he's someone who has consistently doubled down in the face of controversy. we have no reason to believe that the firing is going to bevy different. you can look at how the white house handled it on friday. sean spicer said in response to many questions about the quote/unquote tapes about trump tweeted about, sean spicer said, well, the president has nothing further to add on that. that's something that the president has done throughout his time in politics. he's always doubled down. never felt he needed to comment on questions. it's going ton an unapologetic search for a new fbi director. and really a dismissal of questions still remaining, although they're very valid, as to what led to the firing in the first place. >> president showing no signs of backing off. nbc's kelly o'donnell at the white house. ali vitaly in lynchburg, virginia. thank you, both. the investigation lee mains a hot topic.