the needs that we have for infrastructure in our own country. so this is a fight that we will be having. not about people -- not just about people, but about values. >> reporter: you can expect much more on this war of words in the coming weeks. dana? >> dana: all right, mike. thank you. editor of halftime report chris stirewalt joins us now. let's start with a story out of "the new york times" about this question of whether president trump considered firing robert mueller if doug mcgann said he was going to resign if he was forced to do that. i guess at this point, everyone is going to have to say, the investigation continues, so is that really that big a deal? >> it's significant. it's always good to know. we here in washington, as you know, though you have escaped the city, we live for these more sells, these little crumblets