out on friday and say, well, the mueller report is not coming out this week, unless he had some idea of when it would come out. that's not a statement you would make if you were a year away from it coming out with all the open investigative leads that would imply. so we're in this interesting end game, and everyone is thinking whose going to do what. ken starr, who is the precedent we were talking about before came on "the beat" and talked about why he thinks it's good to talk, which would mean more from mueller soon. take a look at that. >> was your more public strategy better than mueller's, or is he right to be so discreet on this probe? >> it's a judgment call. i don't think it's right or wrong. >> what's the better course? >> i think the better course is greater public information than we have been having. but that's bob mueller's determination, and have i the greatest respect for that determination as well as for him as a person. >> david? >> special prosecutors seek prosecutable offenses. this is a drum i've been banging