when i read that, i'm just telling you i didn't feel that when i was there. >> so, julian, if the release of this memo might have been the impetus to if not get rid of mueller directly, then indirectly by way of getting rid of the a.g., the deputy a.g. rosenstein, do you think the white house is rethinking that strategy or the president rethinking that now? >> i'm not as convinced firing someone is the end game here. i think what the administration with republican support has tried to do is discredit the investigation. so ultimately this is handled -- >> mission accomplished? >> i think it is. i think for republicans, and you can see support for the investigation is falling, this kind of memo, the discussion about the memo combined about the many statements coming from his twitter feed have already raised doubts about is this legitimate, is it some kind of, quote, unquote, deep state effort to take out this president through some kind of