simpson, and his apartment looked like smaug's lair. [ light laughter ] there's no doubt that what trumpg right now is testing how far he can go without pushback from gop leaders in congress. trump has already fired comey and attempted to fire mueller. if republicans don't make clear that there will be serious consequences for firing mueller, then nothing will stop trump from doing that. and yet when they were asked over the weekend about the possibility that trump could fire mueller, their answers were pretty half-hearted and weak. >> paul ryan's spokeswoman has released a statement saying this "on behalf of the house speaker, as the speaker had always said, mr. mueller and his team should be able to do their job." >> are you worried that the president is preparing to order the firing of mueller? it sure looks like that way from his tweets. >> well, as i said before, if he tried to do that, that would be the beginning of the end of his presidency. >> seth: the beginning of the end? the beginning of his presidency was the beginning of the end. you know, i'm beginning to believe this endi