cohen's property was raided. and he really lashed out at rod rosenstein. and i think jeff sessions was feeling the reverberations of that and realizing how perilous a situation had come to be. and wanted to intervene. >> josh dawsey with "the washington post." appreciate your reporting. >> hope that was helpful. >> absolutely. thank you so much. i want to bring in now evan perez, ryan lizza, and april ryan. goo good evening to all of you. before i ask you your take on this, evan, why do you think we're hearing this now? who is this a message to, do you think? >> i think the white house certainly wants to try to control some of this out there, because i think they know that there's a lot of concern at the justice department about the fact that the president has been musing about firing not only od rosenstein and jeff sessions, but also just trying to figure out ato control, as josh was jut saying, exactly what's happening with all of these investigations. this is one of those bye, phylicia moments, where you've