if any government officer acted this way they would lose their job. >> mueller didn't do the media any favors tonight. and did the president one. as you saw with rudy giuliani and with the president himself, this allows them to say you can't believe it. you can't believe what you read. what you hear. you can only believe us. even the special counsel says that the media doesn't get it right. >> yes. on the other hand folks like us have been saying mueller is a very respected prosecutor. by the book prosecutor. a former republican. and trump always accuses him-over being bias and saying the 13 or 19 angry or whatever working for mueller. no way. so yes, we can talk about the boomerang on the media. there's someone else who demonstrated i think once again his bonefied. that's mueller. >> the president -- this is a