him, if he doesn't take these steps to preserve that legitimacy, it might end up harming him in the long term. >> but the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein doesn't think that there's a need for a special prosecutor. >> prior to this week rod rosenstein had a very strong reputation and served as u.s. attorney under both obama and bush. you know, the issue is now that he's sort of complicit in the offering what was clearly a pretextural reason for comey's firing. trump himself said that wasn't the reason and it's imagine how rosenstein's judgment can be seen as credible and independent moving forward. >> everybody stick around. coming up. much more on breaking news. top democrats are already asking the white house to turn over any recordings or conversations over at the white house. do such recordings exist? other presidents tried it. they ended up regretting t. listen up, heart disease.) you too, unnecessary er visits. and hey, unmanaged depression, don't get too comfortable. we're talking to you, cost inefficiencies