investigation has tried to cover it up. has tried to stop the investigation directly with the fbi. has tried to get other people to intervene with the fbi. of course, most recently we found out has dangled pardons in front of potential cooperateers. we have 437 more questions for you, sir, we ll let you get a drink of water and let barbara mcquade field a couple. i d like your thoughts on someone like chris christie who can pickup the phone and give the president advice personally would lay down a marker like that. it s my understanding he s warned the president that he s warned the president s advisors, and there is this fear sort of a friend getting in the car drunk that the president is driving recklessly toward something that, for people who care about him, could be very damaging to him. sitting down with mueller. yeah, well, in terms of why chris christie is telling him this strategy on television as opposed to picking up the phone,