just the special counsel investigation and everything that happened with rosen tine and mueller. at this moment right now over in the executive office building behind me, you have national security staffers working, people whose portfolio focuses on the middle east working because there is the potential for this military strike after the president didn t just preview that missile attack potentially on twitter today. signaling he wants to do it but he put russia on notice calling out putin and the kremlin. that is the backdrop to everything happening tonight. i will tell you officials are telling me working closely with international allies is going to be key. halle jackson, we ll be in touch as events warrant throughout the hour. joe scar broet host of morning joe. thank you for being here. here s my big question about paul ryan, why today, why now? i think ball ryan, i ve known him since he was 22 years old. always liked the guy personally.
he even appeared to flat out admit some version of obstruction of justice in a tweet this morning. all of this is happening as that closes in as the speaker steps down as dinner happens in the white house with the leaders of that party, the president has taken over and made his own. he is contemplating launching military action against syria. we ll cover all the big stories on this very big night. nbc s halle jackson at the white house covering the president s dinner, michael schmidt, new york times. we ve got nbc pentagon correspondent hans nichols on the preparations for a possible attack on syria, justice correspondent pete williams on what is happening inside the building at the deft of justice as trump attacks mueller and rosen tine, capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt on the fallout from paul ryan s decision today. steve kornacki on the state of the republican party after a year of trump and joe scarborough who stayed up way past his bedtime at least four or five hours to hel
but the other part of it is the backdrop to all of this. he has been venting to allies about the special counsel investigation and about his justice department. you don t need me to tell you that because he s been venting openly in front of cameras unsolicited about all of this, as well. the other piece of this is not just the special counsel investigation and everything that happened with rosen tine and mueller. at this moment right now over in the executive office building behind me, you have national security staffers working, people whose portfolio focuses on the middle east working because there is the potential for this military strike after the president didn t just preview that missile attack potentially on twitter today. signaling he wants to do it but he put russia on notice calling out putin and the kremlin. that is the backdrop to everything happening tonight. i will tell you officials are telling me working closely with international allies is going to be key. halle jack
appointees to attempt to shut down the probe. he even appeared to flat out admit some version of obstruction of justice in a tweet this morning. all of this is happening as that closes in as the speaker steps down as dinner happens in the white house with the leaders of that party, the president has taken over and made his own. he is contemplating launching military action against syria. we ll cover all the big stories on this very big night. nbc s halle jackson at the white house covering the president s dinner, michael schmidt, new york times. we ve got nbc pentagon correspondent hans nichols on the preparations for a possible attack on syria, justice correspondent pete williams on what is happening inside the building at the deft of justice as trump attacks mueller and rosen tine, capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt on the fallout from paul ryan s decision today. steve kornacki on the state of the republican party after a year of trump and joe scarborough who stayed up way
because mueller still is appointed under a law that says he can only be fired for cause. so tell me what the cause is. there is none. matt, rosenstein, when you see burn the building to the ground, i take it you view rosen tine as an equivalent position? what does that mean. i m thinking about the institutional players here and how they can prepare or act in advance of something crisis. appoint a new attorney general someone like scott pruitt who would have immediate jurisdiction and could either fire mueller or shut the investigation down slowly. you might see mass resignations in that instance. if he were to fire rosenstein it s more complicated. an acting deputy attorney general couldn t actually fire mueller. what happens is it moves down