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This move is so, so big in the picture. im out of time. thank you for the analysis. with rod rosensteins future essentially in limbo, one question thats emerging, as we were discussing, if he goes away, who would replace him as deputy attorney general? and what this means for the future of muellers investigation. also unclear, the future of president trumps supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, as new allegations surface from a second accuser. protesters today putting more pressure on key sena...

That investigation still ongoing. muellers investigation, you know, different parts of it have been handed off to different other offices, including the southern district and the national security division here at the department of justice in washington. so, muellers investigation is no longer just, you know, bob mueller sitting by himself at an office. not that it ever really was. but its -- its a complicated probe with a lot of moving parts. >> thank you for jumping in on that. all eyes on was...

The overarching investigation? >> the overarching investigation will go forward. we know jay, counsel to the president said this morning, i believe, if rosenstein is fired or otherwise resigns, then theyre going to argue with mueller that they take a time-out as the next person to succeed rosenstein will have to get up to speed about what has happened over the last 14 months, which isnt in the presidents interest, i dont think legally, to delay this thing. >> but what if this persons -- can i ju...

At least we know he did, but he said them in aid serious manner not a sarcastic one. the other dynamic is the pressure the president is getting from the other side within his same party, which is just dont do anything now. just everybody take a breath. we have midterms in six weeks. independent voters are apoplectic about the chaos in washington. this will feed into that. these are the dynamics we have to keep in mind that are very much involved in the answer to your question. >> and when we say...

The information that comes from mueller when this whole thing wraps up and decides what to do with it. >> thats exactly right. its important to remember, this is the person that mueller reports to. for every decision that has to be made in connection with this investigation. who they should subpoena, should they subpoena the president himself, what direction is this investigation going to take? this all goes through rod rosenstein. the importance of his position with respect to the special couns...

Potential, those on capitol hill, namely the house freedom caucus. it could go either way on that. to your point on the white house -- correct me, but you would think the white house would want him to resign versus them firing him because im wondering if he were to be fired, that would be another brick in the wall of an obstruction claim. >> absolutely could be. it would go hand in hand with comey. with the talks that have been out there and, again, remember, don mcgahn is cooperating and he was...