college, i've been 6 1/2 years in is in position saying i'm not going anywhere. it begs the question if the president continues down thissed roo, what are we looking at here in terms of fallout? >> taking a page out of john thomas's book, this is an unconventional book. we can say conventional wisdom would be you would pull back. but donald trump doesn't apologize, he doesn't pull back. i would expect him to go further down this path. he's tripped down to the detriment of the party. it will get worse before it gets better. this is an unforced error. he's doing this all by himself. >> the problem with the story is it's distracting from the robust job numbers that came out in february. he should be pushing that story. instead we're talking about wiretapping. >. if the plan from the president was to divert attention away from jeff sessions and alleged russian connection to the trump campaign it, had the effect of pouring gasoline on a fire. >> that's why i don't believe it was intended to deflect because