now to the fallout from the rod rosenstein scoop. "the new york times" reports that a week after james comey's firing, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein suggested secretly recording the president in the white house. it discussed recruiting cabinet members to invoke the 25th amendment to remove the president from office. the times said of people briefed on the events or memos written by fbi officials, including andrew mccabe. the justice department sources tell nbc news that rosenstein was joking when he discussed wearing a wire during one of the meetings. a spokeswoman told the times the same thing. other sources said rosenstein confirmed he was serious about the idea but also followed up by suggesting other fbi officials interviewing to be the new director wear a wire as well. we should point out that rosenstein has issued not one,