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Special counsel to investigate whether the trump campaign colluded with russia. rosenstein received the presidents praise. >> highly respected. very good guy. very smart guy. the democrats like him. the republicans like him. he made a recommendation but regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. >> its the firing of james comey that investigators are now exploring to determine whether the president was trying to obstruct justice. in the oval office today, the president huddling wit...

Special counsel robert mueller to lead this investigation following the firing of fbi director james comey. all of that over the last several weeks has led to rising tensions not just at the justice department, but also at the white house, where we have seen a president increasingly frustrated with this widening probe, lashing out not just privately but also publicly. the latest instance of that came yesterday as the president on twitter confirms that he was under investigation but also lashed o...

Definition of it without her knowledge. so the handle of questions like you said whether it was one juror six jurors we dont know. but they had a lot of questions going back and forth before they decided this. >> certainly, the defense and prosecution both now go back to look at the questions and had to get a sense of how to retry this case. rick leventhal and her team in new york will be talking about that next. >> and mistrial in the bill cosby sexual assault case. the jury failing to come to ...

Rosenstein should reasonably expected to be called as a witness for that part of the investigation, he cant oversee the mueller investigation at all. he would have to recuse. that would put rachel brand in charge of overseeing the investigation? number three person at doj? >> exactly. >> the lesson there is that if you watch "the rachel maddow show" you are generally at least two days ahead of the rest of the general media. today abc news is reporting that rod rosenstein privately acknowledged t...

Heard her husband testify under oath that he cheated on her -- >> he had sex with numerous women. gregg: and he plied women with drugs, yet shes blaming the d.a. and the judge? >> right. one thing she has to realize, the jurors decision had nothing to do with the prosecutor and the judge. those jurors were in that room alone. they were not swayed by the judge. gregg: but shes lashing out at them for bringing the case. >> i mean, congresswoman on, all these victims -- come on, all these victims, ...

President, that he didnt understand that he does not own the u.s. government. he is the caretaker. so he cant do anything he wants with the u.s. government the way he could with his own business. so i do think he may be thinking about firing rosenstein, the way he said i dont like comey, i want to get rid of him. but you know what? there are checks and balances, even in a donald trump administration. >> david, where would we be tonight if donald trump had simply stopped lashing out. lets say he ...

With the u.s. government the way he could with his own business. so i do think he may be thinking about firing rosenstein, the way he said i dont like comey, i want to get rid of him. but you know what? there are checks and balances, even in a donald trump administration. >> david, where would we be tonight if donald trump had simply stopped lashing out. lets say he stopped lashing out on election day and just followed everybodys advice. im not tweeting anymore. thats not presidential. and we ha...

You there with my exclamation of surprise. but youre saying if muellers investigating trump for potential obstruction of justice in his firing of comey, if rosenstein should reasonably expected to be called as a witness for that part of the investigation, he cant oversee the mueller investigation at all. he would have to recuse. that would put rachel brand in charge of overseeing the investigation? number three person at doj? >> exactly. >> the lesson there is that if you watch "the rachel maddo...

>> well, thank you so much for joining us. im melissa francis. up next, its harris faulkner in for shep. >> and we begin with breaking news. were moments away from an update on the condition of congressman steve scalise, critically wounded in the baseball game ambush. well hear from his doctor live. were now hearing for the first time from the window of the man that opened fire at the baseball field. >> you know, i just dont know what to tell you people. i had no idea that this was going to happ...

Partisan bickering. sending out a flurry of tweets blasting the russia investigation. attacking special counsel robert mueller and his team though not by name as bad and conflicted people. denouncing the possible obstruction probe against him as a witch hunt. and lashing out again at hillary clinton 219 days after the election. >> i think it would be good for donald trump to watch his tweets more carefully. >> what do you think of it? >> not what he says. i heard that a long time ago. >> reporte...