hollywood" tape that we all heard, he's now telling people privately it is not even his voice. he has this alternate reality. that doesn't play well with people he needs to support kavanaugh. >> another major headline out of this news conference, all of the sudden the president is saying his preference is not to fire the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. he may even delay the meeting he had scheduled with rosenstein tomorrow. he doesn't want to necessarily step on the hearing itself, and maybe it will wait a few more days. >> well, he's a showman, as we know, and he probably realizes that a double bill on one day is a waste. you have a good story to play out on friday if he keeps rosenstein or if he fires rosenstein. that's what it seemed like he was talking about, the idea that he didn't want to step on one story with another story. both of them, of course, are indicative of the chaos that marks the trump administration. >> gloria borger, what do you think of the president's news conference? >> well, if i'm a republican sitting in the senate right now i would not be pleased. i think chuck grassley has tried to kind of be fair in his own