will he come up with alternative story line why this happened? >> quite possibly. we have seen him do it before and say he would do it. if something went wrong or mistake he wouldn't necessarily admit it was his mistake, he would make something up. so we'll see what he says tonight as the prewett thing was unfolding he would say pru sit a goodman and this is essentially a vicious attack from the media. so you wonder if he has that similar line tonight essentially go after the media. i'm sure he'll go after the media and possibly link it to pruitt's removal as well. >> and to be clear, kristen mink said this, he is gone because of good hard reporting. these things would not have come to life without reporters exposing this kinds of behavior, that kind of stuff still matters. i wonder on the bigger issue here though, paul, you've been around a long time, and anyone else who wants to pipe in, clearly the president has limits, right? pruitt went too far.