Prelude to the president of the United States actually calling on Rod Rosenstein to end this investigation . I can tell you for sure this is what john dowd wants to happen. Good morning and welcome to am joy. On saturday during this very show Donald Trumps personal attorney, john dowd, urged Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein, the man overseeing the russia investigation, to end the probe. Now dowd first claimed to be speaking as Donald Trumps legal counsel. But then he backtracked. The one thing i can tell you, that i can break on air is ive been emailing back and forth with john dowd this morning. He emailed me to say that he hopes i will share with you all that he was speaking in his personal capacity and not speaking on behalf of the president. When he initially emailed me this morning, i asked him are you giving me this quote on behalf of the president. He replied, yes, speaking at his counsel. I put that in the story. Now hes emailing me to walk that back to say actually he wa