any action before the november midterms but wouldn't comment whether his attorney general jeff sessions is safe after november 6th. would you view any effort to replace sessions as first step in his effort to try to end the russia probe? >> because of his past statements, then yes, i would think that firing jeff sessions would be an attempt to have some new attorney general come in and get back the power to oversee the russian investigation. the problem with that is if president trump is most likely to pick somebody that's completely loyal to him and who is essentially willing to bury that investigation, i think, that's the concern of millions of americans. and congress should pass a bill to protect bob mueller's investigation, and fortunately in the republican led congress, that legislation hasn't gone anywhere. >> and the president said in a tweet in his outgoing white house counsel convinced him not