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Mueller investigation. this does not implicate the d.a.g. this is about us holding the system accountable. >> let's bring in the roundtable to decide that question. cornell belcher, a democratic strategist, john feehery and caitlin huey-burns from real clear politics. caitlin, the speaker of the house says this has nothing to do with trying to get rid of rosenstein, the slow motion saturday night massacre because he got rid of comey, he's gunning for rosenstein. he says it's not. what do you say? >> it asks the question of why is the white house so eager to get this out. you heard the presiden...

Told me to fire the fbi director. witch hunt. >> president seems to confirm -- does confirm in that tweet he is under investigation for firing james comey. it is unclear, though, who he is accusing of telling him to fire the former fbi director. is it mueller? is it rosenstein? who is it? our legal experts are here to help us discuss. cnn legal analyst and counsel and cnn contributor and professor. paul to you first, what do you make of this? >> it is another bizarre development. rod rosenstein probably is the person he's referring to, the acting attorney general who is in charge of the russia...

That way which sounded to me like a broad hint to watch your witness list, you may not get all the people you want because mueller is going to have them. >> which is what, katty, we heard and we talked about earlier this week, the fbi is looking not just at the election but a lot of donald trump's dealings with russia going back years. >> he has the capacity to expand his brief. that's why you're getting members of the intelligence committee, both the house and the senate, particularly democrats saying we have to protect our investigation, we still want access to those sources and witnesses as...

There is a lot we don't know tonight, but it's the timing, obviously that's more in question tonight then the why. spewing democrats putting out all kinds of statements. chuck schumer saying "senators need to be seated at something tomorrow morning." >> democrats are united they want a special prosecutor. i think they are going to bang the drum on this for weeks if not months. the republican statements are more interesting for you don't have anyone defending call me. what you do have those questions about the timing. richard burr has questions, senator ben sasse, you're getting statements sayi...

Tonight, but it's the timing, obviously that's more in question tonight then the why. spewing democrats putting out all kinds of statements. chuck schumer saying "senators need to be seated at something tomorrow morning." >> democrats are united they want a special prosecutor. i think they are going to bang the drum on this for weeks if not months. the republican statements are more interesting for you don't have anyone defending call me. what you do have those questions about the timing. richard burr has questions, senator ben sasse, you're getting statements saying we don't understand why he...