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Why paul ryan will not seek reelection and what happens to the president and his party from here . All that coming up. Lets start with President Donald Trump lashing out bitterly over russia, the investigation, and the country. On one hand, the president seemed to hit the Tipping Point with the Justice Department and the russia investigation. And could be on the cusp of firing any or all of the following, the special Counsel Robert Mueller, the attorney general jeff sessions, and his deputy Rod Rosenstein. But on the other hand, the president is launching threats directly at russia over syria, saying the missiles are coming. His tweet get ready, russia, because they will be coming, nice and new, and smart. Lets go to our white house reporter. The president taking these swipes at the russia investigation, the democrats, russia on twitter today. All of this unfolding. What are you hearing today, right now about the president . What is he thinking . Reporter despite the president saying in the past that he wasnt going to telegraph any moves he was going to make with the military, he seems to be doing just that on twitter with that statement saying, get ready, russia, the missiles are coming for syria. Thats remarkable, because this was a president who mocked and criticized his predecessor, president barack obama, for showing his hand too much and telegraphing what moves he was going to make, mparticularly ons in the middle east. The president is also intertwining this with the russia investigation. Later on, he blamed the bad relations between the u. S. And russia on the special Counsel Robert Mueller. So the president has been all over the place on twitter this morning. But as far as these strikes go, the defense secretary james mattis was asked about that. He said theyre still assessing intelligence and stand ready to provide military options to the president. I am told that defense secretary james mattis will be meeting at the white house today. Its unclear the president seems to be clear on what his next move with syria is right now, wolf. What about the new attacks on special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is looking into the whole russia probe . Reporter the president has been very vocal this week about robert mueller, calling him out by name specifically on twitter this morning. That comes in light of that din they are the president had with those senior military leaders, where he was supposed to be focusing whoon they ween what t to do with syria. The president saying it was a disgrace and attack on the country. So were seeing the president s criticism become quite public. Something we have not seen in the past, but this is showing us just how much the russia investigation is consuming the president at a time when he is making a very critical decision on syria here, wolf. Caitlin, thanks. Lots going on. Russia meanwhile responded within minutes of the president , smart missiles should fly towards terrorists, not the legal government fighting International Terrorism for several years on its territory. Thats from the Russian Foreign ministry spokeswoman. Lets go to our Senior International correspondent fred pleitgen, who is joining us live. Fred, how has syria responded to all this heightened rhetoric and all these threats . Reporter they certainly seemed any gotten the message. Some of the things were hearing from monitoring groups, the Syrian Military is moving around some of its assets, including planes being moved away, in anticipation of possible u. S. Strikes. Were seeing military convoys in the that is kdamascus area. It seems as though the Syrian Government has heard the president s threats, and have responded calling the rhetoric reckless and something that is a threat to International Peace and stability, as they put it. Of course, as you noted, the russians have reacted, as well. On the one hand, issuing those counterthreats, saying they will not engage in what they call twitter diplomacy. But the russians have said they will shoot down missiles and that they would target any bases the missiles are fired from. Thats possible ships in the mediterranean and u. S. Planes, as well. A year ago when the u. S. Launched nose tomahawk missiles, they were launched from the u. S. Navys 6th fleet. You reported, fred, from syria a number of times over the years. You traveled with russian troops. Tell us about the russian presence right now in syria, and how President Trumps tweets could have potentially very deadly consequences. Reporter russia is aware of what the president plans to do. Him talking about missiles, but talking about missiles that are smart. Of course, possibly telegraphing what kind of weapons the u. S. Might use. But wolf, also the russians and youre right, ive been here on the ground several times. They have a lot more military hardware and personnel. But in this country and around this country, they have their big airfields with about 50 means on it and they have a port. Thats also a russian destroyer in the mediterranean, and then several russian submarines turned up and fired cruise missiles at isis positions. In the past couple of months, the russians deployed at least two of their new fifth generation Stealth Fighter jets to the air base here in syria. Its unclear if thats for battlefield testing or whether theyre combat ready just yet. And we also have to keep in mind, they have the newest air Defense Systems here, as well. The russians have a lot more hardware on the ground, and they also put their newest gear on the ground here in syria, as well. Fred pleitgen doing terrific reporting for us from inside syria. Fred, thank you very much. Lets remember that it was almost exactly one year ago that President Trump ordered the launch of those tomahawk cruise missiles at syria as a response to a reported chemical attack on civilians in syria. 59 tomahawk missiles to be precise. Here with us is william cohen, the former defense secretary under bill clinton. Thank you for joining us. What do you think of these warnings, these direct threats on twitter from President Trump . I have a problem with the medium and the message. The medium being twitter, this is no way to conduct diplomacy or exercising military strategy. To alert the russians and the syrians that youre coming, it was good enough when he said, well respond. And well do that at a time he didnt say of our choosing, but the implication is well respond. There should be a military component to the response. And it shouldnt be just the United States. This is the danger now by having this twitter exchange, it looks like its the United States against russia. Its not the u. S. Against russia, its the World Community against syria, supported by russia. So we dont want to make it a u. S. Standoff against the russians. And its not just russia inside syria, iran has a significant presence there. Hezbollah forces from lebanon backed by iran, they have a significant presence there. You shoot a lot of missiles at various military targets in syria, you could kill a lot of various groups. Indeed. As a matter of fact, well have to shoot more missiles than the last time, 59 as you pointed out, because the president , if hes just trying to take out an airfield, we saw that was symbolic but not serious. So a serious response is going to be much more than last year. He said, get ready, russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and smart. But in the past, he has said, its a blunder, a mistake to telegraph what the u. S. Is going to do militarily. Listen to this. One of the things i think youve noticed about me is militarily, i dont like to say where im going and what im doing. Im not saying im doing anything one way or the other. I dont want to telegraph what im doing or thinking. Im not like other administrations where they say, were going to do this in four weeks. It doesnt work that way. I dont want to be one of these guys that say yes, heres what were going to do. I dont have to do that. And he tweeted back in 2013 when a similar crisis was facing then president obama. He tweeted this about president obama supposedly telegraphing action. Why do we keep broadcasting when we are going to attack syria . Why cant we just be quiet and catch them by surprise. Who are the generals allowing this fiasco to happen . Call it the plenty of notice war. So why this dramatic change now, when hes doing precisely what he condemned generals and president obama for doing back in 2013 . I think we have to assume that secretary mattis had no warning of this tweet that was released by the president. I think had he known it was going to take place, he would have tried to dissuade him from doing it. It compromises the mission somewhat. Now its going to be the russians or the u. S. Going to back down . Rather than carrying out a message saying were going to take some military action, but were going any economic sanctions against the russians and syrians and iranians, to hurt them in the Bank Accounts as well as militarily. But you are ratcheting it up to a point where its going to be my button is bigger that be your button as he said during the confrontation with the north korean president. Now youre talking about a president who has the capacity to reach the United States at any time. Youre talking about president putein . Im talking about putin. We have to tamp it down but still carry out the mission. The seyrians have to be punishe. The russians have blocked every attempt to hold the assad regime responsible for past chemical attacks. Because they have veto power at the u. N. Security council. The russians and syrians are warning against thoughtless escalation. What response would you anticipate from the russians if the u. S. Were to launch smart missiles, as the president is now signaling, tomahawk cruise missiles at various military targets associated with the Bashar Al Assad regime . Two problems. Number one, can our missiles reach syrian territory and evade the s400 antimissile system the russians have deployed. And we have to anticipate how the russians will respond. So i would suspect that secretary mattis is looking at all the contingents here. Thats all being discussed or should be discussed today and into the future. Its a lot easier to get involved in a military action than to get out of a military action. Everybody has learned that over the years. Secretary cohen, thank you very much for being with us. Coming up, major developments in the russia probe. A source tells cnn the president might fire the Deputy Attorney general of the United States, Rod Rosenstein, as his way of getting rid of the special Counsel Robert Mueller as well. Plus, a power shift in the u. S. Congress. The House Speaker paul ryan announcing just a little while ago he will not be running for reelection in november. So what is behind the decision . And later, speaking up. Former fbi director james comey reportedly comparing President Trump to a mob boss in a new interview. We have details. Its ok that everyone ignores me while i drive. Its fine. Because i get a safe driving bonus check every six months im accident free. And i dont share it with mom right, mom . Righttt. Safe driving bonus checks. Only from allstate. Switching to allstate is worth it. You wouldnt accept from any one else. Why accept it from your allergy pills . Flonase relieves your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills dont. 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So what happen it is the president does fire Rod Rosenstein, walk us through what might happen next. Ive come around to the view that firing Rod Rosenstein, he has become the linchpin Holding Together the integrity of the special counsels investigation and insulating it from political process. If he fires him, really that raises the question of who becomes the Deputy Attorney general . The most likely choice is someone who has already been confirmed by the senate. One possible choice is the acting the current solicitor general, noel francisco. So i think the most likely choice is theres somebody who has already been confirmed by the senate, opposed to an outside choice from outside the department. But whoever takes on that role, because attorney general sessions is recused from overseeing the special counsels investigation, would likely become the Deputy Attorney general and would take over supervision and oversight of the special counsels investigation. Very interesting. The president very furious were told over the raid that occurred on Michael Cohens office and home and hotel room in new york. What is the president s behavior suggest to prosecutors . His behavior after this particular raid, including his tweets, his public statements, has been consistent regarding his dislike for this investigation throughout the course of the year. And his desire for the investigation to end. So what that raises as far as the question for prosecutors is why . Why does the president want this investigation to go away so badly . Grant it, one can understand from a political perspective why it would be a distraction for policy objectives. But his singular focus and efforts to go after investigators in terms of his verbal attacks, go after investigators and leaders of the Justice Department really does call into question, i would think for prosecutors, what it is that he is so concerned about investigators finding. And if the president were to fire the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein who oversees this whole russia probe, what would that do, if anything, adding to concerns for prosecutors about president ial obstruction of justice . Sure. So we think, we dont know for fact, but we think that the special counsel is looking at obstruction as one piece of his overall investigation. And mind you, if there is an obstruction case to be made, it would be looking at a pattern of activity, not necessarily one specific act. Part of that obstruction is, trying to influence or attempt to influence or obstruct an ongoing proceeding. And with some kind of intent or corrupt intent, corrupt is the word in the statute. And so the question is, would firing Rod Rosenstein be interpreted by investigators to be another angle of trying to obstruct this overall investigation . If in fact thats his purpose in firing him if he does it. Carrie, thank you very much. Coming up, giving his notice. The House Speaker paul ryan says hes given the job everything he has and wont be seeking reelection. What could that mean for the Republican Party Going Forward . Plus, sounding the alarm. A Top Republican says it would be suicide if the president fired robert mueller. But is the gop doing enough to protect the special counsel . Our panel is standing by to weigh in. When heartburn hits. Fight back fast with tums smoothies. It starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. And neutralizes stomach acid at the source. Tum tum tum tum. Smoothies. Only from tums iit was the last song of theh my brnight. It felt like my heart was skipping beats. I went to the er. They said i had afib. Afib . Whats afib . I knew that meant i was at a greater risk of stroke. I needed answers. Once i got the facts, my doctor and i chose xarelto®. Xarelto®. To help keep me protected from a stroke. 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Im grateful for the president giving us the opportunity to do big things to get this country on the right track. The fact that he gave us this ability to get all this stuff done makes me proud of the accomplishments ive been a contributor to. I want to bring in david chalian. You have been taking a look at the races coming up in november. It looks like there could be a democratic slew of wins. Right. So were always assessing the current landscape. With paul ryans big News Announcement this morning, we are making changes to ratings in about seven races, including paul ryans district. By him retiring, wisconsins first Congressional District becomes more competitive for the democrats. In each of these cases, seven races were now moving a step more competitive for the democrats. Take a look at the landscape here of the u. S. House. We have 21 tossup races. But take a look at the lean and likely republican seats. These lean or likely republican, but theyve been moving from solid to that category as the democratic enthusiasm continues to show itself. The democrats only have 11 seats that lean their way or likely their way. Much bigger competitive universe in the red and pink seats than in the blue seats. So much of this house battle is fighting out of republican turf. They are on defense, and paul ryans retirement, along with another retirement that we got today in florida, these are districts now that were likely republican or solidly republican. Now they lean republican. Theyre getting more competitive for the democrats. Usually after the for republ. I would say republicans have faced in more than a decade in american politics. And now the leader of the republicans on capitol hill says hes calling it quits. And if the democrats are the majority in the house of representatives, that would have enormous implications for President Trump. More news coming up. The speaker by the way will be joining jake tapper later this afternoon at 4 00 p. M. Eastern right here on cnn. And this just coming in to cnn, new video of the president s longtime Attorney Michael Cohen heading into his apartment in new york, dodging reporters, as we learn new details about an fbi raid at his hotel room and office. There you see the scrum around Michael Cohen. Coming up, President Trumps next target, with the future of his Deputy Attorney general now in serious question, all eyes turn to the special Counsel Robert Mueller, and the president s next move. Well have details. And the fired fbi chief jim comey reportedly likening the president of the United States to a mob boss. We have details. Ew . We just switched to geico and got more. More . Theyve been saving folks money for over 75 years. A company you can trust. Geico even helped us with homeowners insurance. More sounds great. Gotta love more. Right, honey . Yeah geico. 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And secondly, he believes that rosenstein was the person, and hes right about this, who signed off on the raid of his very good friend and attorney, Michael Cohen. Ive been told by a couple of people who have been talking to him about this, that he sees it as an extreme violation of Attorney Client privilege, and that he thinks it has nothing to do with the russia probe. And we dont know the answer to that. We dont know whether it does or doesnt at this point. And i was told that he thinks it crosses that red line, that he mentioned to the New York Times months and months ago. So if you put all of this together, he needs somebody to blame. Because thats what donald trump does. And hes mad at jeff sessions. And hes mad at Rod Rosenstein. And i was told by one source that currently today, hes angrier at him than at mueller. If he were to fire Rod Rosenstein, dana, theres been some speculation there would be a new acting Deputy Attorney general to oversee muellers probe. And once mueller concludes his probe and presents the report, it would be up to that new person to decide whether to submit it to congress or make it public. It might never see the light of day. Absolutely. Look, theres so if what ifs, which is why theres so much unchartered territory here. But also why there is a very, very deep concern about the notion of the president firing Rod Rosenstein. Because he is the one who appointed robert mueller, because he is the one who was in charge of the mueller investigation. Question, open question, i was on capitol hill yesterday talking to some of the president s fellow republicans who have a vested interest in this, many of whom think hell never fire rosenstein, but they also didnt think he was going to fire james comey, who would even be in that job. Rachel brand was the number three. She left, in part, because she didnt want to be put in this position, lets be honest. And the other way to answer your question is that senate democrats, at least in the short term, have already begun discussions about ways to make sure that what the work that the work mueller and his team have done is preserved in the event of any firing of anybody. And the question is whether they get to that point. But theyre already thinking about it. The white house having dinner tonight with congressional leaders. They will clearly have a decisive hold on all of this down the road. Yeah. Theyre not particularly republicans who have supporting sessions, they are not happy with all of this going on. And lets be clear, when the president is looking at these changes, this musical chair situation, if you will, at the Justice Department, its about trying to find someone loyal to him and his ideology and the fact that he does not want this investigation to continue. There was a chance, there was a time that the president could have fired rosenstein, but he didnt. And now if he does anything, even before congressional action happens, if he does anything, it makes it look more like obstruction of justice or a constitutional crisis, what have you. But tonight, that is definitely on the table, along with other issues. Theres so much at stake and on the table, but that is definitely i would say thats the entree on the table tonight. Ive also been told by attorneys who are dealing with this, quite honestly, that they want the president to hold his fire, and the reason is, they think they have a very good case to make against rosenstein because he is a material witness in this case, because dont forget, hes the one who wrote the memo firing comey. And so they believe that they can make a case that rosenstein is conflicted, should never have been in that job, and theyve already made the case, they think, on capitol hill and elsewhere, that the fbi is completely contaminated. So if you put those two things together, they say the president , you know what . We have a case to make sheer. So we can get this thrown away, so maybe or take it to the supreme court. But maybe you just ought to not do a thing. You may have a case, but the question is, is it a winning case . Theres so much murky water here. Comey was fired, now you want to fire mueller. What is going on . You used a term before, constitutional crisis. Thats a very, very real thing. Were all talking understandably about the what ifs in terms of the investigation, who would come next. But if you take a step back, what it would mean for the country would be huge. Not exactly analogous to the saturday night massacre during the nixon years, but pretty darn close. And you cant overstate the seismic effect of a firing at this point of any of those characters. Senator john cornyn, the number two republican leader in the u. S. Senate, just said at this dinner that he and some of his colleagues are having with the president tonight, hes not going to bring up this whole issue of the possible firing of Rod Rosenstein or robert mueller. Theyre not even going to bring that up, at least hes not going to. So theres going to be this elephant he has to bring some tums. So theres this elephant there, and there are republicans like chuck grassly, who said yesterday it was political suicide for the president to fire mueller. He wasnt referring to rosenstein, but it was mueller. And i think what would happen in the case of mueller is that republicans would have to take sides. They would have no choice. Plapril, yesterday at the whe house briefing, you asked a question, this is Sarah Sanders answer. Its received a lot of buzz. Im going to play the clip. Has the president at any time thought about stepping down before or now . No, and i think thats an absolutely ridiculous question. Were moving on. Jordan, go ahead. Its not ridiculous. We heard you say, its not ridiculous. So what, a, prompted you to ask that question, and whats been the reaction . What prompted me . We all have sources, we talk to people. And when you have turmoil or conflicts constantly coming up, or making major decisions where people are investigating you, there is always a scenario at the white house where there is plan a, b, c, d, or e. And its been on the table. The issue is, and its been on the table from what im hearing from my sources, that was one of the possibilities. So i asked that question, in the midst of the fact that the president s personal attorney had his properties raided to get information from a search warrant about what is going on with Stormy Daniels and others and the trail of money. And this right now is a very tough time for the president. Hes kind of backed in a corner. If he does pull the gun on certain things, it looks like hes creating a constitutional krois crisis or obstructing justice. Those questions asked during the bill clinton impeachment proceedings, you were there, you were there. Weve heard of the history of watergate. You know, republicans came to nixon and said hey, either you resign or we go through impeachment proceedings. That is not illogical. It is a real question on the table that a white house does not want to deal with, because theyre trying to craft the picture, the winning image, and there is no winning picture at this moment. Whats been the reaction that youve received since asking that question . There are people who support i mean, the reason i asked the question was not about democrat or republican. It was not a partisan thing. People have gone into their tribes and some are saying it was a great question. Mostly people who do not support this president. And those who support this president are angry. Ive been getting Death Threats and weve been calling the fbi. I put one on social media. And this is real. I asked a simple question. I asked a question, i did not point a finger, i asked a question, and now my life is in jeopardy because of a question. But im going to continue to do my job. I know you are. I hope everything is going to be all right. It will be. Thank you very much for your expertise. I know youve been covering a lot of white houses over the years, and you dont ask a question like that unless you have a reason to believe its a logical question. Thank you very much for joining us. Well continue our special coverage of the president s reactions and behaich your ovvb. Jack quinn is standing by. Ill ask him how all of this might unfold. You wouldnt accept an incomplete job from any one else. Why accept it from your allergy pills . Flonase relieves your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills dont. Flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. Most pills only block one. Flonase. So allstate is giving us money back on our bill. Well, that seems fair. We didnt use it. 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Jack served as white House Counsel under president bill clinton, a longtime washington lawy lawyer. Thank you very much for joining us. You agree with preet . Absolutely. Why do you say that . Why do you think that this raid suggests there will be potentially criminal charges . As you indicated, it is rare that you conduct a search of an attorneys office. That does not happen every day of the week. Its highly unusual. It has to be done with the approval of a chain of people in the Justice Department, and importantly, a judge has to find that theres probable cause to believe that a crime has been or is being committed, and that evidence of that crime will be found at the place where the fbi and the prosecutors want to search. So they made a good showing, not to one person, but to a whole line of people here. So there is a very high reason, a so there is a great reason to believe that they made a sufficient showing that a crime has been committed. A crime was committed by whom . Not sure. But they have to show that a crime would be found within the residence they identified. Would he be considered, in your analysis, a witness, a subject or a target of this investigation . I think he is at least a subject. Because a subject may or not eventually be charged but a target almost always is. In the case of a suspect, theres a suspicion hes involved in criminal wrong doing or he may be involved. If he is a target, the word means just what it sounds like it means. They are aiming for him. They mean to bring him down. They mean to prosecute him. I think that theres a very high likelihood here that the raid was conducted because of a belief that cohen engaged in or has been or is continuing to engage in criminal activity which should be prosecuted. Let. He get your reaction to this tweet that the president posted earlier today. And he blamed basically the tensions with russia right now on this investigation. Much of the bad blood with russia is caused by the fake and corrupt russia investigation headed up by the alldemocrat loyalists or people that worked for obama. Mueller is most conflicted of all, September Rosenstein who signed fisa and comey letter, no collusion so they go crazy. Whats your reaction when the president of the United States levels these charges at individuals. I think its bizarre. The prosecutors for the most part happen to be republicans, although thats not relevant. Their political affiliation doesnt matter a darn. But additionally, you remind me in reading that of the president in the oval office talking to the russians about how relieving james comey of his job was going to get rid of this investigation. How did that work out for the president . Now firing people may be within his power, may not be within his power, but firing people, getting rid of them, starving the budget of the prosecutors, he can do these things. He can interfere with it. He can attempt to obstruct it but the investigation will not go away because the case, whatever it may be, is there. The case is not going anywhere, the investigation will not go anywhere. It will continue, as with the firing of james comey, firing any of these people will not work out for the president. And, indeed, is manifestly contrary to his best interest. This is not the behavior of an innocent man. Axios is reporting in this abc interview with george stephanopoulos, the president of the United States james comey compared the president of the United States as being sort of like a mob boss. He used the words a mob boss. Your reaction . I dont want to characterize the president in that way. He is clearly a subject of this investigation. I think that the prosecutors have reason to consider him a subject of this investigation and well see where it goes. But hes digging the hole deeper with these kind of comments that he made this morning and with his refusal to cooperate. Related to this is the whole question whether he will cooperate, l hell subject himself to an interview. Again, the resistance to doing that is not the action of an innocent man, and at the end of the day, he cant avoid it. He can refuse but the only way hes going to not testify is by invoking the fifth amendment. That will happen after hes served with a subpoena to compel his testimony and he is simply putting himself in a terrible light in the manner in which hes handling this. Jack quinn, thanks very much for coming in. Thank you. Lots to assess. Well move forward. Coming up, by the way, round two for Mark Zuckerberg. The facebook ceo continues his mea culpa, makes a surprising admission about the companys data scandal. Together, guaranteed to produce three times the harvest. More to enjoy. To share. Three times the harvest. One powerful guarantee. Miraclegro. We know that when youre tspending time with thelass grandkids. Music tech . Every minute counts. 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Why should we trust you to follow through on these promises when you have demonstrated repeatedly that youre willing to flout your own internal policies and government oversight when the need suits you. Congressman, respectfully, i disagree with that characterization. Weve had a review process for apps for years, we review tens of thousands apps a year. And data included in or out of russia or does it include facebooks global data. In general countries do not have any jurisdiction to request data from someone outside of their country. Where is it stored . We dont store any data in russia. Much more on this story coming up throughout the day here on cnn. Thats it for me. In the meantime, the news continues right now. Hi, everyone. Im brooke baldwin. Its wildly known the president loves chaos and loves causing a stir. Well hereby got it, legally, politically and now globally. 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