you know how far off the investigation is going to veer. well, i mean, mark sort of there on the heels of a presidential tweet questioning the entire premise for the special investigation, the president citing kim strauss of the wall street journal tweeted after reviewing the dumb comey memos you have to ask what what was the purpose of the special counsel. there is no there, there. chuck todd questioning the president s head of legislative affairs whether the president plans to fire bob mueller who he attacks regularly in the post-cohen era is a legitimate line of questioning. are you picking up any sense that the president has been pushed off the ledge from talking about or thinking about dismissing everyone with a finger in the russia probe? no, i don t think that is going to happen. i think that he s going to say what he wants to say about this probe. he s going to say whatever he feels like saying it. you know, he has been at least for the moment seemingly persuaded not to