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Insider or bloomberg news, that wook way outside the scope of the mandate, and we would object to that. >> ever since president trump agreed in an interview with the "new york times" that special counsel mueller's investigation would cross a red line if it looked at his family's finances. they've said that mueller has a limited perview, but rob rosenstein's letter appointing mueller as special counsel gave mueller authority to pursue, and i quote, "any links and/or coordination between the russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of president donald trump, but also any m...

Exonerate donald trump, it's also not his job to look under every rock there possibly is to see if he, you know, cheated on his homework in 1962. >> i just think mueller -- >> which i'm going to take a guess he probably did. which you know what, i may have as well. >> procedurally, he's in a very awkward spot now because trump has eventually said i will fire him if he gets into this area of inquiry. if the investigation leads him there, i'm sure he'll feel compelled to proceed and risk being fired but that of course would be totally counterproductive to the entire effort. >> which goes into th...

He is highly respected. a 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 knowing there was no good time to do it. in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. >> now, that interview, when you listen to it, it did more than just throw the justice department under the bus. it made the justice department vulnerable at least to an allegation that it was part of an effort to mislead the whole...

This is the man, after all, who effectively got bullied into joining trump's cover story for comey's firing. you see his name there on that infamous letter about it. and then of course he fled from that mess by appointing mueller. but lately, and this is very important tonight, lately rod rosenstein says he's had enough. >> i can tell you the different people who have been making threats privately and publicly against me for quite some time, and i think they should understand by now, the department of justice is not going to be extorted. >> last week "the new york times" reporting that the dep...

That the justice department violated the law by appointing mueller. i'll speak with democratic congressman eric swalwell of the house intelligence and the judiciary committees. our correspondents, specialists and guests, they're standing by with full coverage. let's begin with the stunning battle between president trump and his former chief strategist steve bannon, touched off by an explosive new book about the trump white house. let's go straight to our senior white house correspondent jim acosta. jim, by all accounts, the president right now is livid. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. the n...