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Tonight to discuss what happened at that kavanaugh hearing. also to discuss what they believe was an investigation that was thorough, conducted by the republican staff on the senate judiciary committee to try to make the case to their colleagues and those wayward senators that they did enough to look into these allegations from kavanaughs past. that meeting, about to take place momentarily. we do expect those three republican senators who were at this meeting right now, jeff flake, lisa murkowsk...

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>> reporter: president trump later insisted he didnt mind the laughter. >> that was meant to get some laughter. but it was great. >> reporter: the other important take from today, wolf, is that the u.s. is ramping up the rhetoric on iran national security adviser john bolton earlier this afternoon. warned iran that they will have hell to pay if they cross the u.s. that came after irans president, hassan rouhani, complained of world leaders specifically -- basically going after president trump, s...

And he doesnt trust mccabe. and so therefore, he discounted the story. but, of course, rosenstein didnt see it that way, wolf, prepared to see the door. >> if he is fired, rosenstein, or if he resigns, whats the likely impact on the whole russia investigation? >> well, wolf, its interesting. you know, there is a succession plan in place here. we often forget, justice officials had to dust it off today, prepared that noel francisco, the solicitor general, who argues cases before the supreme court...

The deputy attorney general have discussions about it behind the scenes? >> i find the question ludicrous. ive been involved. ive been at the center of this administration along with lots of other folks for -- from virtually day one. i think it was actually day three or four. ive never heard anyone talk about it, whisper did it. joke about it. in any way. >> reporter: now, a senior republican congressional aide told me earlier today, wolf, that right now firing rosenstein would throw the midterm...

If you disagree, say so. >> the say goes into the decision of morrison v. olson, the case where antonin scalia made his wonderful life, this wolf comes to us in wolfs clothing, talking about how bad the statute is. i think what this shows is how bad that decision was because a superior officer, principal officer has authority to set policy and broad discretion and inferior officer does not. but mueller doesnt really report to anybody. he reports to rod rosenstein, but in fact as you point out, h...

He says, wolf, based on my personal dealings with the president there is no basis to invoke the 25th amendment. now, on the wiretapping issue, im told by a source familiar, wolf, that he was just joking about that, he was not serious, but, of course, "the new york times" paints a very different picture in that he said it, that he was serious. so we will have to obviously see how the white house responds to this, this comes at a very tenuous time for rosenstein as he is overseeing the special cou...

House who keeps in touch with the white house about these sorts of things who said, wouldnt this be a pretext for firing the deputy attorney general in any administration? and so there is a concern, wolf, among the presidents allies and supporters that if these allegations are true, that the deputy attorney general has gone too far. and the question, of course, wolf, is whether or not the president takes that leave. does he go ahead and make this decision to fire rod rosenstein? and if he does t...

Recording of a conversation that rosenstein had a secret recording. that, im sure if the president believes that to be true, thats a fireable offense. evan perez, you cover the justice department for us. this is all very explosive. >> well, it is explosive. i mean, lets just back up a little bit here. there actually wasnt -- nobody is actually saying that there was a recording, according to the "times" and the people that they spoke to, even rosenstein is now saying that this was a joke, that th...

Participate in this hearing. at least thats what the gop proposal appears to be at this point. and, of course, wolf, there are concerns about what the president has been tweeting about today up on capitol hill. i talked to one gop senate staffer who said that the presidents tweet about christine blasey ford, was, quote, not helpful. wolf? >> were going to be hearing more presumably fairly soon from the president, right? >> reporter: thats right. he has a rally coming up this evening in missouri....