administration who are supported by both sides of the aisle. the secretary of veterans affairs. jim mattis. there are people in there that are respected by everyone in washington, d.c. with the exception of steve bannon. so let me ask you, what if that happens? what if there's a good fbi director appointed to replace comey? >> two answers to that question. number one, we've already seen with mr. rosenstein that sometimes when you select somebody that has been a long time career official but you put them in a politically appointed situation where they owe their job to the president of the united states, they can be put in a compromising situation. the situation is untenable because they're essentially leading investigations into their boss and it becomes unworkable. everyone sitting up here trying -- with all due respect to rosenstein, if he knowingly submitted this memo for the purposes of carrying out a ir fooing of jim comey he's in the wrong too. it's also a wrong on his part. >> we're going to take a quick