this to happen at some point but now tonight it has. and i'm cure i don't see as y c curious as to why it has tonight. nine democrats wrote to protect asked for the same kind of commitment to protect those in the mueller investigation did to protect the watergate matter back in 1973. the person at the justice department who oversees the mueller investigation is, of course, rod rosenstein. he's made this kind of public commitment. >> if you were ordered today to fire mr. mueller, what would you do? >> as i've explained previously, i would follow the regulation. if there were good cause, i would act, if there were no good cause, i would not. >> if there were no good cause, i would not act. i would not follow that order.