i think what happened here is, after james comey got fired, the decision to recuse, and we can debate that decision and we'll let historians debate that, i think the president really didn't want him to recuse. the president -- >> right. he said as much, over and over again. >> well, of course, so, he didn't see the need for a special prosecutor, but again, you're not going to change the president's operating style. he's 72 years old now. i could sit here on your network and 15 other networks and i can call him tonight and if i get through on the switchboard, i can say, please don't be tweeting this stuff and don't be saying this sort of stuff, it's not helping you, but he's on missile lock, as it relates to these sort of things, because, you know, he feels like jeff needed to step -- attorney general sessions needed to step it up for him and he doesn't feel like that's happened. so -- >> why didn't he fire sessions? >> well, it's washington, you