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>> reporter: the white house gearing up for a prolonged fight after dismissing the russia probe as a witch hunt. the president hiring marc kastowitz on matters relating to the investigation. it is our understanding the white house hit the reset button on the fbi director. he was close to naming a replacement for james comey, but now he wants to expand the pool of candidates. thank you, joe. lets bring in the panel to discuss it. we have errol louis and jackie kucinich and david gregory. david,...

>> if there is not a response, we will seek additional counsel advice on how to proceed forward. at the end of that option is the contempt charge. i said that everything is on the table. >> reporter: the white house now gearing up for a prolonged fight after initially dismissing the russia probe as a witch hunt. the president hiring his long time attorney marc kasowitz. it is our understanding that the white house hit the reset button on the search for the fbi director. the president indicated h...

Thank you for joining us. youve been a key player trying to get this going for decades as well. thank you for weighing in. >> rick: action-packed day. the president will hold a joint news conference with prime minister benjamin netanyahu this afternoon. well bring it to you live and at 6:00 eastern dont miss special report with bret baier anchoring from saudi arabia with all the latest on president trumps landmark trip. >> shannon: there is such careful choreography and is nuance to this. all of...

Looking at these images of president trump in saudi arabia as we speak. again, this is him meeting with many leaders in the muslim arab world, leslie the question is look there is no telling what monday will bring with regard to the various investigations that are under way. the president looking to turn a page here with this international trip. as you point out the president saying he signed an arms deal that will be jobs, jobs, jobs, for americans as he pointed out. looking to set the reset bu...

From happens, bakley recon figure the fbi, so we still conduct investigations, but also became the preeminent intelligence-gathering source inside the united states. i think its the culture he brought to the fbi. he doesnt suffer fools. he was not a great communicator. i dont think he was someone who was warm and fuzzy, but you knew he was held in high regard. im troubled by being selected as a special prosecutor, in any other instance i think he would be the perfect fit, but why select him if h...

Role that saudi arabia traditionally has as the host of two of the most holiest sites in islam. so it has some role and thats something that the saudi arabia government takes very profoundly as its responsibility in dealing with the united states. . you talked about the travel ban that was issued. obviously, that was a very controversial decision here in the united states, challenged and successfully challenged in the courts. but it did not play well overseas. a lot of countries felt that this w...

Mentioning that point, republicans need to stand behind their president, listen to what he said. >> republicans need to be unified in supporting the president. what we see, his sharpest critics including nancy pelosi and others, theres nothing to this investigation, no proof of collusion anywhere. why they appointed an individual to look into this i dont understand. republicans should be unified, focus on the presidents agenda, getting $1 trillion infrastructure spending. >> press the reset butt...

Through that prism for decades now. so to convince him he is in fact the problem and that the solution is not to fire everyone around him is a very tough lift. >> i think thats right. i also think and sara probably remembers this more having been on the campaign, there were a couple of moments in the campaign where for brief stretches of time, usually after deep crises had erupted, the campaign would find a way to right itself. he would find a way to be restrained. you do wonder whether this isn...

>> one of your democratic colleagues, senator sheldon whitehouse, said why he is skeptical of a special counsel. take a listen. >> if you look at the special counsel rule, you have to bring in somebody new, bring him in from outside the department. and they have the choice to make their own decision they want to start from fresh, perhaps. >> his concern is that everything starts over. youre hitting a reset button and it sets the investigation back. >> look, i have a -- i love sheldon whitehouse....

Here of identifying some of these networks that may be relevant to the investigation. >> progress would be nice. sarah? >> the president is getting ready to embark on this foreign trip that would be an ambitious undertaking for i had new president. he doesnt have a ton of experience on the world stage. it is high risk, high reward. lot of washington republicans flat out des upon dent about how the past week has played out and looking forward to this trip as an opportunity for the president to se...