need republicans to join that call because they just need 51 votes to confirm any fbi director. i should note that as of right now, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein has indicated that he doesn't think that a special prosecutor is necessary. all of this coming on the same week the president is preparing to leave on his first foreign trip. he's leaving on friday. before he does that, though, he'll be meeting with the turkish president, erdogan, where he's likely to discuss syria, peace in the middle east, and more specifically, when it comes to syria, his decision this past week to allow limited arming of syrian kurds to help in the fight against isis. so, a lot on the agenda as this fallout continues. christine, dave? >> all right, athena at the white house, thank you. president trump is still trying to defend his decision to fire comey, calling democrats hypocritical for criticizing the move. in an interview with fox news, the president insists he believed the democrats would actually be pleased by comey's