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Case? >> yes. indeed, it is my belief you don't. this maybe training from the marine core. you don't ask people to do that which you are unwilling to do yourself. i have already taken it. >> i know you have. i think it's -- >> how did you do? >> i'm sitting here. >>. >> mueller was confirmed with 98 yes and 0 no. by the senate. his first day of work was september 4, 2001. >> director for one week. i recall in the office and an individual came in and said there's a plane that crashed into the world trade center in new york. i look outside and this beautiful day. you wonder how a pilot could be

Watched it in lip gloss. thanks for having me. >> i very much appreciate the new version. so tell us about the special you have tonight. this a look at robert mueller the man? >> you know what? i worked in the white house for gorgeous. i saw a lot of bob mueller. he started as fbi director for george w. bush on september 4, 2001 just seven days before those attacks. and he was celebrated. and really given a lot of credit as one of the architects of all of the counter terror policies that kept us safe after 9/11. people don't remember that after september 11th, the debate wasn't where f we woul...

What did you first think when you heard the news? >> i think the republicans got a chance of saving themselves. bobby mueller -- bobby three sticks as agents called him -- -- >> they called him three sticks? >> yeah. there are three important things people need to know about bobby mueller. one, he was a marine. he was awarded the bronze star for valor. for personally leading his troo troops under fire and rescuing a terribly wounded soldier on enemy lines. he's going to personally rescue this case, i think. two, he took over the fbi, as you mentioned, september 4, 2001. the following week he w...

>> jenna: 2:30 eastern time and we have a live look on capitol hill, where senators are arriving for that closed door briefing with the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. in the mean time, we're gonna take a closer look at the special counsel he named last night, robert mueller. by any standard, he's a legendary figure in law enforcement. he served three years in the marines in vietnam earning five medals including the bronze star and purple heart. mueller later became u.s. attorney in california in 1998. he was then named the nation's sixth fbi director on september 4, 2001, just one wee...

Told him to do it. and he broke them like a twig. >> we've done lbj, we've done -- >> we should talk about what's going on right now. we have a director running the fbi that took office september 4, 2001, bob muller. he served longer than anybody except hoover, and he'll be serving another two years. the president has asked him to stay on and congress has said yes. this is a guy who gets the struggle between security and liberty, and he pushed back when president bush went way beyond the limits of the law in the constitution with, for example, his electronic surveillance program, spying on ame...