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>> well, wow. i have great respect for adam schiff. he's a stalwart, but i'm not sure i understand the logic of what he's suggesting there. that -- for me, that would be a take-home question. >> i gotcha. i think he's saying if you -- i think he's basically saying call him at his bluff, and he's calling it obstruction of justice if he -- you know, if he continues to meddle in the investigation or if he fires him, he's saying it's -- it's obstruction of justice. >> well, yeah, that -- you could certainly make a case for that, and adam's a former prosecutor. and so he's a better judge of what co...

Much more preoccupied with what was happening with brett kavanaugh and the drama surrounding his nomination than he was with rod rosenstein. and that's not what rose nlstein saw coming, which is what led to so much of that chaos today. >> well, he's stood behind brett kavanaugh saying, you know, he's a good man. this is a smear campaign. so you set me up because we're going to talk about that when we come back. when we come back, i want to talk about the other big drama that has the white house and capitol hill in turmoil. that's what kaitlan just mentioned. judge brett kavanaugh trying to sav...

And of course there are -- depending on your point of view here, obviously there are other things that have happened that could be construed as obstruction. i'm saying that as a layman. and i suppose if rosenstein were fired, you know, that could be the case. now, if rosenstein ostensibly, in air quotes, voluntarily resigns, then maybe that's -- you know, that casts a different light on this issue. >> i think that might be tough because then he gets to determine what he can and cannot say. if they fire him, maybe they can set the terms. maybe if he just quits, he'll say, look, i can say what i...

And that's not necessarily an insult because nixon was a very experienced politician, and he was basically a smart person. but where they're similar is president nixon, he didn't want to just beat his political opponents. he wanted to destroy them and the same way with donald trump. in that case, they are similar. but, you know, this is a different time here in the second decade of the 21st century. and the country has changed a lot. you know, in these theories of evolution, we talk about what happened to the dinosaurs. they were yesterday's animal, and they got to be extinct. if the republica...

Rosenstein quit first? two major stories. huge consequences. both coming to a head on thursday. so let's discuss now with two iconic journalists. dan rather, the host of "the big interview" on access tv, and carl bernstein, cnn political analyst. good to see both of you. thank you for coming on this evening. so, dan, republican senator susan collins tweeted this today, i am very concerned by he reports that deputy a.g. rosenstein will either be fired or forced to resign. so it seems like republicans are very concerned about a variety of things. why aren't they acting on that concern, though? >...