considering firing the special counsel appointed to lead the fbi s you russia investigation. chris ready is the president of news max media and was at the white house yesterday. i think he is considering perhaps terminating the special counsel. i think he s weighing that option. chris ready is going to be sitting down with kristen welker in about an hour. white house press secretary sean spicer tells nbc in response, mr. ruddy never spoke to the president regarding this issue, to which ruddy responded this morning, spicer issued i love he calls him spicer. spicer issued a bizarre late night press release that, a, does not deny my claim that the president can considering firing mueller and, b, says i didn t speak to the president about the matter, when i never claimed to have done so. it concludes, quote, don t waste time trying to undermine one of your few allies.