going as far to say it wasn't on the table. we know this bombshell report confirmed by cnn that is not the case and the president actually considering firing mueller and that's why the talks are starting back up on capitol hill. the leading democrat on the senate intelligence committee which is conducting its own investigation into this russia probe and he had to say this about making sure that bob mueller cannot be fired by the president. >> if the president had gone through with this or tries to go through with it on a going forward basis, we're into unchartered territory and the real question of fundamentals of our democracy. are we still going to be a country where rule of law prevails and that no one, even the president, is above the law. my hope will become next week that the congress will take up bipartisan legislation that was around last year that would protect the special prosecutor from these kind of arbiter