Plight, the mayor got a call from President Trump, the man who said Climate Change is a hoax. Today the mayor will visit us and tell us what they had to discuss. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Well begin with the politics lead. Whether he meant to, whether he even knows he did, today President Trump tweeted what seems a clear confirmation that hes being investigated for potential obstruction of justice. The tweet, one of many in a fleury over the past few days, seems to confirm the Washington Post scoop of a couple days ago and it comes just days after the Deputy Attorney general Rob Rosenstein seemed to be poopooing any story that has anonymous story. Quite an unusual Statement Last night warning americans not to accept as true stories based on anonymous officials, but President Trump then undermined his underlings caution and then attacked rosenstein tweeting, quote, i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director witchhunt. In point of fact, of course, rosenstein wrote a memo recommending comeys dismissal, but the president told nbc his mind was made up well before that. And other president ial tweets mr. Trump has referred to the investigation as being led by, quote, very bad and conflicted people, and additionally suggested that intelligence and Law Enforcement officials, quote, made up a phony collusion with the russian story, found zero proof so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story, unquote. Turns out the biggest critic of the Trump Administration might be President Trump. Meanwhile today air force one flew through the cloud of the russia investigation to miami where President Trump announced hes going to close some of the doors that president obama opened up with cuba. Jeff zeleny at the white house for us. Jeff, President Trump seems to be doing the leaking for us this time. Jake, he appears to be doing just that. Hes the one who announced hes under investigation, and that were told by a white house official is based on what he saw in news accounts, not what any official actually told him. Now hes been advised of all the legal ramifications of sending out all of these messages, but one person who has spoken to him in the last 24 hours told me that the president does not care. Hes taking the fight into his own hands perhaps in hopes of discrediting this investigation. President trump saying publicly for the first time today that he is under investigation as the probe of russias influence in the 2016 election expands. He also asaid the integrity of the Justice Department official overseeing the investigation. I am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director, the president said. Witchhunt. That man is Deputy Attorney general Rob Rosenstein who made the decision to appoint a special counsel to investigate whether the Trump Campaign colluded with russia. Only a month ago rosenstein, a veteran of the Justice Department, received the president s praise. Highly respected, very good guy, very smart guy. The democrats like him. The republicans like him. He made a recommendation, but regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. Reporter but its the firing of fbi director james comey that investigators are now exploring to determine whether the president was trying to obstruct justice. In the oval office today the president huddling with his aides before traveling to miami to announce new restrictions on travel and business with cuba. We will enforce the embargo. Reporter but the president s agenda overshadowed by the Russian Investigation as hes lashing out on twitter. After seven months of investigations and Committee Hearings about my collusion with the russians, nobody has been able to show any proof. Sad. A white house official told cnn the tweets were less spontaneous than a strategy by the president of taking matters into his own hands. This is a political fight, and hes going to fight it, the official said. But the russia cloud threatening tone gulf the president is the far more than political. Cnn has learned members of the Trump Transition Team received a memo urging all volunteers and aides to preserve any records relating to russia, ukraine or investigations in the top Trump Campaign officials in the inquiry. All this comes two years to the day after mr. Trump jumped into the republican primary. Now six months into his presidency a sense of anxiety hangs hover the white house. Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein offered this warning. He believes the rule of law doesnt apply to him and that anyone who thinks otherwise will be fired. Thats undemocratic on its face and a blatant violation of the president s oath of office. Now as the president returns to the white house in this hour, one question above all that hes facing is what is his relationship with the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein . Now, the president has said through his aides he does not plan at this time to try and fire the special counsel bob mueller, but theres one person recommending he does just that. Jake, roger stone, the president s longtime friend and associate, told cnn money earlier today this. Id fire mueller and rosenstein for wasting the taxpayers money. This is a witchhunt. Those words sound familiar. Jake. They sure do. Jeff zeleny, thanks. Todays president ial tweet storm comes as the russia investigation seems to be widening. Cnns Jessica Schneider joins me now. Another development that the attorney general would recuse himself from overseeing the Mueller Probe if necessary, said that weeks okay and reiterate it had today. Reporter right. Its a stance that rosenstein is stand big after mentioning it two weeks ago saying hell in fact remove himself if the investigation ends up involving the firing of fbi director james comey. The possibility of recusal has become a lot more pointed in recent days as it becomes apparent that special prosecutor Robert Mueller is widening his probe and as the president continues to lash out on twitter. Tonight, new questions as to whether Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein will recuse himself from overseeing the special counsels russia probe which he launched by hiring robert muler. Director muleler have the full independence he needs to conduct the investigation appropriately. Reporter mueller and his growing team of prosecutors are planning to interview top intelligence officials and the clearest indication yet that the probe could expand to include obstruction of justice in the firing of fbi director james comey in which rosenstein played a role but a Justice Department spokesman told cnn as the Deputy Attorney general has said numerous times, if there comes a point where he needs to recuse, he will. However, nothing has changed. Thursday night rosenstein issued a peculiar statement saying americans should be skeptical about anonymous allegations. Are you under investigation by the fbi. Reporter President Trump took aim at rosenstein tweeting im being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director. Witchhunt f. Rosenstein does in fact recuse himself or is fired outright by President Trump, then associate attorney general rachel brand would then oversee the russia investigation. If confirmed, ill strive to undertake my role with integrity. Reporter Senate Confirmed brand, a civil litigator by training, to be the Justice Departments third ranking official in may, her second stint with the doj, having previously served under the bush administration. All this as members of President Trumps Transition Team have been directed to preserve all records pertinent to the russia investigation, including any involving foreign travel. A memo obtained by cnn asked transition officials to also retain records related to former Trump Campaign associates, specifically former National Security adviser michael flynn, former Foreign Policy adviser carter page, former Campaign ChairmanPaul Manafort and his deputy rick gates and longtime trump associate roger stone. Meanwhile, muellers team is examining trumps soninlaw Jared Kushners russiarelated meeting, whether he was there as a member of the transition or as a real estate businessman. Kushner net with the head of the veb bank to discuss business and the white house said it was part of kushners Foreign Policy responsibilities. Vice president mike pence who led the Transition Team is now lawyering up but told reporters today to not read too much into it. And Vice President mike pence isnt the only one lawyering up. President trumps personal attorney general Michael Cohen and former campaign aid mikeatcaputo have both hired personal attorneys. Thanks so much. Does the Deputy Attorney general roll rosenstein also need to recuse himself from the russia investigation . Ill ask senator Amy Klobuchar from the Judiciary Committee coming up next. Listen up, heart disease. you too, unnecessary er visits. And hey, unmanaged depression, dont get too comfortable. Were talking to you, cost inefficiencies and data without insights. And fragmented care stop getting in the way of patient recovery and pay attention. Every single one of you is on our list. 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He was also aquesteded of two counts of intensional discharge of a firearm that endangered safety because castillos girlfriend and her 4yearold daughter were also in the car. Joining me now is senator Amy Klobuchar of minnesota, a member of the Judiciary Committee. Senator, youre here to discuss other issues. We just got this breaking news and because youre from minnesota i do want to ask you about your reaction to this verdict. Well, jake, i just heard about it myself, and i will say that i got to know fhilando castillos family and he was loved in his school and a tough case for everyone involved. There were topno prosecutors from the u. S. Attorneys and the ramsey cohen Attorneys Office that were handling this case. Im sure well learn more about why the jury reached the verdict that they did. I always believe in the jury system, but i hope that tonight i know that people had planned a protest for whatever night the verdict came out at the state capitol, and they said it would be thatsful and i hope for our communitys sake that that will be the case. Its just been a very tough thing on the family, of course, and also the community. Thoughts and prayers with the family, of course, and with the people of minnesota. Lets turn to politics and some national issues. The president tweeted earlier after seven months of investigations and Committee Hearings about my, quote, collusion with the russians, unquote, nobody has been able to show any proof. Sad . Your reaction to that. There are Trump Supporters who say, you know, wheres the evidence . Wheres the collusion . Whats your whats your response . Well, there are Ongoing SenateIntelligence Committee investigations involving democrats and republicans coming together. You saw that committee doing its work over the last few weeks and they are not done. They are continuing to investigation russian interference in our election. Weve had 17 intelligence agencies with the u. S. Government, nonpartisan, intelligence agencies saying it happened and now theres a special counsel or special prosecutor investigating. The work is not done yet, and i think what im most disturbed about was the president s tweet number four and the four tweets that occurred in the Early Morning hours in which he talked about the firing that he was told to fire the fbi director from the Deputy Attorney general who is now investigating him when in fact, and this is public, because we asked at our briefing if it could be public, the Deputy Attorney general actually wrote the memo about the firing after he had been told that the president had planned to fire the fbi director, and so all of this just leads me to the conclusion that the special prosecutor muler who has just gotten this appointment, just hiring people, starting to do his job, must be allowed to do his job, and in the words of lindsey graham, my republican colleague it would be simply a disaster at this point to fire him. He hasnt even started doing his job. Do you share the concern of senator Dianne Feinstein that the president is gearing up to both fire both Robert Mueller, the special prosecutor and also potentially the Deputy Attorney general who technically is the only one who can fire the special counsel . Do you worry that both mueller and rosenstein are head for the chopping block . You know, i wasnt worried about that after Rod Rosenstein had firmly said just this last week in front of the Senate Committee that in fact he was the only one that could do that. It would have to be for lawful reasons so i thought, okay. This is put to rest. Well get to the bottom of the facts. Let the chips fall where they may, but now with the president sending this last tweet out this morning, it really is concerning that hes attacking his own