weighed in on this officially in any form to this these explosive allegations that first came out in the new york times earlier today. and that they ve had time to prepare for this. reporter: they certainly have. that s right. there hasn t been a response yet. it s fascinating. great to see you, jim. thank you so much. outfront with me now, frank bruinny, new york times columnist, harry a former u.s. district attorney and cnn s justice department correspondent laura jarrett. great do see you all. frank, what does your gut tell you when you read these details? is this all headed to the eventual conclusion you think of rosenstein getting fired? i think it probably is and i think in this case, if you read the story, rosenstein s actions sound so erratic and so undermining that i think even trump s fiercest critics would not take issue with his being fired but there s one wring wrinkle that people aren t talking about. this is a story based on anonymous sources. this is t