again or did he mislead the american people? >> i believe i've answered that question. if you have, i don't think i caught it. because the vice president said yesterday that the president chose to accept and support the decision of the deputy attorney general and attorney general -- >> he certainly accepted the deputy attorney -- but that doesn't mean he wouldn't still accept his recommendation. they're on the same page. why are we arguing about the semantics of whether or not he accepted it. they agreed! i'm not sure how he didn't accept the deputy attorney general's recommendation when they agreed with one another. >> so let me just switch topics, slightly. if the president knew he was going to do this, why ask for those memos to begin with? why not just fire comey? why have these memos put out and explain that he did it because of the moemos, but then say tha he was going to do it either way. i'm confused as to why we even got those memos? >> look, i think he wanted to get the feedback from the deputy