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He staff aide to senator schumer, he was confirmed unanimously as the u.s. attorney here in new york city. >> now something has happened. and apparently he's out. in addition to preet bharara's reputation for aggression in prosecuting public corruption, it may be that his jurisdiction here matters. >> preet bharara, former chief prosecutor at sdny joins me now. we'll get into all of it when we are back in just 30 seconds. sec.

In addition to his reputation for aggression in prosecuting public corruption, it may be that his jurisdiction here matters. being the u.s. attorney for manhattan doesn't mean that you cover, for example, all of wall street. it also means in his case his jurisdiction includes the headquarters of trump tower where you see him there the day he made his deal to stay on. two days ago a letter was sent to preet bharara from a few different ethics watchdog groups asking him based on his jurisdiction in manhattan to investigate whether the trump organization is receiving illegal financial benefits fr...

Don't know for sure either way. i mean, the president has the power to fire preet bharara if he wants to. he's allowed to do that. but it would be a strange and dramatic decision if he did it because there was an overt personally worked out deal admitted publicly to keep him on. what happened since then? why have they decided preet bharara has to go? is there something to be afraid of? in addition to his reputation for aggression in prosecuting public corruption, it may be that his jurisdiction here matters. being the u.s. attorney for manhattan doesn't mean that you cover, for example, all of...

Told nbc "ask the white house." nbc called the white house to ask about preet bharara's situation and the white house said "accousk the justice dertme." so somewhere between the white house and the justice department maybe somebody knows but we don't know for sure either way. i mean, the president has the power to fire preet bharara if he wants to. he's allowed to do that. but it would be a strange and dramatic decision if he did it because there was an overt personally worked out deal admitted publicly to keep him on. what happened since then? why have they decided preet bharara has to go? is...

So somewhere between the white house and the justice department maybe somebody knows but we don't know for sure either way. i mean, the president has the power to fire preet bharara if he wants to. he's allowed to do that. but it would be a strange and dramatic decision if he did it because there was an overt personally worked out deal admitted publicly to keep him on. what happened since then? why have they decided preet bharara has to go? is there something to be afraid of? in addition to his reputation for aggression in prosecuting public corruption, it may be that his jurisdiction here mat...