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You are a communications guy. that rosenstein statement, talk about a tough spot, was notable for what it did not say. the nixon era phrase nondenial denial with a tip to ben bradlee does come to mind. >> it denied a bunch of things that were not alleged. what andy mccabe said in his interview today and what "the new york times" reported a couple of months ago was not that rod rosenstein was authorized to wear wires or that he believes today the 25th amendment was appropriate. it was he discussed it in that meeting. i think the spot rosenstein is in, i'm confused why he's still continuing to h...

That they would be made to go away. >> that's exactly right. >> dana bash is cnn's chief political correspondent and james gagliano is a retired fbi supervisory agent and a law enforcement analyst. let me just start with you, dana. let's talk about all of these different pieces. cnn first reported this 25th amendment conversation back in september. and you'll recall, at the time, and again today, deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, denied the reports. he's denying it again today, that there was any basis to invoke the clause, based on his own personal interactions with trump. rosenstein a...

Former fbi agent now fired for lying to fbi invey in washingto, for perjury andrew mccabe said it was serious. james baker, general councils of the fbi who was just told the house committee he believed rosenstein statement was serious was not in the room when it was said. his source is probably andrew mccabe. what did he say? we don't know what he said but congressman meadows said he, baker, contradicted what rosenstein has said under oath. lying to a congressional committee as a basis for firing, that's where we are. >> harris: those three unnamed people, we don't know if they are among the w...

Washington. jonah goldberg, senior editor at national review. a.b. stoddard, associate editor at real clear politics. katie pavlich, townhall.com. jonah, this seemed to pick up steam and was fueled by the president's tweet about this. the fact that the inspector general is taking it, what does it tell us? >> tells us there's credible reason to take a harder look at what was going on in 2016 in terms of the investigation of the trump campaign. at the same time, i think the talk about this guy, as far as what we know about a spy embedded in the campaign is hyperbole. having conversations with pe...

Official in frontan an anonymous source. and i think it's really interesting and this point has been made before that this administration is talking about anonymous sources and casting doubt on anonymous sources when it is a tool that they use repeatedly at the white house and elsewhere in the administration when speaking to reporters. >> and with a government communication, frankly, we shouldn't be forced to wonder what the reference to country is in a department of justice statement. it should be clearer, i think. indira, finally, some people kind of ascribed a last-ditch nature to the presi...