instead resign? and how dave these conversation happened already already? here s a statement from the white house that reads, in part, at the request of deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, he and president trump had an extended conversation to discuss the recent news stories. they will meet on thursday. thursday s a big day. while the circumstances of a possible exit are unclear, this news comes three days after that explosive report that rosenstein considered wearing a wire to record president trump. and not only that, apparently discussed invoking the 25th amendment to remove him from office. the deputy ag has forcefully denied those claims. we also know rosenstein met with the white house chief of staff, john kelly, at the white house today. rosenstein is now back at the department of justice and that is where we find cnn justice reporter laura jarrett. laura, it s 2:01. lots can change, has changed all day. what are your sources telling you at this very moment? well
rosenstein has denied the report. democrats are stepping up warnings to president trump not to fire rosenstein. senator patrick leahy say saturday night massacres don t have to happen on a saturday. if the president fires rosenstein, he will come a leap closer to meddling in the russian investigation. catherine herridge is live in washington with more. this all shifted from the press secretary about why rosenstein is at the white house today. we just received a statement from sarah sanders, and it now confirms several facts and also a timeline for developments with the rosenstein case. it reads at the request of rod rosenstein, he and president trump had an extended conversation to discussion the recent news stories because the president is at the united nations general assembly and has a full schedule with leaders from around the world. they will meet thursday when the president returns to washington d.c. before that statement was issued by the white house, we had reactio
all familiar with. it references our military posture. it s a direct reference to weaponry. it s pretty clear. but then this morning, things got less clear. vice president pence s chief of staff, marc short, was asked about the tweet and the term locked and loaded. here s what he said. i think that locked and loaded is a broad term that talks about the realities that we re also far safer and more secure domestically from energy independence. locked and loaded, he s saying, is a broad term about energy independence. has anyone ever actually used the term locked and loaded in that way? our fossil fuels are locked and loaded? doesn t really make sense. we re locked and loaded with natural gas and other fossil fuels, not to mention wind and solar. keeping em honest, we all know what the president meant by locked and loaded. clearly, the vice president s office doesn t want to come out and say, just disregard the tweet sent out by the president last night. instead, they r
loaded is a broad term that talks about the realities that we re also far safer and more secure domestically from energy independence. locked and loaded, he s saying, is a broad term about energy independence. has anyone ever actually used the term locked and loaded in that way? our fossil fuels are locked and loaded? it doesn t really make sense. we re locked and loaded with natural gas and other fossil fuels, not to mention wind and solar. keeping em honest, we all know what the president meant by locked and loaded. clearly, the vice president s office doesn t want to come out and say, just disregard the tweet sent out by the president last night. instead, they re pretending it means something else. it s not the only attempt in the midst of this crisis to walk back something the president has said. now that the administration appears to be considering a strike against iran, the president is claiming he never said he wanted to negotiate with the iranian president witho
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