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Many of us know rod rosenstein. he's in the news because he's the one that oversees special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation. my understanding, josh campbell, he also oversees -- there is direct contact with the fbi on other issues as well. so he could have a role in what's going on, this bombshell announcement from the fbi just now, that they received this tip january 5th, josh? >> yes, it's a very good question, john. for those of us who worked at fbi headquarters, the role of the deputy attorney general is vast. there is so much he is involved in, someone in that position. i do...

Obviously we're all feeling as we look at this. if you think about the youtube posting we talked about yesterday and obviously at that point we mentioned there wasn't specificity, there wasn't credibility. in the field we call the e-guardian. it's a system which allows you to track different threats, to do some type of analysis and determine is there a there there. if that information went into holdings and then you had this person doing what we want the public to do, picking up the phone and calling the fbi, a simple search of that person's name may have hit on that original holding. that's w...

Watching this may have information on another type of crime doesn't look at this and say, oh, there's no use in reporting this information. we can't let that happen. we have to keep letting the public know and reminding them if you have information, you have to report it to law enforcement. >> the fbi needs to prove that it makes a difference, or prove that it is using that information. josh, i do not know if in your time with the fbi you had experience with the tip line. can you tell me anything about it, how normally information is processed, how many calls come in, what types of things or w...

Passed on to the miami office. neither of those steps were taken, josh. >> you're right, and there are many different things about this statement that are stunning. i think you keyed in on perhaps the most stunning level of information, the level of specificity that was provided. if we think about this youtube post that was the subject of intense conversation yelled following the aftermath of the shooting, we looked at that and said, even as analysts here, law enforcement analysts saying it didn't have that level of specificity or credibility that maybe would have warranted additional action. ...

>> think for yourself. >> that has everything to do with just being smart. being the smart political an candidate. >> also the fact that he's trying to be purposely vague on anything. go back to halperin's interview in "time" magazine and he talked about the economy, he didn't say anything. there was no specificity there just like there wasn't specificity in preparation on the immigration issue. they want to make it all about president obama which seems like a smart strategy in the moment. it's going to be tough to sustain that for months. at some point you have to take a stand, you have to be...