better that he would be fired immediately after the midterms? >> yeah, no, that's a good point. everyone takes solace if trump won't do anything until november 7th. >> what -- >> if he fires sessions and rosenstein on november 7th, the day after the midterms, where are we then in terms of the justice department and the mueller investigation? i don't know that trump would fire mueller or shut it down. but i've talked to people who have experience with these investigations. there's a lot rosenstein appears to have done to remove obstacles that might exist, to allow the southern district of new york to coordinate with mueller, to approve certain things that might be controversial. you know, the search of michael cohen's office and stuff. different person in there with authority over the investigation, doesn't need to shut it down or dramatically, you know, go against mueller. he just needs to slow walk some things. be more cautious. and suddenly an investigation that seems to be moving with considerable speed and success could get, you know, some obstacles in the way. >> eli, do you believe any of these predictions about what will or won't happen on thursday? >> no, i mean, what's the point