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
this president has done to push back on russia. harris: there are some things that happened in the last 72, 96 hours that people aren t talking about. three countries border north korea, one of them is russia. they sent a delegation to talk about building a second bridge from russia to north korea. these things matter, right? david: they certainly do. this president has been incredibly strong and forceful, using peace through strength, using everything at his disposal to try to make america safer at home and abroad and this is part of it. the russians are bad actors when it comes to this. you look at what the north koreans are about, we need to solve that problem. this president can deal with russia when he needs to and not when he doesn t want to or when they can t be trusted. the russians are bad actors but the democrat party has made this even more dangerous in my
there was a window that stephen miller thought that he had to bring people in. and they thought that the president was going to be agreeable. and it turned out the other way, because the base does not like anything that deals with any kind of pathway to citizenship. we keep hearing sarah huckabee sanders talk about merit-based system and the wall. so, something happened that went awry with the president s staff. but at issue, and this is the thing people aren t talking about. there are people who are very concerned and scared, congressional leaders who sha congressionkong congressional leaders who are very fafrl thearful that friday and there could be a government shutdown. and the president talks about this great economy the economy shifts if this happens. hundreds of thousands of people could be furloughed for a while. you not only have this immigration system that s looming, off government shutdown. and there are five not just daca, that are up in the air.
lindsey graham gently, you know, will admonish the president and then in the same breath say how much he loves him. i think you re right, he was speaking for the people at home. repeatedly, he s served as a character witness for the president. april, i want to get you in here. i have something to ask you. i just want to get your response. you re at the white house every day. what s going on? it s mayhem. you know, there was a window that steven miller thought that he had to bring people in. and they thought that the president was going to be agreeable. and it turned out the other way, because the base does not hike anything that deals with any pathway to citizenship. we keep hearing sarah huckabee sanders talk about merit based system. and the wall. so something happened that went awry with the president s staff. but at issue, and this is the thing that people aren t talking about.
frustration. it s an expression of someone who does not have a lot of experience governing. or people around him do not have a lot of experience governing. there is no rational strategy by which this makes any sense. there ought to be a legislative advisor inside the white house, a legislative strategy group. there are terrific legislative advisors inside the white house, apparently the president is not listening to them. and no one has told him that nothing, nothing gets on the floor without mitch mcconnell. i think that s an important point and one that a lot of people aren t talking about. the president keeps speaking as though he can pivot and work with senator schumer or democrats on other issues. nothing gets on the floor of the united states senate without mitch mcconnell. those are the rules of the senate? that s the way it works, thats the way institution works. it runs through him. you, of course, remember the relationship the guy you worked for, speaker boehner