is the attorney general and the director of the fbi. he thinks they owe him a pledge of loyalty. he thinks he should be able to direct political prosecutions against his perceived enemies like james comey and hillary clinton. he thinks he should be able to dole out pardons as political favors. that's not the kind of america or the kind of leader that the framers of the constitution imagined. >> and shannon, what paul's mentioning there about the attorney general, about jeff sessions, that's the other thing that's come into focus again in the last couple of days because of comments from the president and from sessions for that matter. but jeff sessions staying on as attorney general. some signals from republican senators that potentially now maybe they're open to replacing him. what is his status right now? how do you read it? >> yeah. the president's allies in congress have sent a strong signal, do not do anything before the november midterms. there's enough distractions the president creates every day. they have said do not make this an issue before the november midterms. but after the november midterms there's the signal that sort of