mandate, either rosenstein could tell him he could prosecute it or it could be handed off to any of the number a federal law enforcement agencies. it could be handed off to a different u.s. attorney's office. >> that doesn't matter. >> my point is -- >> that's a distinction without a difference. i'm sorry. the problem here, there is jigsaw pieces and they're not yet assembling into a puzzle. you cannot assume that the things that we have seen suggest that there's a relentless forward march direction into something -- >> i didn't say that. >> i'm going to put a pin in it for here. john, i think a lot of people would disagree with you that the pieces of the puzzle are not coming together. before we go, because the president is traveling to asia, and this is something i wanted to talk about, if you've ever traveled to asia, you know how physically demanding that can be. imagine traveling to five countries in less than two weeks, while holding meetings that could help decide the fate of millions of americans. that's what the president is doing right now.