let's bring in cnn political analyst john avlon and cnn asha. i think the big headline is it wasn't just one time they were thinking about getting rid of mueller, which makes sense. if you want to get rid of him once. it's only gotten worse. but the idea from sarah sanders, she was is incorrect. they believe the president can remove mueller directly. this guideline supposed to be done by the guideline, it doesn't supersede his authority. your take? >> so as you said, chris, this keeps getting worse. which means if he had wanted to do this firing, he should have dup it a year ago. it gets more and more self interested as we go on. what you're talking about is a theory called the unitary executive, the president has all