appointed matt whitaker. sources say rosenstein always intended to serve but two years and that s coming up. catherine herridge is live in washington. department officials tell us he wants to ensure a smooth transition for the incoming attorney general william barr,s who senate confirmation hearings are scheduled next week. the white house characterized rosenstein s departure as civil. in addition we saw rod rosenstein leaving his home in suburban washington, he did not answer ropters questions. reporters questions. he always believed heed e do the deputy job for two years, approach bug not without controversy. house republicans closed out the probe into fbi and doj actions during the campaign last month and singled out rosenstein failing to come to the hill and answer questions under oath about his role in alleged surveillance abuse during the campaign. after the former top lawyer for the fbi, james baker, backed up accounts broken by that
neil: all right, attorney general nominee william barr was doing the meet and greet thing with law makers on capitol hill today, at reports the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein will leave after special counsel bob mueller submits his final report, whenever that is. catherine herridge keeping track of the fast moving developments. thanks, neil, good afternoon. associations close to the deputy attorney general tell fox news he always believed he d do the deputy job for about two years, which is approaching, but hasn t been without controversy. this morning the white house characterized rosenstein s departure as civil. i don t think there s any willingness by the president or the white house to push him out. my guess is that he is making room for the new attorney general to build a team that he wants around him. rosenstein did not speak to reporters as he left his home in suburban washington. last month, house republicans closed out their rush and singled out rosenstein for
that? that john bolton? john bolton did not get picked by trump for that deputy job that would require senate confirmation on and didn t get sent for confirmation. since then he s offered advice on points of foreign policy like iran and like north korea at the end of february, john bolton published this opinion piece quote, the legal case for striking north korea first. first, his conclusion reads in 1837 britain unleashed fire and furry against a wooden steamboat. it s legitimate for the united states to respond to the nuclear weapons by striking first. so as a public figure, he s been advocating we should just go start a nuclear war with north korea now. just go get him now. if you re wondering tonight why your twitter feed is filled with
it all happened within about a four hour period. i love the deputy job. i find that is when he gets another commander-in-chief very well. in more of a relaxed setting presently. present think every job in the white house is incredible. i was that if i ever walk into the building and i m not in awe of being here, and being part of it, then i ve been here too long and it s time to go. thankfully, i still feel a sense of reverence every time i stepped into the building. certainly, every time i stepped into the briefing room and i hope i never lose that. wesley uses a little prayer of thanks and gratitude every morning as a marine opened the door. i would say a prayer of god help me every day right before walking into that room. recently in atlantic magazine glenn said he thought the administration apparent tension with the press was overstated. would you agree? no! [laughter] i know glenn well but i think that there will always be tension between
about a four hour period. i love the deputy job. i find that is when he gets another commander-in-chief very well. in more of a relaxed setting presently. present think every job in the white house is incredible. i was that if i ever walk into the building and i m not in awe of being here, and being part of it, then i ve been here too long and it s time to go. thankfully, i still feel a sense of reverence every time i stepped into the building. certainly, every time i stepped into the briefing room and i hope i never lose that. wesley uses a little prayer of thanks and gratitude every morning as a marine opened the door. i would say a prayer of god help me every day right before walking into that room. recently in atlantic magazine glenn said he thought the administration apparent tension with the press was overstated. would you agree? no! [laughter] i know glenn well but i think that there will always be tension between