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The idea of possibliy resigning. Whats unclear is how serious that was. Whether he said Something Like i am willing to resign if the president wants me to or whether he said i intend to resign and im going to do it on monday. We dont know the exact nature of those conversations. Eli, i want to hear about your reporting. I want to show our viewers what phil rucker is talking about. Lets watch. I have a message for the president tonight. Under zero circumstances should the president fire anybody. ...

Analogy. and i thought the allen-ology was inappropriate. im saying that my arguments are -- i think they are a very bad organization. i think there are organization who -- the fact that anything but. >> but do you want to apologize to them tonight? >> no, theres been so much misconduct around the way with j street to me, i think its time that they make it unilateral apology. one where they -- and pulled together. >> and were out of time, but im keen to talk to you about donald trump. you know h...

They have started that to some extent and there were attacks at the beginning on some of the ukrainian banks. i exepect there will be more of that and the danger is that putin is cornered. he made a major miscalculation. and hes a guy that doesnt admit error. very much. and hes gotten out in front of the world on this and hes going to pay a very heavy price. i just hope they can find an off ramp. if hes smart, thats what hell do. hes already lost ukraine. ukraine will never be part of russia, gi...

Professional. >> to that point, there is a history between the house speaker and ken. he ran the conservative delegate so long even folks like mitch mcconnell who were viewed as not conservative enough. i dont know if mcconnell would take the simple step of advancing him through committee. it is not a tenable position right now for the white house. the president, if hes smart, probably doesnt want another one of these brutal confirmation battles. >> going back to something john said and that pie...

>> im from north carolina i heard the same thing. >> and crawl before you walk. so for joe biden spending time in early states is so important because those are the states that come first before california on the map. if hes smart, hell spend more time in south carolina where 60% of the democratic vote will be african-american, 50% women, i believe thats reflective of our current democratic party. african-american voters will set the tone for who will win our nomination. staying on that topic ...

Were to respond to the firing for instance of a robert mueller by saying lets go back to the independent statute, could that independent counsel absorb the mueller probe and still complete it? . >> yeah. so robert mueller, if hes smart, before the midterms -- because he knew there was likely to be a change coming. if he were smart, he would start blult proofi bullet proofing his investigation. partly passing it off to other professional prosecutors, like my old office the southern district of ne...

The idea of possibliy resigning. whats unclear is how serious that was. whether he said something like i am willing to resign if the president wants me to or whether he said i intend to resign and im going to do it on monday. we dont know the exact nature of those conversations. >> eli, i want to hear about your reporting. i want to show our viewers what phil rucker is talking about. lets watch. >> i have a message for the president tonight. under zero circumstances should the president fire any...

Saying quote i nv pursued or authorized are cord thing president and any suggesten is absolutely false. go to my website this hour and answer this question will the president now fire rod rosenstein? joining me is allen dershowitz. his latest book is "the case against umpeachiimpeaching trum" >> if hes smart, hell talked a vantage of this and not fire either of these people? why? sessions is going to be leavic after the midterms no matter what and rosenstein, he has the constitutional authority....

>> hes approachable, good-natured, hes an independent fair-minded judge. "usa today" wrote about him yesterday on paper he may be the most qualified supreme court nominee in generations. he has one of the sharpest legal minds in the country. from working with him i can tell you he approaches every case with an open mind. i expect them to keep doing what hes doing for the past 12 years on the d.c. circuit. >> tammy: its good to hear. we hear a uniform understanding about that hes smart, hes nice,...

Right hand man. with us, we have a panel to talk about it. a lot of titles for you both. im thrilled to have you here. let me start off with what do you think is in this letter from kim jong-un? a week ago president trump in his note to kim jong-un said, hey, do not hesitate to call me or write me. apparently kim jong-un is not hesitating to do that. >> my guess would be kim jong-un if hes smart, and i think he is smart, and he has good intelligence agents and the chinese whispering to him, hell...