power to make the decision. to be clear, the warrants that were executed against cohen yesterday were not as far as we can tell from the available reporting related directly to the russia probe as far as we know now. they appear to be part of a separate investigation referred by the special counsel to federal prosecutors in new york. but if it the raid provoked the president to take some kind of action to stop mueller, it would not be the first time he's tried to do so. remember a few months ago "the new york times" reported the president gave the order directly to fire mueller last june and backed off only after his white house counsel don mcgahn apparently threatened to quit rather than carry out the order. tonight, a new report from the times". again, that he tried to do it just in december. telling advisers that mueller's investigation "to to be shut down following reports that a bank he did business with had been subpoenaed." the president once again backed down after it became clear that those reports were misleading. but last night during a public -- in response to the cohen