But Officials Say even that may not deter this president. Sources have said the president and his aides have discussed firing rosenstein for months. Colleagues have warned him it would be a disaster. I want to bring in now cnn Political Correspondent sara murray. Thanks for joining us. Fill us in on what more youre learning. Our team is learning once again the president is considering firing the Deputy Attorney general. We know hes long been unhappy with many of the top officials at the Justice Department as well as the ongoing russia probes. But theres a new urgency in this after we saw the raids on the president s long time lawyer Michael Cohen. He has a strong case to make if he does go forward to dismiss rosenstein. They believe rosenstein crossed a line in what he should or should not pursue and what theyre allowed to pursue. There are certainly people in the president s ear saying absolutely do not do this, it will cause a crisis. But there are other people saying, look, if youre going to fire anyone, it makes more sense for you to go after rosenstein than special Counsel Robert Mueller. You saw people on television today saying that would be suicide. Now, its also possible the president could decide to dismiss more than one person at the Justice Department. We know hes still angry with attorney general jeff sessions. This is a person he has vented about firing a number of times. So its possible he could become part of the president sire. But the president s primary target does seem to be rosenstein, and this is an a discussion going on with the president and his advisers. We also know tonight the president is not going on his trip to south america because of this. Sources are also telling my colleagues deciding whether he wants to make changes theyve been both said essentially if you want to scrap the trip, go ahead. We encourage that. Its also worth noting this was not a trip President Trump was particularly excited to make in the first place. You knew he wasnt necessarily going to get a warm reception in the first place. So with the president weighing whether or not he wants to make changes at the Justice Department, there were a lot of reasons for him to decide to stay behind. Sara, thank you. I appreciate your reporting. I want to bring in now Robert Bennett and also jack quinn who was Clinton White house counsel. Bob, lets start with cnns breaking news. That the president may fire Rod Rosenstein. That would be a bombshell. What would the reaction be . Well, i think the biggest reaction would be a political one. Im not convinced that the republicans who spoke what a disaster it would be would really stand up and not support him. You know, id have to see them actually do that. I think that could just be that could be talk. But i think it would be very harmful to the president s situation. Hes not going to make the case go away. He may delay it. He may fracture some of it, but what he should do and i have no doubt about this is let it play out. And if there is an impeachment, which remember is only a charge. Right. Then try the case in front of a republican senate, which itll probably stay republican with the chief Justice Roberts as the judge, win it there and declare a victory. And thats what he should do. Well, we have to remember bill clinton was impeached but stayed in office. So it doesnt necessarily mean it would be the end of his precedency. Takes a two thirds vote, remember. So, jack, would firing him get the president his ability to control the special counsel investigation. That would be the only reason of getting rid of rosenstein. I think itll be exceedingly difficult. I cant imagine someone will come in and sit in rosensteins place and try to babysit him and redirect of the course of the investigation. Thats just not going to happen. I totally agree with everything bob said, by the way. And i think if he tries to replace rosenstein, if he tries to replace sessions, it would be seen for what it is. It would be seen as the act of a man with a guilty mind. Innocent people dont behave this way. They dont threaten to fire anyone whos taken a hard line look at what theyve done. They dont try to interfere in investigations. They profess to be innocent. They should act innocence. I brought up bill clinton and talked about him being impeached and staying in office. As you see the raid against the president s lawyer, the connection to women and the alleged Sexual Affairs are there parallels to these investigations that maybe the president can learn from and his team . Well, the one lesson is and you put your finger on it, don, in one of your questions is our whole strategy in president clintons case was to keep him in office. And we did not gets sidetracked by all this personal attacks and so forth. President clinton did not like ken starr but he kept his towel dry and our question was how do we keep him in office, and we were successful. The whole idea that a president s lawyer could be raided and documents seized, i mean thats shocking. Documents related to private communication with his client. Talk to me about how precedented it is and what this means. Well, in the case of precedential lawyers i believe its unprecedented. And it is very, very unusual for the Justice Department or any u. S. Attorney actually to conduct a search of an attorneys office. So is it odd then that the attorney would think its a fishing expedition . Its not a fishing expedition. They have to go before a magistrate judge. They had to determine im sorry, they had to demonstrate they had probable cause not only that a crime was committed but the evidence of that crime would be found in the locations they specified. You cant just willynilly go in and say id like to fish around in attorney soandsos office. This was run up through the highest levels of the department of justice. Let me ask you this. When Stormy Daniels was on, he brought up the whole line of equity of credit and didnt talk with the bank. Also a source is saying that, you know, with this home equity line of credit thats what i think thats what cohen is worried about. Thats where he sees the bank fraud or whatever fraud, he doesnt see it there. What do you make of that . Number one, theres no way that the department of justice and the Southern District of new york acted this aggressively because of, you know, false information on a loan application or because of the Stormy Daniels or any of the other women so you think something else, something bigger . I think they have discovered evidence of a significant crime. I think it was unrelated to directly to what mueller is already investigating, and thats why rosenstein directed it be handed off to the Southern District of new york. But i think that the crimes in question, which may be fraud of a different kind, you alluded to some of them. We know they were interested in materials related to i think it was the national inquirer. And it may be that theyre looking for fraud in connection with cohens dealings with them. But whatever the case may be i think theyre looking at something very serious. I think that mr. Cohen probably is in significant legal jeopardy. And i think that the president is probably very, very concerned about the fact that Michael Cohen is not just a lawyer but he is somebody who has worked for him in nonlegal capacities. And those capacities, there is no privilege. As i said knows where the bodies are buried. And there are documents indicating where the bodies are. I agree with jacks analysis. And, you know, i know mr. Cohens a lawyer, but im not entirely clear when hes acting as a lawyer, when hes acting as a fixer. When hes acting as a friend, and that can affect the Attorney Client privilege. Hey, bob, can i ask you something because a law professor, Allan Dershowitz was at the white house tonight. What do you make of this . Well, allan likes to be the rebel, and i dont make much of it. I mean, ill be honest with you, don, i dont have high regard for him. And i think he should stay in the classroom and let real lawyers help the president. Jack . Far be it for me to contradict bob. I think that im quite sure that theres no way mr. Dershowitz is going to join the president s legal team and actually start practicing in connection with this case. Now, i think the unfortunate thing is that he might encourage the president to do Something Like relieve one of these people, mueller or sessions or rosenstein. And i think the consequences of that would be catastrophic for the president , for the remainder of his presidency, for the Republican Party. And i think it would be really unfortunate for the country. I could talk to you guys all night. I agree with you, jack, on that. Im worried that allan would you know, hes a wonderful law professor. I mean theres just no question about it, but this is not his thing. And he could encourage the president to do something that would be disastrous. So next time we have you on, bob, why dont you say how you really feel, okay . Well, i havent really told you how i really feel. I was rather subdued and you should have heard him in the greenroom. Thank you, bob. Thank you, jack. Always a pleasure. When we come back were learning more about the fbi raid on the home of the President Trumps attorney. A source telling cnn one was accused before the raid. Why is that . Im going to talk to one who worked in that office. A surprise fbi raid on a home of President Trumps attorney Michael Cohen. Joining me now two attorneys who know it as well as anyone knows it, and thats daniel goldman, former assistant u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york. So you guys know your stuff. Good evening, gentlemen. John, to you first. A source is telling cnn Jeffrey Berman who is top prosecutor in manhattan reaccused himself before the search warrant was issued. Why might that be . I understood that he was not only with the Rudy Guiliani storm, but he made a contribution in excess of 5,000 i think he maxed out during the campaign. But theres a long history in that office of being partisan blind, if you will. In fact, one of the reasons i went there and wanted to prosecutor official Corruption Cases is a a u. S. Attorney whitney seamore appointed by nixon whose boss was mitchell, he actually indicted his own boss when he was the u. S. Attorney. That kind of independence doesnt happen in a a lot of places. And at the time when i was looking into becoming a prosecutor and i talked with stern there, and he was famous for following the money. So thats the office you go to if you want to prosecutor official Corruption Cases with the best. Your camera has a mind of its own. I noticed. That was me. Youre stealing my thunder so wait, i should put on my glasses so i look more like you. Daniel, i got to ask you because berman was appointed on an interim basis and needs to be nominate bide may 5th or his appointment expires. Do you think that has anything to do with his recusal . I do. Hes not been nominated nor has he been permanently placed in that position. So he is sort of in there on an interim basis pending nomination. And given that nomination comes from the president and how close and sensitive this issue is from cohen to the president i think that is the most likely reason why he recused himself. The other potential reason i think of is in an unusual action the president himself interviewed mr. Berman. And that is not the normal course because you want to keep the political divide between the presidency and the department of justice. And so the fact that the president interviewed him gives him the potential appearance of a potential conflict of interest. Got you. Theres a lot of things i meant to get to in the short time we have left. Is there any significance in that . Whats the significance of that . Well, the significance may be who the taxi cab folk are associated with. Theres a history in new york. I hate to even say that because i dont have any evidence of that. And i understand they seized medallions, and if you understand how taxicabs exist in new york theyre very expensive because there are limited numbers. I dont know if there are bogus medallions or they hope to find something. And i dont know which plane you search believe them, what they thought they were looking for. I can imagine they saw the medallions and thought there was anything suspect about them, they made a plain view acquisition. They believe it is some evidence of crime, theyll take it away. If they find its nothing theyll return them. I had michael avenatti, Stormy Daniels attorney on earlier. You can use the money for whatever you want in a home equity line of credit. And if theyre seeing the fraud there, would they have been able to get a search warrant to do a no knock warrant on someone for that . Its hard to speculate, don, because we havent seen the affidavit. And most likely Michael Cohen hasnt seen it the search warrant or likely his lawyers. So do you think he may be in more trouble or he doesnt know whats going on . I think his lawyers had conversations with prosecutors today to understand. Thats a normal course of conversation. But i dont think he would have seen the affidavit, which lays out all the probable cause, and i dont think its based on a home equity line of credit. If its not dirty money that the lean of credit is, then its not Money Laundering to give it to Stormy Daniels. So i do not think that is the basis for the warrant. I think its something more serious that gives prosecutors reason to take this somewhat extraordinary action and search the lawyers office. John, i have to go. Do you agree with that . I agree in part. I think its true we can know from the confident. But the question is what statement did he make that can be false . We dont know what he said. And were presuming he didnt say anything about equity and why he chose to do that and put himself in the trip bag remains to be seen when we see the affidavit. When we come back the raid on Michael Cohen has the president angrier than before and has people wondering what hes going to do next. 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A white house official says the president and his legal team are reevaluating whether trump should sit down with muellers team in light of the raid. The president has made no decision about the interview, but anyone with common sense will see the attack on his lawyer as cause. The raid on cohens office is viewed as not showing the president that courtesy. So lets bring in now Michael Bender and National Security analyst julia kayanne. What do you think of this new reporting . I think theres been concern about what to do about a potential interview with mueller. And