and he said initially, he said, well, that's up to him. then i asked him, do you want him to rein in mueller. he called it a stupid question. but it's really important, the most important question here because there are a lot of really clear questions about whether matt whitaker ought to be doing that given what he said publicly in the past about mueller. >> absolutely fair question. and a question the president should expect to answer there. mave, let's do a little fact checking because the president made quite a point of saying that the special counsel robert mueller is not senate confirmed. we should make clear that is not anywhere in the special counsel law. he does not require senate confirmation for that position, though he does have senate backing and they have extended his term. we should also note as fbi director, he did go through senate confirmation there. why was the president doubling, triple down on that point? >> clearly, he feels like he's under attack with these very hasty moves that he made this week in the justice department. partly because, you know, so