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You're always welcome on new day. >> let's get to our other breaking story. roger ailes has died. he was ousted with allegations of sexual harassment. on the phone bill carter and also cnn chief political correspondent dana bash. but, bill, our condolences to mr. ailes statement. what more do you know? >> i don't know anymore. obviously we know after he was ousted, you know, he sort of dropped off the radar and people really didn't know what he was up to. we do know he was, you know, a man in his late 70s who was obviously not in the best shape, i guess. a bit overweight. but i didn't know he ...

So the status here of course, the most important thing in the last 24 hours is the appointment of rob mueller, a towering figure in law enforcement to lead this russia investigation. >> the white house issuing a statement from president trump, responding to the appointment of a special counsel. the president says in part a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know. there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein naming robert mueller to oversea the investigation into russia's election interference. rosenstein citing the o...

Very staged statement out of the white house last night from the president where he really tried to sort of take a more measured tone. nothing measured about this response. this is donald trump the combatant who now feels like he is in the fight for his political life. >> we know the president watches this show. we appreciate the viewer ship. he doesn't want to talk to us and come on the show. but it is a moment to talk to him. you know, the question of whether or not you deserve criticism is answered in these two tweets. this is another round of self-inflicted negativity. the special counsel ...

Decline. and why we don't know yet. the statement from his wife just says that he passed this morning and she remembers roger as a husband to her and a father to his season zachary and a loyal friend to many. she points out he was also a patriot. so dana bash, this man overlapped so many worlds. yes, you must give voice to what happened in his career, the allegations from multiple alleged victims of what was done and the influence on the culture there that needs to be changed still. but his influence in politics and media is giving birth to something that people said would never survive and is...

Mustn't mounting pressure. >> he made a recommendation. but regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. >> one source telling cnn rosenstein is throwing president trump overboard with a special counsel, a move is the white house opposed. >> there is no need for a special prosecutor. you have two senate committees looking into this. the fbi is conducting their own review. >> a statement from rosenstein saying the public interest requires me to place this authority under a person that exercises a degree of independence from the normal chain of command. the move follows back-to-back ...