>> i don't know. there is pressure from the base you don't want to be associated with anything against the president, he made these entities toxic in a way we're not accustomed to and we don't want to be seen as deferential. this is protecting the special counsel's office. there's been a bit of surprise among my sources at the hill how skittish republicans are about this. >> clint, can i get you to weigh in on this, from your view, the perspective you have in law enforcement, how important would legislation or attempts to protect mueller be? >> for the politics of it, it could go either way. you protect mueller and then the president tries to fire him and looks like, okay, the democrats are protecting him. at the same time, democrats at this point may say, hey, if he fires mueller it proves our point, this guy is out of control, trying to suppress the