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President trump is, in fact, planning to fire mueller. cnn has learned that the president has been talking about it for months. we know that he made moves to fire mueller last june but was talked out of it. yesterday "the new york times" reported there was a second aborted effort to fire the special counsel in december. that move fueled by reports that mueller had issued subpoenas to deutsche bank, the president's financial records. reports which proved to be inaccurate. for more on the latest developments, we'll go to the white house and cnn's pamela brown. >> reporter: good morning, christin...

>> jeff sessions tomorrow morning should fire rod rosenstein. it is not up to the president to fire mr. rosenstein. it is mr. sessions job and he has a duty to fire rod rosenstein. >> i would be making a motion in front of the judge. first in front of the justice department to recuse rosenstein, then i would make it in front of the judge. you cannot be a prosecutor and you cannot be a witness in the same case. >> martha: that is the president's legal team fighting off more incoming today. a report that fox broke down about mueller interview "untrue." catherine herridge and washington tonight w...

And reminding democrats of how the former fbi director treated hillary clinton during the 2016 campaign. but the comey book is not the only headache for the trump white house tonight. the "new yorker" is reporting that the "national enquirer's "participant company allegedly paid $30,000 in hush money to a doorman at a trump building t i an effort to stop him from speaking out about a rumor that trump fathered a love child. though the doorman stands by his story. we have more breaking news to tell you about tonight. allies of the president worry -- sources telling cnn those recordings were even...

June. here with me now is susan collins, she's a member of the senate intelligence committee. we always appreciate you being here. >> thank you. >> i want to start with reports that the president ordered husband white house counsel to fire robert mueller. mueller was ultimately not fired. they say this story doesn't matter t does it matter to you? >> first i think it's important to note that the president cannot directly fire mr. mueller. the only person who can fire mr. mueller is the deputy attorney general, he's the person who appointed mr. mueller and last year at a hearing i questioned hi...

Attorney-client privilege is dead, he tweeted. then added a total witch untied. tonight, cnn reporting a president is considering whether to fire deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, who has given mueller wide latitude, and when apparently he came to rosenstein, the deputy attorney general authorize the fbi and the u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york to move forward with those grades. firing rosenstein could have in the mueller probe without ending it. "the new york times" is reporting that the president saw two fires beef -- sought to fie mueller in december. after those sto...