backgrounds. what did you think of bharara not only defending the judgment attributed to rod rosenstein but going farther than mr. rosenstein, currently still in the trump administration and saying no, i bet rod was serious. that very well could be. although you don t know. rod rosenstein was in a totally different atmosphere, very much like i experienced after archibald cox, the watergate prosecutor was fired, where people just vented, sat around the table for a day. i remember this happening. and people came up with all kinds of crazy things. i could understand how that might happen in the rosenstein situation. but this one i could also understand. where you re sort of being played by the president, by trump, who is calling you up. i mean, what possible good motive does he have to be calling you on a regular basis? i mean, this is unheard of. unheard of. he mentioned he never heard from president obama, who literally appointed him to that powerful post to begin with. what do yo
fashion. rosenstein has said he was joking about that. and he points out in a statement in a shot at mccabe that mccabe did not tell the truth, according to the inspector general. we also have devin nunes, the ranking member of the house intelligence committee explaining his take on the rosenstein situation. i think we have some sound. let s take a listen to that. look. we ve tried to bring rod rosenstein before congress so that he can be under oath to answer these questions so we only know what s been leaked to the press. so you have a he said/she said in this case. but look, any talk of the 25th amendment is outrageous. so mccabe, you know is a controversial person within the fbi and outside of the fbi. but he is saying some fascinating things today that we re all going to pay attention to, hallie. that is for sure, ken. ken dilanian, thank you. let me bring in somebody who worked with andrew mccabe. greg broaugher. you know this man. what do you make of what he s
rosenstein quit first? two major stories. huge consequences. both coming to a head on thursday. so let s discuss now with two iconic journalists. dan rather, the host of the big interview on access tv, and carl bernstein, cnn political analyst. good to see both of you. thank you for coming on this evening. so, dan, republican senator susan collins tweeted this today, i am very concerned by he reports that deputy a.g. rosenstein will either be fired or forced to resign. so it seems like republicans are very concerned about a variety of things. why aren t they acting on that concern, though? well, it s a little lack of courage, but i think we re ahead of ourselves. i will say, don, oscar wilde once wrote that the truth is rarely pure and never simple. and so it is with so much in this case, the kavanaugh case, and what s happening with the rosenstein situation. my own guess and i am guessing i think there s a pretty good chance that
bernstein, cnn political analyst. good to see both of you. thank you for coming on this evening. so, dan, republican senator susan collins tweeted this today. i am very concerned by reports that deputy a.g. rosenstein will either be fired or forced to resign. so it seems like republicans are very concerned about a variety of things. why aren t they acting on that concern, though? well, it s a little lack of courage, but i think we re ahead of ourselves. i will say, don, oscar wild once wrote that the truth is rarely pure and never simple. and so it is with so much in this case, the kavanaugh case, and what s happening with the rosenstein situation. my own guess and i am guessing i think there s a pretty good chance that president trump will keep rosenstein until after the election. yes. because he d be asking for trouble, some within his own party, trouble for the elections.
absolutely false and said he never pursued or authorized recording the president. some house republicans want an explanation. i think he needs to come before congress this week and explain what exactly he said and what he didn t say. and we don t yet know how the white house will handle the rosenstein situation. they have a lot on their plate, as you can imagine alex, with the brett kavanaugh confirmation. so with this point they ve been dwit with the issues of rosenstein sort of deferring to the department of justice. as for the kavanaugh hearing, today we re working to find out have there been agreements on additional aspects of the hearing? it will be high stakes. and part of the white house is trying to do in defending kavanaugh is to say that others that were at the party as described by christine blasey ford do not recall these events. as i describe in the piece one of the things dr. ford s lawyer says is that people not remembering the event as she