cnn ryan noble is at the white house today. we have mixed messages from the president and the team whether he wantins an interview with mueller. >> reporter: that's right, jake. ask the president, the answer is yes. every time he's asked publicly, he's interested in an interview with robert mueller, but it was john dowd, a prominent member of the legal team, who encouraged him to steer away of the interviews like that, and as of today, he's no longer representing the president. >> thank you, all, very much. >> reporter: on a day where president trump is shaking up the legal team, he once again claimed he's open to speaking with special counsel robert mueller. >> could you select to testify, sir? you would? >> i would like to. >> reporter: that sign of cooperation is most different from the approach mr. trump has shown publicly as of late, specifically calling out mueller out by name on twitter and continuing to label the same