let's bring in democratic strategist emily tish sussman who is joining us via a swipe. spencer sullivan and crane. thanks so much for being with us. >> thanks for having us. >> i want to talk about the president's tweets today slamming his attorney general. i was stunned to see him -- what seemed to be disrespecting the attorney general. we attorney -- the justice department is supposed to be independent of the white hours, but the president seems to want to direct who is running it. what was your take when you saw >> he doesn't seem to be aware that they should be independent he is obsessed with trying to defense himself, defense his reputation and it's really at the expense of the american people. the senate is currently vote odd a billion voted on this afternoon on a billion that will affect a six of the economy and they don't know what's in the billion and yet the president can't get past his own perception of himself. he's totally obsessed with it. spencer, this is the president's guy. jeff sessions who is one of the first senators to come out in favor of him to su