now to protect bob mueller, senator coons of delaware and jeff flake who is retiring, republican of arizona. chad, is it a realistic threat anyway? a number are pushing this but update me. >> mitch mcconnell, senate majority leader, said didn't think legislation was necessary to protect bob mueller. he indicated based on what the president had told him, he didn't think there was any promise or threat from the white house to get rid of bob mueller. it doesn't sit well with senators on both sides of the aisle. what happened in the past 35 minutes, senator flake and senator coons asked for unanimous consent that the senate start debate immediately on a bill to protect bob mueller from firing. they started last week we had the firing of jeff sessions. what unanimous consent needs in the senate is you need the blessing of all 100 senators. it just takes one objection. in that case, it was mitch mcconnell.