He says, wolf, based on my personal dealings with the president there is no basis to invoke the 25th amendment. Now, on the wiretapping issue, im told by a source familiar, wolf, that he was just joking about that, he was not serious, but, of course, the New York Times paints a very different picture in that he said it, that he was serious. So we will have to obviously see how the white house responds to this, this comes at a very tenuous time for rosenstein as he is overseeing the special counsels investigation which looms large for this white house, but at least so far the last time i checked no word from the white house yet, wolf. I quickly want to go to jim acosta our chief White House Correspondent who is getting reaction at the white house as well. This is a bombshell if this New York Times story is true, that the Deputy Attorney general actually secretly recorded conversations with the president of the United States, and actually discussed with other members of the cabinet the p
Judiciary Committee Barr said hes reviewing the report and may be able to provide themes to the principal cuclusion this weekend. Hes committed to as mutranspar as possible. Since be appointed, mueller has achieved a remarkable record. 13 russians indicted for influence. 12 Russian Military officers indicted for that seminal moment, the hacking of democrats and distributing the stolen material and uncovered an extraordinary ring of criminality surrounding the president of the United States. His National Security advisor pleaded guilty. A Campaign Foreign policy aid pleaded guilty. Long time advisor pleaded guilty. His Deputy Campaign manager gity, his Campaign Manager serving serving seven and a half year sentence. Nonetheless a lot of questions remain about what happens next. Individual aspects are still unresolved. Like mike flynn and rick gates cooperation deals. And their status is still unclear. And of course theres the content which remains as of this moment the biggest mystery o
Guilty. Ad his Deputy Campaign manager gity, his Campaign Manager serving seve and a half year sentence. Nonetheless a lot of questions remain about what happens next. Individual aspects are still unresolved. Like mike flynn and rick gates cooperation deals. And their status is still unclear. And of course theres the un content which remains as of thi moment the biggest mystery of all. Joining me Nbc News National Security justice reporter whos been staking out the Justice Department for days. Ta and ari whos host of the beat right here on this network. Things started to get tense. Seemed like something was happening around 4 clb and now we know that at that time shortly before 4 00 the report was delivered over the Justice Department and around 4 30, Deputy Attorney rosenstein called mueller and thanked him for his work over the past 22 ll months. At that same time barrs chief of staff called to the white house. Called over to the white house to the Legal Counsel over there and said t