if he did demand it, the answer would be, i know the answer and the answer is that you have no evidence to support this, and we only start investigations when there is probable cause, and there is no probable cause here, there is nothing to be investigating. that would be the ideal answer in an ideal world. but in this case we have to play chess with the president who doesn t know how to play chess and the fact that rod rosenstein is still the deputy attorney general is a good thing. and so, i think he handled it appropriately. i m outraged that the president is asking for this. i m also disturbed because i believe that the president and his base will not believe the answer when it comes out, saying there is nothing here. there is no evidence to support it and the investigation was totally appropriate, it started based on someone from a foreign country reporting to the fbi
clinton, and david frum, senior editor for the atlantic and author. jill wine-banks i want to go to you with your prosecutorial experience and your reaction to how rod rosenstein handled this latest public crisis? i think rod rosenstein played this exactly right. it s not an ideal world because in an ideal world the president would not be demanding this, and if he did demand it, the answer would be, i know the answer and the answer is that you have no evidence to support this, and we only start investigations when there is probable cause, and there is no probable cause here, there is nothing to be investigating. that would be the ideal answer in an ideal world. but in this case we have to play chess with the president who doesn t know how to play chess and the fact that rod rosenstein is still the deputy attorney
there s a deal within reach, but, of course, the next battle is just around the corner. richard, with he just had nick walker from the weather channel on. i should have gone to you for a weather report. where is your umbrella? somewhere above my head and totally uneffective. there s still time for a compromise but that s not the ideal answer for some republicans. john fleming is a republican congressman from louisiana and a member of the tea party caucus. sir, it s nice to have you with us. we ve seen house republican leadership all morning, so what are you hearing from speaker boehner and leader cantor in your meetings about the likelihood of a shutdown? we know the planning is going on, but what is the likelihood? thomas, that would be very difficult to handicap. really the decision is in the hands of the democrats. we passed hr-1 which did cut $61