>> here we are talking about syria, we're talking about a lot of serious things with the greatest fighting force ever and i have this witch hunt. >> reporter: his anger directly focused on special council robert mueller and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. the white house once said the president did not intend to fire them, but now, only this -- >> i don't have any personnel announcements at this front. >> jon karl joins me now from the white house tonight. and jon karl, in the senate, a group of republicans and democrats now trying to introduce legislation to try to prevent the president from firing the special counsel? >> reporter: it's a serious bipartisan effort, david, but it faces real obstacles. it's unclear whether or not the republican leadership will even allow a vote on it, because republican leaders say that they do not think it's necessary, because they don't believe the president will fire mueller. by the way, those same republican leaders have told the president directly that they believe firing the special counsel would be a grave mistake. david? >> all right.
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