they ve committed based on that action, based on that prerogative. that s what we re talking about here. remember, what mueller s investigation is not a matter of why did he fire james comey and is that enough or his anticipation to fire mueller? the investigation was ongoing at the time that both men were either contemplated as being fire order actually fired in comey s case that is the crux of the scope of what mueller s investigation is about. it s not about whether or not the president can choose at his prerogative to not have people under his employment who does not serve what his policy objectives. it s quite another thing to be dismissive about the idea that the president can commit a crime and merely his office will insulate him. all right. go ahead, robert. i think michael s got it right. the real relevant question here is one of whether or not the conduct would constitute abuse of office. and that s a determination ultimately that congress makes under its impeachment auth
crux of the scope of what mueller s investigation is about. it s not about whether or not the president can choose at his prerogative to not have people under his employment who does not serve what his policy objectives are. it s quite another thing to be dismissive about the idea that the president can commit a crime and merely his office will insulate him. all right go ahead, robert. i think michael s got it right. the real relevant question here is one of whether or not the conduct would constitute abuse of office. and that s a determination ultimately that congress makes under its impeachment authority. i remain of the view despite how many times others can say it, the president is constitutely entitled to have who he wants as the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, the director of the fbi, and also the special counsel. if he were to fire the special counsel that doesn t mean we re not going to have another special counsel. there will be political pressure obviously
border wall and other strict immigration reforms. imt to bring in our senior economic analyst robert wright, a former labor secretary and cnn political commentator, maria and kevin. good to have you on this evening. i want to get your reactions to the breaking news first and then we ll talk about immigration, robert. what do you think? well, i think that the entire russian kind of situation has been donald trump has tried to deflect attention from all along. in fact donald trump is a master of deflecting attention. creating enemies and scapegoats and the other right from the beginning of the campaign, mexicans rapists and murders, muslim terrorists. this is the how donald trump does it. deflecting attention from the russian investigation is what exactly what he is trying to do. and the d.r.e.a.m.ers and the wall i mean nobody thinks
deflect attention from all along. in fact, donald trump is a master of deflecting attention, creating enemies and scapegoats and the other. the other right from the beginning of his campaign. mexicans rapists and murders, muslim terrorists. this is donald trump s metier. this is how he does it. deflecting attention from the russian investigation is what exactly what he is trying to do. and the dreamers and the wall, i mean nobody thinks this wall is really going to keep out anybody or keep drugs outside the united states. that s silly. $25 billion, we could eradicate homelessness in the united states for $25 billion. hold that thought, robert. it s absurd. i want to get everybody s thoughts on the breaking news and then we ll turn to immigration. maria, what do you think? it indicates yet again that there is clearly something that donald trump wants us not to see that he clearly has something to hide. this has been the case again and again and again. if he truly was innocent, i
can t wait to talk to the special counsel. maybe he is frustrated. what do you think. i think this is emblematic how much the white house spends fighting against in president s instincts. and his instincts when it comes to the special counsel is to really just create chaos. he has an incredible appetite for chaos. i think the white house in this instance won out against the president and don mcgahn s threatening to quit prevented this from happening. but i actually agree with one of the earlier panels that i still wouldn t take this off the table. i know the whole story is about how he was going to fire the special counsel mueller but didn t. but i don t think in any which in his mind the president ruled that option out. okay. . so let s talk now, robert. talk about immigration. because here is what here is what they want. okay. on immigration. a pathway to citizenship for 1.8 million people.