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Times" that rosenstein is offering up his resignation or if hes expecting to be fired or some combination of both. were waiting for more detail on this. lets go, as we do that, lets get over to cnns senior congressional correspondent manu raju on capitol hill. manu, you can be sure a lot of folks are not reacting yet because they dont know what theyre going to be reacting to. but this potential has been a topic of conversation for months on capitol hill. >> yeah, no question about it. republican...

Conservative freedom party republicans. others think its a set up by liberal democrats. colonel mustard must have done it in the parlor. no one knows whats going on. hannity is giving trump good advice. it will hurt the republicans if he fires or forces the resignation of rosenstein. it will give the people that are maybe on the middle more of a feeling that there-needs to be the democratic check on this president and it will hurt the republicans in the mid-terms. thats what sean hannity will te...

Of your change and revolution to then transfer that energy to some congressman that theyve never heard of in their life and dont care about? >> democrats dont turn out in mid-terms, chris is right. theyve been turning out in the primaries. with not that much organization or push from obama or anybody else. now you see everybody coming out now to start these tv rallies and early voting has already started in a number of states. it makes a big difference. >> sandra: what we have left to see is how...

An excuse. we may have a whole new part of this investigation. >> a whole new part of the investigation. six weeks away from the mid-terms. we are told the meeting is over and the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein is still at the white house. we are showing you if you are unfamiliar with the shot. thats not just landscaping, but thats the driveway where people pull up into the driveway. the cameras focus to see if he leaves the white house. the meeting is over. kaylie told us over the phon...

Rosenstein even said it in gest, does the president say that is a guy that doesnt have any back? >> in the presidents mind, yes. but to his credit, he doesnt need grounds to fire him. as long as the republican is not against public policy. he couldnt do it for an illegal reason. but he can fire him because he doesnt trust him, doesnt believe him. thats a basis for firing. >> harris: so for the presidents base, they like that renegade attitude of you know what? you do deserve to have the people a...

Avoid having somebody behind the scenes quash an investigation. so if the house turns over after the midterms, that could lead to potential additional hearings or explanations from this new supervisor of mueller if they try to quash the investigation. as far as rod rosenstein, he could also come in and be asked to explain his view of the russia probe, you know, to give some public testimony on how important it is or why he was participating in that way, and he would be able to speak more fr free...

This. neither has the speaker, paul ryan. again, not wanting to provoke any sort of fight with the president at this critical time before the midterms. but what does this mean for the mueller investigation if rod rosenstein does in fact step aside or is fired? how does that impact things going forward? all unknowns, and its all whats going to be prompting a lot of questions from the presidents detractors and allies alike as we try to get a sense of exactly whats happened, kate. >> so quickly, th...

Hearsay. >> harris: but this is not a court of law. thats what everybody is reminding -- >> its a nomination to the supreme court. >> harris: thats what people believe. >> we dont conduct supreme court nominations based on opinion polls. ill tell you this. i think chairman grassley and the republicans have to get to this vote and stand firm or their base is going to collapse. republicans and republican voters are getting very frustrated with the democratic strategy of delay on the kavanaugh nomi...

If they have a new viewpoint on the investigation, what will that mean? >> you have a president who there is a meeting going on if you joined us at the top of the hour, rod rosenstein meeting with the chief of staff who did not go with the president to the united nations general assembly to stay back and deal with this. there is reporting that he is resigning or said this after the "new york times" story, but if you have to get rid of me, you have to fire me. we think it could happen this hour. ...

Believed according to people close to his thinking that his apologies for what those reports on friday from about a year ago, comments he made in meetings a year ago were sufficient and he expected he would be gone after the mid-terms which was when he expected there might be a house cleaning at the justice department. you can get a sense of his state of mind in his recent speeches. one 11 days ago at the justice department where he talked about the oath of office that people take when they take...