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Is -- i think donny deutsche is right. i think this is -- >> dig. >> think that through. >> first of all, i love barbershop quartets. actually not. no, i think trump is taking the only play that he sees there. which is to go after mueller because he doesnt want the investigation just to proceed because its going to come across some really sleazy business dealings with russians, and theyre out there, i think, and mueller is going to find them. he especially doesnt want mueller rooting through his...

Well-reported piece ill put it on the screen. what you just said but certainly jumped off the page to us. "trump has told aides he was especially disturbed after learning mueller would be able to access several years of his tax returns." and ashley there seems to be a bit of a learning curve here to find out exactly the broad powers that someone in muellers position enjoys. >> thats exactly right. so in terms of asking about his pareds, the president seems to be asking just how powers the powers...

And -- >> i love donnys suit. >> thank you. dont let these men bully you around. >> peter baker is here, and gene robinson. lets get to the news. this morning president trumps approval rating is at 36% in the latest gallop poll. is that a good number? >> i dont think so. i slowed it down to think about it. i think its the lowest ever. hell probably have something interesting to say. the number comes as multiple reports say the president is laying the ground work to undermine the justice departme...

Well-reported piece ill put it on the screen. what you just said but certainly jumped off the page to us. "trump has told aides he was especially disturbed after learning mueller would be able to access several years of his tax returns." and ashley there seems to be a bit of a learning curve here to find out exactly the broad powers that someone in muellers position enjoys. >> thats exactly right. so in terms of asking about his pareds, the president seems to be asking just how powers the powers...

Returns. his lawyers are sending a message saying, quote, the scope is going to have to stay within muellers mandate. if theres drifting, well object. a report in bloomberg based on a single source, mueller is examining financial transactions between trump, his associates and russia going back to at least 2004. "the washington post" reports trump has asked his advisors about his ability to pardon himself, aides according to probes. another said trumps lawyers have been discussing the presidents ...

>> okay. we have a split decision. what do you think? >> i think he fires all of them. i think he fires the whole list of people, rosenstein, sessions, mueller, mccay. >> bob corker and the other republicans, what do they do when they get a whiff this is about what the president is about to do? >> im done being wrong. every time i say it wont happen, he does it. >> he would rather fire mueller and get impeached than go the other direction and end up in jail. >> everything about this looks like i...

Cohen wasnt one of them. he, himself, was clearly publicly sad about not getting asked to do anything. again, with this new reporting tonight were learning mueller is asking about this, not because he cares how the white house is staffed, but because the curious avoidance may be of investigative interest. to find out why the fixer and trump executive didnt get hired, well, the president would be a key witness to interview about that. and trumps allies are saying theyre girding for a grand jury s...

Firing fbi director comey, president trump, quote, pointedly asked acting fbi director, andrew mccabe, in an oval office building who he voted for. he said he did not vote but found the conversation disturbing. the white house says mr. trump has not fired the special counsel in part because of how the press would react. sarah sanders telling reporters the president is he well aware of the ramifications of any move against mueller despite calling the investigation a witch-hunt. so we have all of ...

>> this is all part of trying to save this presidents bacon by damaging the fbi and the department of justice. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> all right. its wednesday. you know what that means. >> what? youre exhausted. >> not coffee. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day". it is wednesday, january 24th. 6:00 here in new york. this is what we have on the starting line. significant developments in the russia investigation...

Im erin burnett. the breaking news, jared kushner turning over documents to special counsel bob mueller. the presidents son-in-law under scrutiny for the russia investigation. we are learning muellers investigators are asking about kushners role in the firing of comey. kushner coming under fire for failing to disclose his contacts with russians, including that meeting in trump tower in june of 2016. a meeting between top trump campaign officials including donald trump jr., manafort, kushner and ...