why do you want me to fire mccabe? why do you want me to fire comey? what did they pick up the scent for? we want to smell that. >> tim, there are at least four or five things, it could have been the first question we led with or done the entire newscast on. this should not be given short shrift. there is this, special counsel robert mueller seeming to question the president. what does mueller want to focus on? >> well the washington post says that lawyers for the white house are saying help wants to focus on a couple things, specifically the firing of james comey and the firing of michael flynn. now we know as well through cnn's own reporting, the firing of james comey, widely known, gets to the question of whether there is obstruction of justice. i think the flynn issue here as well not just limited to the obstruction of justice issue. keep in mind michael flynn was fired. the president said we know this through the testimony of others, including sally yates. while there is clearly focus on