mueller says or includes or chooses not to, is going to impact the public s perception of what congress is doing, and whether congress should or should not be pursuing something, and trump is going to use it in that fashion and try to drive a wedge and say, so, for example, no collusion found, congress should stop what they re doing. even though the two are not linked. right? crimes, russia, conspiracy. but that s got to be carefully calculated as well. jim comey s right. we need more details rather than less. it s an unprecedented time in our history. applying criminal standards to how we shape this mueller report will not work for us. alyssa, there s something about watching this white house brace for a real crisis. they don t pull off the easy days. they don t pull off trips to cemeteries on foreign trips to honor veterans. they don t pull off low-hanging fruit. they don t they don t utter, you know, platitudes about members of congress with cancer. i mean, they don t pull off t
weapon. i immediately announced to my congregation, drop to the floor. do not move. don t utter a sound. be still. reporter: the gunman, who police have named as robert bowers, was heading for the sanctuary. the rabbi trying to protect his flock. the people who were towards the front of the sanctuary, i quickly tried to evacuate them up. regretfully, there was no way for me to get back to the remaining eight people that were in the back of the sanctuary. one of them was wounded. the remaining seven people were slaughtered in my sanctuary. reporter: he stayed on to act as the eyes and ears for 911 dispatchers. i m hearing people screaming. and it s seared in my brain. i can t erase that tape. i heard one woman, i think i know who it was, my husband s been shot, screaming. and then that was quickly and afterwards, she was silenced. i know who it was. it was my congregant.
then i can t help. reporter: but trump is celebrating holding a rally in ohio to thank voters for his victory, the sort of venue the president-elect relishes. anyplace more fun to be than a trump rally? reporter: newt gingrich s advice? don t utter the words mitt romney who he accused of sucking up to trump for the job evof secretary of state. it will be interesting to watch a trump crowd respond because it would not be pretty. reporter: and cnn has learned that president-elect trump has tapped retired marine general james mattis to be his next defense secretary. mattis, who was the chief of centcom would need a waiver from congress because he has been on active duty within the last seven years. something that the law says he cannot be on in order to be in line for secretary of defense. but we should point out that the trump transition team, a spokesman just tweeted in the last several minutes that no