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Do something that would continue to divide us. there are lots of things the republicans could do with their subpoena power. impeachment might happen in the house but might not follow conviction in the senate. what you might have is rerun in 1998, 1999 when folks looked at the attack on bill clinton as a partisan. >> and it's called impeachment in american history. only two presidents have been impeached. andrew johnson and bill clinton. nixon resigned before he was impeached. and you said this about nixon. you said the saturday night massacre which was inescapably nixon's doing, and in the wee...

Going to stand their ground. i don't see anybody in there that's going to knuckle in and want to suddenly be the person who basically obstructed justice by killing the russian investigation. >> just think about whose reputation in watergate with stood the test of time? elliott richardson who said no to president nixon. he was the attorney general. i'm not firing cox. the deputy attorney general, bill said i'm not firing cox. and robert bork who fired cox wanted to be on the supreme court and he didn't make it. in the end, he did a cowardly thing. you have to stand up. if you want any measure o...

Everybody that's in there is a career person. they have all had experience in the department of justice. and i think that all of them are going to stand their ground. i don't see anybody in there that's going to knuckle in and want to suddenly be the person who basically obstructed justice by killing the russian investigation. >> just think about whose reputation in watergate with stood the test of time? elliott richardson who said no to president nixon. he was the attorney general. i'm not firing cox. the deputy attorney general, bill said i'm not firing cox. and robert bork who fired cox wan...

Verge of firing deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. but sources tell cnn that may not be enough to satisfy a furious president. he may have special counsel robert mueller himself in his sights. let's discuss now with john dean, nixon white house counsel. so glad any you on to discuss this. welcome to the program. what goes through your mind, john, when you hear our breaking news tonight that the president is considering firing rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general? >> well, he would do well to remember the history of what happened with richard nixon. in fact, nixon would write in his...

Dean, nixon white house counsel. so glad any you on to discuss this. welcome to the program. what goes through your mind, john, when you hear our breaking news tonight that the president is considering firing rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general? >> well, he would do well to remember the history of what happened with richard nixon. in fact, nixon would write in his memoirs he miscalculated firing cox at the time. what he did, he was dealing with an aggressive prosecutor who was seeking evidence that the president didn't want, namely his tapes. in june -- excuse me, in july of 1973, the ...