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They also fume that he won't provide his redacted internal memo detailing the mueller investigation. the president himself again threatening, at some point i will have no choice but to use the powers granted to presidency and get involved. >> are you afraid of president trump firing you? >> no, i'm not. >> rod is -- he's like shockingly fatalistic. >> there have been people making threats privately and publicly against me for quite some time. and i think they should understand by now the department of justice is not going to be extorted. >> he is a career public servant, a career prosecutor. w...

It's going on, and i think you'll understand this, i have decided i won't be involved. i may change my mind at some point because what's going on is a disgrace. >> i believe attorney sessions my good friend, and rosenstein, who i don't know, i believe they should, in the interest of justice, end this investigation. >> if he asks rod to fire mr. mueller, rod would resign is my guess. because at that point it's untenable. you have a president who's not respecting the process, not respecting the constitution. he won't do it. >> he won't? >> no. >> it should be a red line if he fired bob mueller. ...

>> rod is -- he's like shockingly fatalistic. >> there are people who have been making threats privately and publicly against me for quite sometime. and i think they should understand by now, the department of justice is not going to be extorted. >> he is a career public servant. he's a career prosecutor. whatever mr. trump wants to say frankly can only make his reputation go up. >> reporter: even if he gets fired? >> especially if he gets fired. >> that was gloria borger reporting. we'll be right back.

But it should equally be a red line if he were to fire rod rosenstein as well. >> reporter: what red line is that? >> it is a red line in terms of turning the rule of law on its head. >> reporter: some republicans would see it as a step in the right direction, calling rosenstein conflicted because he wrote the comey memo. they also fume he won't provide his unredacted internal memo detailing the scope of the mueller investigation. the president himself again threatening, at some point, i will have no choice but to use the powers granted to the presidency and get involved. >> are you afraid of ...

The president. >> reporter: obama appointee sally yates is a former deputy attorney general fired by trump last year. >> the president can't fire a prosecutor because he's mad that he authorized a search warrant of his lawyer's home and office. >> reporter: he can be mad about t. >> sure, he can be mad about it, as long as he's not trying to influence his conduct. >> reporter: at a recent meeting with the president, rosenstein himself volunteered the cohen raid did not put the president in any jeopardy. he remained furious. >> i'm disappointed with my justice department. the fact it's going on...