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Justice department in a new way. you've got the firing of mccabe, which whatever the merits are of the ig investigation, which we don't have access to, was the product at least contextually of a president bringing tremendous pressure to bear. what do you make of that as a kind of turning point? >> you know, i think that that story in "the new york times," if you think about that story about the president feeling more comfortable now, and you think of the feedback loop he would have received over this weekend. so for months he has been calling on jeff sessions to fire andrew mccabe. he has been...

Fissures inside the white house, the president really opening up, really sort of going after the justice department in a new way. you've got the firing of mccabe, which whatever the merits are of the ig investigation, which we don't have access to, was the product at least contextually of a president bringing tremendous pressure to bear. what do you make of that as a kind of turning point? >> you know, i think that that story in "the new york times," if you think about that story about the president feeling more comfortable now, and you think of the feedback loop he would have received over th...

Political firestorm that might ensue if he abruptly fires sessions or mueller for that matter? >> well, no. they are political appointees. that's why they are there. they are all -- >> they are all political appointees he's attacking. they're all people, other than mueller, that trump picked to run the justice department. there is sort of this fantasy land. steve schmidt described it that way yesterday. he's engaged in a twitter war against people he picked to run these agencies. >> it's interesting he's had this thing, obviously, with comey, he went directly to him and says please move past t...