Their hearing underway in washington. You can see everyone is gathered there now. All the media. Theyre going to be discussing, obviously, whether to authorize the use of military force against syria. This is happening as the president s request is making its way through committees in both the house and senate, and then, of course, the two chambers will come together and recollect reconcile their proposa proposals. We start with paul at the Capitol Rotunda where all the action is happening right now. Paul, what is going to be different today that what we watched happen with the Senate Committee yesterday . Reporter well, richelle, its going to be a lot different once that House Committee meeting finally begins. Obviously the house is republican controlled, and has not been an ally of president obama on just about anything. So were expecting a lot of skepticism there, but a very busy morning right here in building. Earlier this morning the Senate Foreign Relations Committee started a cl
Probably stay republican with the chief Justice Roberts as the judge, win it there and declare a victory. And thats what he should do. Well, we have to remember bill clinton was impeached but stayed in office. So it doesnt necessarily mean it would be the end of his precedency. Takes a two thirds vote, remember. So, jack, would firing him get the president his ability to control the Special Counsel investigation. That would be the only reason of getting rid of rosenstein. I think itll be exceedingly difficult. I cant imagine someone will come in and sit in rosensteins place and try to babysit him and redirect of the course of the investigation. Thats just not going to happen. I totally agree with everything bob said, by the way. And i think if he tries to replace rosenstein, if he tries
to replace sessions, it would be seen for what it is. It would be seen as the act of a man with a guilty mind. Innocent people dont behave this way. They dont threaten to fire anyone whos taken a hard l
But Officials Say even that may not deter this president. Sources have said the president and his aides have discussed firing rosenstein for months. Colleagues have warned him it would be a disaster. I want to bring in now cnn Political Correspondent sara murray. Thanks for joining us. Fill us in on what more youre learning. Our team is learning once again the president is considering firing the Deputy Attorney general. We know hes long been unhappy with many of the top officials at the Justice Department as well as the ongoing russia probes. But theres a new urgency in this after we saw the raids on the president s long time lawyer Michael Cohen. He has a strong case to make if he does go forward to dismiss rosenstein. They believe rosenstein crossed a line in what he should or should not pursue and what theyre allowed to pursue. There are certainly people in the president s ear saying absolutely do not do this, it will cause a crisis. But there are other people saying, look, if youre
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