rosenstein. >> he provided strong leadership and to act on the recommendation of the deputy attorney general. >> reporter: only to be contradicted by the president hours later. >> i was going to fire comey, my decision. i was going to fire regardless. >> reporter: and after reports surfaced that flynn discussed -- what i can confirm having spoken to him about it is that those conversations that happened to occur around the time that the united states took action to expel dip low pats had nothing whatsoever to do with those sanctions. >> reporter: a move that cost the national security advisor his job. >> thanks to white correspondent athena jones. let's talk more about this with julia cayenne. in your view how is the vice president's credibility holding up in the wake of all these bomb