trail. where it goes and if it goes nowhere, then it goes nowhere. >> jack, your turn now. you say appointing a special master is unusual in most cases. why is that? >> you usually don't need one. but, you know, in this case i think the judge wants to bend over backwards. look what the president did in that interview in attacking the fbi. he's done everything he possibly can to delegitimize the prosecutors and fbi here. so this was a very, very, i think, shrewd and important and justified move on her part as ken says to, you know, make sure there's no argument here that there was bias involved and it's not the fbi who's going to be taking the first cut at these documents. it's a former federal judge who's got a stellar reputation. that was a good move on her part. >> laura, you just heard michael avenatti saying cohen's request