josh blackman. it's always good to see you.y is the attorney general making a statement like that that he knows to be certainly -- sort of suggests it's not not a unittary president which means the president has absolute control over the executive branch. >> the fact of the matter is the president is unittary and has the ultimate authority to control prosecutions. if he ordered rose' tine to fire mierl and he refused, trump could fire rosenstein. from a sconce ziewtional perspective, it's incorrect. lou: we heard james comey talking about this nonsense that the f.b.i. is totally independent. he was giving a speech in boston where he said you have got me for another 6 1/2 years where he didn't understand the president of the united states could fire hip. now we have this example of rosenstein talking big and way too big for his brichs. >> the fact of the matter is almost everyone in the executive branch serves at the president's pleasure. this prosecutor, mueller, this associate attorney general rosenstein, even sessions. if pre