Testing the waters on firing mueller. Dick di durbin says that would e going too far. If the president reaches out and stops this investigation, that is a constitutional crisis in this country. Thats been said by democrats and republicans alike and what it means is, it would be incumbent on congress on a bipartisan basis to use the tools in its disposal. There are two bills before the Senate Judiciary committee which has been absent without leave on this issue, two bills before the committee, bipartisan bills to protect the special counsel. We ought to pass those bills now. This coming after the firing of former deputy fbi director Andrew Mccabe, days before he was set to retire with full pension. This comes ahead of an internal report about his role into the agencys investigation into Hillary Clinton. We have the latest reaction from washington. We begin with Allison Barber at the white house. Reporter hi, rick. A source close to former deputy fbi director Andrew Mccabe that confirms
Plus, the president s lawyer, john dowd, says its time to end special counsel Robert Muellers investigation. Are we seeing a change in white house tactics from cooperation to confrontation . My guest this morning, republican senator marco rubio of florida, democratic senator Sherrod Brown of ohio, and representative mike conaway of the House Intelligence Committee. Also, the democrats big win in pennsylvania. It took a little longer than we thought, but we did it. Conor lamb wins a district President Trump swept in 2016. You know, thats a wakeup call. Was this a rare red district win for the democrats or a sign of a coming blue wave . We have the latest numbers from our new nbc news wall street journal poll. Joining me for insight and analysis are amy walter, National Editor for the cook political report, jonah goldberg, Senior Editor for national review, eliana johnson, National Political reporter for politico, and the anchor of nbc nightly news on saturdays and telemundo, jose diazba
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The first round of by-elections since the 2021 local government elections saw the National Freedom Party in KZN rise from near-death, the Inkatha Freedom Party lose its majority in Nongoma, but showing growth in eThekwini and Okhahlamba at the expense of the ANC, which, as some kind of compensa.