these things we see in the news really affect day to day work of people doing the kind of work that you did on behalf of the country. the "washington post" is breaking yet another story. the president has privately revived the idea of firing attorney general jeff sessions this month. at least twice in the past month, he's vented to white house advisers and his lawyers about the endless investigation of his campaign. he said he needs to fire the attorney general for saddling his presidency with the controversy. we all watched that and we know it is unusual as citizens. within the justice department, how does this unusual pressure from the president feel? how does it affect the work of the department? >> you have tens of thousands of professionals, men and women working every day on behalf of the country doing their best to conduct fair minded impartial law enforcement investigations in my case the national security realm. they're putting their nose to the grindstone in doing what they can with admissible evidence under the rule of law. in this carnival like atmosphere