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Even though there is still political peril, and it would be a president for the president in terms of his 2020 election, he is looking at a senate theoretically would be with more republicans. if you have republican gains, even though some of those might not pan out, if it does you have not just more republicans to confirm a rosenstein replacement but they would be indebted to trump. so it is better confirmation territory for the president if he waits. i think he knows that. i also think that mc...

Going to fire him. >> i will be back on thursday. and when i get back, were going to have a meeting. i spoke with rod today. and were going to have a meeting on thursday when i get back to the white house. >> so, to be continued on this one. jon karl live at the white house. and jon, obviously, the big question tonight, will president trump fire rosenstein on thursday? and if he does, who then oversees the russia investigation, does it put the investigation at risk? >> reporter: well, rosenstein...

General coming in or someone else, we dont know, but what we should know is that bob muellers watching all of this. bob mueller is a master strategist. he spent a successful career thinking of next moves. and this is a trip wire for him. this is an indicator for him. just as in the terrorism world you look for trip wires and indicators that an attack might be imminent. hes looking at this and hes planning. and i would venture a guess hes got what ill call a prosecutorial parachute, whats that? i...