loyal. >> julia, did the president think rosenstein -- rather jeff sessions would do his bidding? did he think he would be like his roy coin, the fixer? >> it's a different relationship between the president and jeff sessions versus rosenstein. is he seize rod rosenstein has someone who served under the obama administration. >> a democrat. >> even though he also served under the bush administration. he sees sessions as someone who not only pushes the edge of conservative politics but someone who is one of his first major name endorsers on the campaign trail. he saw this as his guy he was putting in the justice department. if you're someone like donald trump who commands loyalty and might be entering the presidency with fears over what the intelligence community or justice department could get on you, that position is key. it may have factored into his decision to appoint jeff sessions to that spot and when he recused himself, he's putting blame there. i think he's putting the blame on the recusal when the original sin is firing comey. he doesn't want to blame