rosenstein may have snuck in to see some of the entrances obviously to the west wing. we can say with certainty that we did see jeff sessions arrive here. my colleagues are in the west wing right now trying to get comment from sean spicer and his deputy sara huckabee sanders. they recognize there is urgency around this. as soon as we have it we ll pass it on to you right away. if you will do that as soon as you get that information, peter. let s go to nbc national correspondent ken delaney. this is breaking news, we have a new special counsel on this investigation. it s huge news, greta. as it happens my colleague tom winter on the investigative unit has been doing digging what is the status of this investigation. we have a story that is about to post on the web if it hasn t already. it s really interesting. we ve learned that mike flynn and paul manafort, mike flynn the and paul manafort are subjects of the investigation. that is a term of art which means an investigator suspects
made clear that he wanted him to stay in this position. so, mr. bharara making clear that he wanted to continue on in this work and sources told my colleague tom winter that he had even planned to go to work on monday. that s how shocking this was of a cull that he received yesterday. he referred to that basically in a tweet and statement earlier wanting to be very clear that this was not his decision. he did not tender his resignation, instead he was fired. writing in this statement i m going to read to you a little bit. he said today i was fired from my position as u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. one hallmark of justice is absolute independence and that was my touch stone everyday that i served. so, for some context, bharara was of course a pretty high profile u.s. attorney overseeing areas like wall street, like public officials in new york such as the mayor and governor and tackling issues of corruption. so this was somebody who was
supportive of flynn in the days since his firing in february. and ken delaney, walk us through the new report nag centers around paul manafort, former campaign chairman, and national security adviser michael flynn. the investigations seem to be centering around athem? that s right. my colleague tom winter and i were reporting that flynn and manafort are now the prime focus in the early stages of this sprawling fbi investigation into rush railrosian csian collusion. they are formally considered subjects of the investigation. both deny wrongdoing. what is interesting is no public evidence has surfaced suggesting that these men colluded with the russia interference campaign, instead it s their other financial dealings. flynn as was discussed failed to