what we need to hear from the white house is was he really asking to be fbi director again after 12 years or maybe the president was consulting him about the right person to hire. chris, i want to play a little more about what chris rurddy jut said, saying don't fire bob mueller. listen to this. >> i don't think the white house press office is doing a good job explaining what the president's achievements have been. and they are now facing a very serious threat from robert mueller. but i do think at the basis of all of this, i think it would be a mistake to fire mueller, but i also think the basis of his investigation is flimflam. >> all right. ron, we have been talking about this for days. clearly, there is some kind of effort to go after bob mueller, at least in some way. but by bringing up the firing, today of all days, when you have jeff sessions testifying before the senate intelligence committee in a little bit, ron