mccabe thought that may be the case after talking to rosenstein. cnn confirmed the memo mccabe wrote about the discussion is now in the hands of special counsel robert mueller. >> that memo says rosenstein told mccabe the president wanted russia mentioned in the recommendation to fire comey. doing so could be a problem for the president. rosenstein cited the handling of the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. the justice department declined comment. >> rudy giuliani talking about the timeline of the russia investigation. giuliani echoing the president's line of attack with the threat to mueller's team. >> we'll challenge mueller to write whatever you got. take your best punch with all of your 13 democrats there. you couldn't find a republican? you have a group that is a lynching mob. let them do their job.