and the question we have to ask ourselves is what do they know? what is it do they fear, that they want to somehow put this entire investigation aside? bottom line, it has to go forward. the rule of law in this nation is absolutely essential. and whoever republicans or otherwise the president that are trying to derail this investigation, they ought to stop because it s extraordinarily damaging to this nation now and into the future. so now as a result, you and your fellow democrats are, you know, attempting to revive legislation, to protect mueller and his team. exactly. you ll need the support of some republicans, won t you, in order to make this work? do you believe at some point republicans will be on board to help cement a the passage of a bill that will protect the special counsel? well, first of all, why in the world do we have to protect the special counsel? the reason is the president is attacking the investigation, the counsel, the fbi, going after
( ) (grunting) today is your day. crush it. angie s boom chicka pop whole grain popcorn. boom! it was a different time and a different president, but the news that this president donald trump wanted to fire special counsel robert mueller last june, only to be convinced it would be a political firestorm if he did, it echoes what became known as the saturday night massacre, it erupted as the nation was in the throes of watergate. i would say these people ariare i going to cost a million dollars over the next few years. richard nixon and white house counsel john dean in closed quarters talking about the watergate break ins.
before mueller. whether he will agree to some arrangement, or if there s going to be a bit more of a showdown. we could wait to see if mueller decides he s going to subpoena for testimony before a grand jury. republicans are being urged to return money given by their own republican donor. the wall street journal detailing decades of sexual misconduct allegations against steve wynn, who also happens to be the finance chair of the republican national committee. the journal is reporting allegations from women who worked at wynn s casinos. and now democrats are insisting that the republicans return wynn s cash. wynn is calling the allegations, quoting now, preposterous. cnn s miguel marquez is live for us in las vegas. miguel, what more can you tell us? yes, look, these two have been friends and competitors for years. i mean, the wynn hotel is just here. the trump hotel is just there.
now that s mega. hello, again, everyone, thanks so much for being with me, i m fredricka whitfield. democrats are launching new efforts to protect special counsel robert mueller from the white house. the move follows the bombshell reports from several news outlets including cnn that president trump tried to fire mueller last june. the president is calling the stories fake news. some lawmakers are taking the threats to the special counsel very seriously. senate democrats are now pushing legislation to prevent any official from undermining the russia investigation and protect mueller from being fired by the president. let s go now to cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez at the white house. so boris, democrats are, you know, very concerned. how far are they willing to go to try to protect mueller? ? very far apparently, fred.
not and cannot be lost. so we re going to really put mayors to work to begin to spread information around the country with policies and meeting the american people where they are that really i think hopefully sustains and restores the faith that the american people have in their government. all right. denver mayor michael hancock. mr. mayor, thanks for being here. you bet. thank you, aaron. president trump ordered the firing of robert mueller last june, but backed off when his white house lawyer threatened to quit. does it help make a case for obstruction of justice? we ll discuss that next. first though, a quick programming note, technology makes us faster, smarter and better, but at what cost? msnbc s ari melber and recode co-founder cara switzer discuss how we deal with technology s rapid pace of change in a special msnbc town hall event. one of the topics, russian interference in the 2016 election. i think when we look at the elections and stuff, you know,