is when he's guilty he wants high-level people in the law and order wings of the u.s. government to say he isn't. >> yeah. to come out and do it in a very public way. i think the comey example is maybe the most parallel. so comey is telling him privately, look, sir, you are not a target of this investigation, at least not right now. but because comey won't go out and say it publicly after multiple requests, the president fires him. then insists on making that a part of sort of the firing letter. he doesn't even sort of try to hide behind the pretenses. he says thanks for telling me three times i wasn't under investigation. because it just so vexes him that jim comey won't go out and say that. maybe we are seeing the early signs of that with barr. this is not a session situation yet. but it certainly is parallel to some things we have seen in the past. >> that's right. the comey example is spot on. that is perhaps one of the largest reasons why he was fired. the president asked him