some of them he is now obviously trying to roll back. but, no, he is not tough on russia. any chance that he has he praises dear leader putin, and, you know, has exhibited no interest whatsoever in staying anything that might cross putin, and we don't know why. and i think that's very troubling. >> trump's nominee for attorney general, william barr, vowed to protect mueller's investigation today saying he is committed to transparency, doesn't believe mueller would be involved in a witch hunt. could the president end up turning on barr the way he has on so many others? >> he could, don, but i have to tell you, i think there are a lot of people in d.c. tonight who are wondering about the divergence between some of barr's written testimony and some of the answers he gave today. and i think that there is a very great sense of caution that on