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Origin of this russia probe. you have rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who over sees the mueller investigation, trying to protect the process of a counterintelligence operation, all amid an ongoing investigation. it's an uneasy situation for all of these players. but they're dealing with a president who is combative as ever. >> bob, let's say on behalf of the press corps, the president tried to wave away questions about rod rosenstein, we would love to ask questions about visiting dignitaries but we get no other access to the president, no other news conferences. having said that, w...

About is what did the source find out? what was the information revealed? again, if we believe the president that he in his campaign did nothing wrong, they should not be so freaked out about the fact there was a source in a counterintelligence operation. because this operation at its beginning was to protect the trump campaign and prevent russian influence. >> i'll ask you what i asked general hayden a little while ago. is this source in any danger right now? >> i would not know that. but it's my expectation that if there was any danger the department of justice would do everything possible t...

Uae, saudi arabia, and an israeli social media expert about possible further intervention in the election, which would be a possible violation of election laws. that was his first tweet yesterday. he was angered over that report. and then he went on to basically attack the fbi and the justice department throughout the day. >> so of course now we are learning that the justice department asked its inspector general to expand its review to try to determine whether there was any impropriety or political motivation on the part of the fbi. where is all this going? >> well, i think the deputy attorne...

Formation of this counterintelligence operation -- >> why are they whether they were colluding with the russians or not? if the question were they including, isn't that what we do in america? we enforce the law? your thoughts. >> exactly right. the fbi and doj believe they had cause to start a counterintelligence operation. but they're dealing with congress and the constitution says congress does have oversight. and some people think the congressional republicans are overstretching here, pushing doj and fbi too much, pushing them around in a bullying way. but then when you talk to congressiona...

Different overlapping agendas here. think about it didn't get a lot of attention over the weekend. but when i spoke to mayor giuliani on sunday, he said the president won't do an interview with bob mueller until this whole matter of the secret source and these documents with congress is settled. and so you have not only the white house and don mcgahn, the white house counsel and chief of staff john kelly negotiating with the justice department, but you have this element of the personal legal team and mayor giuliani also being in the president's ear as he navigates these issues. it makes it qui...