happening in the republican party about, wait a second, what next if this ship doesn t get righted. karoun, i want to ask you about russia. we heard from the deputy attorney general who obviously is overseeing in a way the special counselor bob mueller, and he said he can investigate, mueller can, any crimes uncovered in the russia probe. here is what rod rosenstein said. if he finds a crime under the scope of what we agree is the appropriate scope, he can. if it s outside the scope, he needs to come to the acting attorney general, me, for permission to expand the investigation. he s saying he would need permission from rosenstein. how likely is you think he is to ask for that permission and how likely do you think rosenstein would be to grant that? it seems like rosenstein and mueller have had a good working relationship. rosenstein has put himself out