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>> he knew the day before. >> did he indicate he was pressured into writing the memo? >> no. >> democrats pressing rosenstein on the scope of mueller's investigation, why sessions was involved in the firing and why the attorney general was playing a role in choosing comey's replacement. then there's the approach of the investigation going forward. some lawmakers interpreted rosenstein's brief as saying the investigation had crossed from a counterintelligence probe to a criminal one. >> has the investigation changed from counterterrorism to a criminal investigation? >> assume this has been a co...

Russia probe. rod rosenstein held a briefing on capitol hill behind closed doors this afternoon. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge was there. good evening, catherine. i want to ask, did deputy attorney general rosenstein give senators a sense of the scope of kneelers investigation? >> every senator said it's extremely serious and the newly appointed counsel robert mueller has a broad mandate. some senators told us that they think the ongoing fbi case has crossed a threshold from a counterintelligence probe that typically does not result in charges. >> special prosecutor is do...

>> the investigation against the fbi director is that he damage the fbi because he addressed the bureau into politics and with that in mind, my contacts are pointing me to that specific language that fbi -- the director had told him on three occasions that he was not subject to the counterintelligence probe into russia contacts with the campaign. this is so important because it is most improper for the fbi director to ever discuss who the subject of an investigation is even with the president of the united states. my contacts say that it is evidence that he had become highly political and it w...

>> well, it's absolutely appalling, what he's done too, because it's not only that he didn't offer any evidence, but it's in direct contradiction to the statements of people who are in a position to know, including former obama director of national intelligence james clapper, the former acting cia director under the obama administration, and the heads of intelligence committees essentially saying other ones, the other heads saying that there is no evidence of collusion. but you put this out there, you put it in the public mind, you cloud this up, and you continue what has so far been a storyli...

Counterintelligence probe. >> i disagree. i think the investigation is going to be undergone by the press and the fbi is going to be leaking stuff and so is the cia out of frustration. there is no legitimate political process. there is a political process. but nobody has the courage or the nerve to take it on. i think the press is going to continue to do this. this is going to completely destroy the presidency. not the trump presidency, but the entire presidency. it is going to take us a long time to recover from this if we find out what we think we might find out. >> i was struck by senator w...