when mike schmidt and i wrote about this in january, we got a massive denial from bill barr.e not heard that in the last few days. what we have heard from bill barr is his anger that bolton wrote a book and his suggestion that it's unprecedented while someone is still in off. that's also not true. >> maggie, there's another story in here about secretary of state mike pompeo, because he has been one of the president's most public and ardent defenders. passing a note to bolton, saying, he is full of shit. talking about the president. >> didn't know we were allowed to say that on air. >> well, you know what, it's the way they talk, so we've got to quote it. pompeo's strategy, as you know from the past, is to attack reporters. this is the national security adviser giving this account. he also says that pompeo, as well as bolton, considered resigning at points. as you know, the president does not suffer critics. this is -- these are -- this is someone still working for him, right? what is the president's response going to be to this? >> well, the president did talk about this last