired on a whim. rod said he hired him and can fire him and he wont fire him except for just cause and i believe that and i think thats where rosenstein satands. the investigation ...

Attorney general jeff sessions because he also should have been recused from that. his recusal said he would not oversee anything at the justice department that had anything to do with the 2016 campaign. both the reason james comey was fired, russia, and the fake pretext they came up with, clinton e-mails, both of those are squarely in the bounds of jeff sessions recusal. hes supposed to be recused from anything to do with the campaign. in either case, he should have had nothing to do with firin...

What was in his thought process this week. he agreed to come before the senate, all 100 of us. we will be there. we have a number of questions. i have certainly some specific questioning about that timeline, what was going on in that firing decision. and i hope that he realizes the importance of having a special prosecutor, that we have to clear the air. we have some very, very important business that we have to do in the senate and congress to deal with challenges in this country. this is such ...

Come forward. going to get more information on what was in his thought process this week. he agreed to come before the senate, all 100 of us. we will be there. we have a number of questions. i have certainly some specific questions about the time line, what was going on in that firing decision. and i hope that he realizes the importance of having a special prosecutor, that we have to clear the air. we have some very, very important business that we have to do in the senate and congress to deal w...

>> well, for a start, were entering this series now. you are coming from the high of the convention, youve done all the work on the speech, then all the attention goes to the other side. what you heard from paul ryan, hes reworking lines they worked on for the convention speak. >> thats the first of 150 times hell say that. >> theyll have crowds, theyll have photos. theres a lot of photos in this phase, people traveling around, people waving. theyll go their separate ways, which you would expect...

Hasnt been so good but is this going to be better. i dont think people are stupid. they may feel bad and that may incline them to say lets try something different but when they get what that different is that romney is proposing, thats going to be where push comes to shove. im not sure thats going to look so good come november. >> if you think back to the last president going for re-election, president bush around this time iraq was spinning out of control. it was a disastrous mess. democrats th...

Teaching staff at one school being fired. the teachers protested the move at a rally pud . tonight, drawing both praise and criticism about the firing decision. >> there are new details about dick cheneys health scare. his office saying the former vice president suffered a mild heart attack but that hes feeling good. its the fifth heart attack hes survived. his first was when he was just 37. hes expected to be released from a washington hospital in the next day or two. nearly 450 passengers on a...