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>> yeah. >> mr. digenova and kasowitz have been a favorite of reporters. carol lee, thank you for that. great scoop now. and joining me is another reporter with the earlier scoop of the day, the dowd scoop. it is michael schmidt and a nbc news national security contributor. so michael, today you said in firing dowd the president is looking for some silver bullet that he thinks this -- what is it? what does he think that silver bullet is. >> it is not what he's done since last summer when dowd came on. dowd came on with ty cobb and they sold the president on a strategy of cooperation. the soone...

Complete. there is still some other possible additions, maybe some subtractions to the team and that it is all in preparation for this possible really critical moment in the investigation. >> but carol, there is two ways to look at it. if he wants to sit down with mueller, is that fighting or cooperating? >> yeah, well that is -- it is a good point. and i think in the president's mind that is -- that is not being seen as not -- as not wanting to sit down or being afraid of sitting down with bob mueller and afraid to face him. and in his hind it could be perceived as a weakness. i think his law...