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Thought about firing them for a year. the thought of firing them is not new. this is something he has talked about openly. he talks to his friends about it. he talks to his advisers about it. he certainly thinks a lot about it. he's even sort of broached the subject publicly, even telling us in july he wouldn't have made sessions the attorney general if he knew he was going to recuse himself. obviously we don't know what the president's going to do. he's an unpredictable person. will he fire mueller? everyone in washington ask ths t question. who knows? what i do think we'll see here is a more...

The white house on the mood there? there's one report suggesting the president's aides are still worried that he's going to fire mueller. what are you hearing about that? >> well, we're seeing that these leaks keep coming from within the white house, because that reflects the sentiment among people who work there that they're not necessarily loyal to trump and don't agree with everything he's doing. this is worrisome that it comes out just 24 hours after "the new york times" reported that trump was eager and excited to talk to to mueller because he thought mueller would be fair. this puts the ...

That may have been talked about at that meeting and then explained to the president maybe triggered these tweets? >> reporter: well, i don't know anything about the substance of that, if there really was any "there" there about that meeting or what happened, but what we do know is the president's lawyers told him repeatedly the investigation would be over by the end of the year. they first said thanksgiving then christmas. obviously that has come and passed and the investigation is still going on. significant things have happened, his campaign chairman has been charged, his national security a...

Way regardless of who they have actually supported or have given money to. if it become such an issue, then they want to hire a couple of pro trump lawyers. it's unfortunate that an independent investigation that should be pure of all of that is basically getting tarnished. i think it setting it up to be so that democrats can say, look we told you all along that there was collusion. or republicans can say, actually we told you all along that there was no collusion and it's a good thing robert mueller went our way. i don't like any of that, i think that people can actually be professional in wa...

Actually supported or have given money to. if it becomes such an issue, then they want to hire a couple of pro trump lawyers. it's unfortunate that an independent investigation that should be pure of all of that is basically getting tarnished. i think it setting it up to be -- it is building up so much so that democrats then can say, oh, look, we told you all along that there was can look, collusion. or republicans can say, actually we told you all along that there was no collusion and it's a good thing robert mueller went our way. i don't like any of that, i think that people can actually be ...