this? no. i don t think it s really necessary for congress to get involved in this. it s a matter between the president and his number two man at justice, and listening to that second statement, i thought the first was weak. i m not too sure the second was a whole lot of improvement. hearing those denials, not really on point as far as i can see is not is not encouraging me as someone who has real serious concerns about the way this investigation has been handled. it s not encouraging to me he didn t contemplate that. he didn t say he contemplated it. he didn t say he said something about a wire. he said he never did anything. so that to me, as jeffrey said, is running a bulletproof statement that doesn t get to the underlying statement. kirsten, when you hear the president tonight talk getting rid of a lingering stench, do you think he ll get rid of rosenstein? it would be surprising if he
i know we lose you, but we re grateful have had you to start us off today. after the break, does rosenstein survive? the president s son already on the attack against the president s perceived enemies within. how will this story land in an already destabilized west wing? and the president unloads on judge brett kavanaugh s accuser attacking professor ford s credibility and talking about her parents. an unbelievable new low for a president already governing at unthinkable depths. in and steve schmidt weighs in on today s big story. is rosenstein offering to wear a wire? and the president s attacks on the alleged victim of sexual assault. stay with us. fact is, every insurance company hopes you drive safely.
the power and duties of his office does not speak to mental illness. it does not speak to physical impairment. it really is an open-ended invitation by people around him to say this president is compromised for reasons we may not fully understand. either he s under the authority and control of a foreign power or he s not mentally with it. or for other reasons but clearly you seen that rod rosenstein had grave concerns in those days that the president was unable to discharge his duties. and that s a significant issue. whether he d wear a wire, that would go more to criminality or a national security violation. the kind you would investigate in a counter-intelligence case. we need to know more about what rosenstein was thinking about when he invoked these amazing powers that authorities have. frank you served at the highest levels of the fbi. one of the things weighing on
look, prosecutors, fbi types, sometimes they mix humor. sometimes they miss a little bit of the subtext. i tend to believe that rosenstein was probably joking and being sarcastic. what do you want me to do wear a wire. my problem, why was he joking some he should be wearing a wire. they all should be wearing a wire. they re working for a crazy person who lies all the time. everything that trump says should be recorded by people who want to protect themselves. it s a hilarious story from the perspective this is a chaotic time and nobody knows what they re doing, but a sad story in so far as this is another example of official washington, the institutions that are supposed to protect us, being cowardly and being by this president and not knowing what to do. we need heros, not keystone cops talking about like wire taps. yeah. and the thing and rachel maddow, watched her, brilliant rachel
the aftermath of it. but i think the repercussions of this are going to be historic. and it has seemingly given a pretext if donald trump wanted to fire rod rosenstein. stay with me. the nbc version of the story said as following rod rosenstein was arguing with andrew mccabe about the president according to a senior justice department official, what do you want me to do, andy, wear a wire and which also includes lawyer lisa page and four career doj officials. one of the senior civil servants was scott cools who would sign off on the firing of mccabe and the official and a source in the room characterized the remark as sarcastic. so you are saying, malom, you believe that a joking sarcastic and sarcastic remark is being used by someone who wanted to characterize it to the new york times to give donald trump the pretext to fire