take a leave of absence. no one in mr. cox's -- the attorney general's office saddam hussein comme-- attorney general's office has commented how long that will be. all we know he's not at work today. >> at this point he has disappeared. what else have we been getting from the attorney general who came on air here at cnn who defended shirvell's right to that first amendment speech. has he come out and changed his mind in any form or fashion as far as disciplinary action against shirvell? >> his office has said there will be some sort of disciplinary hearing once shirvell comes back to work. exactly what that is, it's unclear. in a radio appearance this morning, mr. cox still continued to defend andrew shirvell's ability to say what he wanted to say while also decrying, saying he was an internet bully and he was picking on the student. i think some of the new stuff from mr. cox this morning was he was talking about how andrew