justice department should be like his keith schiller like his bodyguard, rather than working for the american people? >> well, i mean let's be clear, the attorney general wiorks for the american people but at the discretion of the president. the president was right to ask don mcgahn to reach out to attorney general sessions to not to recuse himself. at the end of the day this was a judgment call. whether sessions was being asked transparent as possible with the confirmation committee, and, you know, we can make the case that he didn't need to recuse himself and that's what president was doing. that's his prerogative. the president has say over personnel decisions. he can tell them these things. there's nothing illegal or criminal about that. >> but just -- >> the story -- go ahead. >> is it a misunderstanding? does he -- does it concern you that his primary focus seems to be from this reporting who will protect me, why aren't they protecting me? >> you know, the attorney general has to protect the president from certain things. i mean there is a lot of legal --