announcement? >> that's the 64,000 dollar question. i've heard everything from as soon as today to perhaps sometime next week. maybe the white house wanting the president to keep it in his hip pocket as a nice send-off as he prepares to come back home. the name you're hearing a great deal about is joe lieberman, the connecticut politician who was a vice presidential candidate for the democratic party and ran as an independent after being booted from the party during the primary process. the timing. the president said this yesterday. >> we're very close to a new f.b.i. director. >> i do want to throw one last thing at you, bill. a top aide on the democratic side today saying that there couldn't be a worse time to take the unprecedented step of handing the f.b.i. over to a politician. so this won't necessarily be an easy selection even if the president decides to go that