conversation with our colleague chuck todd and secretary rex tillerson who made his first appearance on "meet the press" today talking about sort of the fallout of the comey firing and how that affects the rest of the administration. here's an excerpt from their conversation. >> i am devoted to helping the president achieve his objectives, helping him be success f successf successful and i have to earn his confidence everyday. >> what's the line between service to the president and it was so the country, sir? >> i will never compromise my own values, chuck, that's my only line. my values are those of the count country. so the question of where is the loyalty factor, the political factor that might go into a high-profile job. of course, the fbi director has a ten-year term. that was done to try to span more than one presidency to remove some of the politics from the position. at the same time, the president does have the ability at will to