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That's raised there exactly is how is this investigation being handled and would he support a presidential directive to the justice. department that bob mueller be dismissed. i looked at that chris comment last night, which spread like wildfire, as a trial balloon. if it we learned anything from the trump campaign, they love to throw things out there and see if it sticks. it ended up forcing, or at least the might be strags was compelled to dismiss the whole thing. we haven't talked to him about this. basically we're not considering doing this. i still look at it as a trial balloon that could ...

Asked to testify in a classified briefing after that public hearing. >> a claim by a long time that trump is considering firing special counsel robert mueller. chris ready claiming the president is considering firing the russia investigator as one possible option. >> i think he's considering perhaps terminating the special counsel. i think he's weighing that option. i think it's pretty clear by what one of his lawyers said on television recently. i personally think it would be significant mistake. >> sean spicer rejecting the claim in a statement overnight, quote, mr. ruddy never spoke to the ...

All as the white house is weighing whether to exert executive privilege. sean spicer would only say that it will depend on the scope of the questions, but a senior administration official is telling sarah murray the white house might hold back and hope jeff sessions restrained on his own. there's a lot of anticipation for what will be a largely watched round of testimony. senators are still deciding whether jeff sessions will be asked to testify in a classified briefing after that public hearing. >> the white house pushing back hard against a claim by a long-time friend of the president that m...

President after ushering these poem out. another question is about what chris said last night. the notion of firing bob mueller is apparently on the table for president trump. what would jeff sessions, what would republicans feel if that were the president's intended? >> two things you bring up that are interesting. one, given the chain of command that is usually very, very carefully adhere d to between te president and justice department and the fbi, i do think it will be interesting to ask to see if jeff sessions, the attorney general, comments on the notion of how often does his boss, even ...