instincts, he says he has good politics. and that raised a red flag that he was there for bad political purposes. >> well, he seemed to like him enough to want him as a deputy ag. and says he wasn't aware of his criticism. but as you said, through a tv tryout, he was out there for everyone to see. michael zeldin -- yeah, yeah? >> the last thing i was going to say, you do have a deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, and a statute that says, when there's a vacancy -- >> right, order of succession. >> -- that deputy should take over. >> i hear you. i hear you. >> it so makes it hard to believe that this was not done for bad purpose. >> michael zeldin, thank you for your opinion there. the president's claims on whitaker, part of a wild 48 hours. here are the other headlines and we'll walk you through all of them. he a lot insulted an admiral. the man who took down osama bin laden. the president regrets not visiting arlington national cemetery when he says he was busy making calls. he vows to visit troops in the