Disciplined or removed from office only by the personal action of the Attorney General. But according to the white house, the president has been advised he, he can terminate Robert Mueller all by himself. Does he believe he has the power to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller . Certainly believes he has the power to do so. Most legal experts believe he would have to order Deputy Attorney general rosenstein to fire mueller and corefuse. I know a number of individuals in the Legal Community and including at the department of justice said he has the power to do so but i dont have any further announcements. They told me, ive asked. They said its rosenstein oversees is the Special Counsel and only he has the power to fire the Special Counsel. Again, weve been advised that the president certainly has the power to make that decision. I cant go anything beyond that. Weve been advised the president certainly has the power to make the decision. To be clear, the warrants that were executed agains
Means and what it will do in terms of dividing or excluding and king is is big because his part of the party is fundamental. Ask him why he hasnt deleted thretweet. Well be watching. Thanks very much. Cuomo prime time later tonight. 9 00 p. M. Eastern only here on cnn. Thats it for me. Thanks for watching. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Next, trumps victory lap. Whats next after his Major Supreme Court win today. And can democrats do anything to stop him . Senator booker is outfront. Plus, House Speaker demands an apology from Maxine Waters. Its amazing how lacking any such demand has ever been from the speak whern it comes to the president and the president calls it a crisis on the southern border. One border town mayor though says its anything but and that mayor is is our guest. Lets go outfront. Tonight, trumps travel ban. Secelebrating the Supreme Court decision to uphold his third version of the travel ban. Tremendous success for the American People. And for our constitut
Interviews with political figures and news updates. Were talking about mens suits, andrea. Mens suits at 25,000 a pop. I dont know. Peter alexander, you know more about mens suits than i do. You can also tell me about Donald Trumps tweets, because this has been a storm of tweets today and its been a rather creative one. He is also tweeting about al capone. He wrote, looking back on history, who is treated worse, alphonse capone, legendary mob boss, killer, and public enemy number one, or paul manafort, political operative and reagan dole darling, now serving Solitary Confinement although convicted of nothing. Where is the russian collusion . Im not sure who his target is there. Reporter andrea, the president has a series of targets today, one thats clear is Attorney General Jeff Sessions in some of those earlier tweets when the president went further than he has been, more explicit than he has been at any point, basically calling on sessions to stop the russia investigation. To the jur
A look at Breaking News, politics and reports from around the world. Federal crime. Tonight, the president is changing his story again, claiming that he learned about Michael Cohens Hush Money Payments to women later on. His words, later on. That contradicts the evidence and cohens assertion under oath that he was acting on the directions of mr. Trump. The white house insists the president has done nothing wrong. But the cohen plea deal, along with Paul Manaforts criminal conviction, have escalated a legal and political crisis being likened to watergate. This hour ill talk with Michael Cohens lawyer, lanny davis, and House Intelligence Committee member jim himes. And our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. First lets go to our White House Correspondent kaitlyn collins. Kaitlyn, we heard from the president in a new interview. We also heard from him on twitter. Reporter thats right, wolf. The president s first public remarks since Michael Cohen implicated him in a crime yes
All eyes will be on that department of Justice Press conference and the one and only Robert Mueller will be speaking. That wraps it up for me in this exciting news hour. I am now turning over to my friend, Chris Jansing who picks up coverage. 10 00 on the east coast im Chris Jansing in for hallie jackson. What a huge breaking news story were following for you at the top of the hour. Robert mueller the Special Counsel in charge of the investigation is coming out at the department of justice. He is scheduled to make a statement on his investigation at the top of the next hour. His first Public Comments on the probe since he started as Special Counsel more than two years ago. A full team of reporters and experts who have been following this investigation throughout. Let me start with ken delaney in
our washington bureau. Ken, this is someone throughout the investigation did a remarkable job of keeping things under wrap and stopping any leaks from coming out. We have not seen him. He is so