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New york times" that they think they can confirm a unitary or unlawful firing of the prosecutor. the fact is that the president doesn't have that authority. he has a lot of authority. he can fire the defense secretary, he can fire the labor sec taretary but the way the ru work today right now, the rules require only the decision can be made by the attorney general or acting attorney general in the case of recusarecusal. so when the president says he wants to do it, you mentioned a reality show presidency. watch "the apprentice," he says "you're fired" and everything else happens. all the presi...

Process? >> et presidethe president has ultimate power to fire an official. he can instruct the attorney general or acting attorney general to fire the fbi director and eventually that person will be fired. as we saw during the nixon years when a couple people resigned, eventually president nixon found robert bork to fire the special prosecutor. >> that would be fatal. >> if something is too far for donald trump, that would be too far. >> gentlemen, thank you both. ahead, crisis in the west wing is one of the president's most visible staffers on the way out? new reporting tonight. there's a ...

Something like that. let me ask you this, if you were given this information about the then attorney general or acting attorney general while you were white house counsel, if you were in don mcgann's shoes, what would you have done with it? >> well, i just described what i think i would have done with it. and again, this is not a criticism of don mcgann. i don't know what don mcgann actually did. the relationship between the counsel, the chief of staff and president is very important. >> i'm sorry to interrupt, but for more specifics, would you -- do you believe if he did not rush it to the pr...

Today? >> hey, not today. roll tide. >> reporter: republican leaders in congress have a blunt message for the president -- do not fire the special counsel. >> he shouldn't be removed from the office. he should be allowed to finish the job. >> i think the president's too smart to fire mr. mueller. if he did, it wouldn't end the investigation. >> so, let's get to jon karl, live at the white house tonight. and jon, sarah sanders telling you today that the president does believe he has the power to fire the special counsel. many then asking if that's the case, and you followed up with the white ho...