bob corker who said a firing of bob mueller would cross the line and would change the dynamic completely. yeah, there are members of congress who aren t interested in protecting bob mueller. some senate republican versus said that s a bridge too far. that s why i put it in terms of the campaign the president is trying to undermine bob mueller and everybody around him. if it gets to the point where public opinion says, yes, this is a witch hunt. you can sure they will fire him. they re not there yet. they re moving in that direction, or if they can t fire bob mueller and he comes out with some conclusion that at least the public might reject that conclusion, some hue he s corrupt. that itself the game we re trying to win. we re going to go live to west palm beach for a preview of the president s day and mar-a-lago. plus, for orrin hatch wins a distinction in utah, not for the reasons he might have thought. we ll explain. he retweeted an editorial headline, what may have been said
these complaints when in fact it is so transparently political. it is bizarre. i think at this point in time jeff sessions has an obligation to say something, but who knows where he is? well, any administration can get upset at certain cabinets they perceive as being anti their interests. but administrations don t sign memos saying they were not doing something and then say actually they were doing something. exactly. but if you have a purge what you end up with is a cpa circa 2003 and you have people ideologically in sync but utterly incameable pable of leat the mission at hand. this does not lead anywhere that s a strong path for justice in america. carol lee as you are covering the white house and watching the approach to the fbi and the rhetoric it is using, where are you according to your reporting suspect it is heading? we have had the conversation about whether or not the president might fire bob mueller
the white house and the president, he will take some impulsive action and get really angry at one point as this heats up and make moves that people think will be politically debt victim am for him. it was a far out impossibility to fire james comey and he did it. i didn t believe it when i first heard it. so what do you make of the idea this could happen with bob mueller as well? i don t think so. you will find. c mon. that will be a tipping point. really? he never challenges the general. he won t go over kelly, mcmaster in public. he will being away from that. i think in the mueller case as well, this would be a tipping point for senate republicans. even if he feels like a scared donald trump in the corner doesn t fire bob mueller? i think when he does that, it brings the final avalanche down on him.
boundaries he won t go past. boundaries and donald trump, i m not sure we heard that before. he has moments when he is scared and changes his mind. we ve had, rick, some senate republicans including bob corker who said last week that firing of bob mueller would cross the line and change the dynamic completely. there are members of congress who aren t interested in protecting bob mueller, but some senate republicans have said that s why i put it in terms of a campaign. the president is trying to undermine bob mueller, the fbi and everybody that surrounds him. if it gets to the point where public opinion says, yes, this is a witch-hunt, you could be assured they would fire him. they re not there yet but that s what he is engaged in. so they re moving in that direction, or if they can t fire bob mueller and he comes out with some conclusion that at least the public might reject that conclusion because somehow he is corrupt. that s the game he is trying to win. still ahead on
think will depend on how the president acts. but there s certainly concern among people on the hill, people who observe the whoutite house, people who are close to the president that he will take impulsive action and get angry at one point as this heats up and make moves people think would be politically detrimental to him. yeah, clint, it was probably a long shot in a lot of people s minds he would fire the fbi director james comey, that seemed like a far-out possibility and he did. i didn t believe it when i first heard it. what do you think about the idea that this could happen with bob mueller as well? i don t think so. come on, really? i don t think he will. i think what you will find is that there are certain levels he won t go to. he never challenges a general. if you watch, he won t go after kelly, mcmaster in public. even if he feels an