in fact, i think i could argue and i think others would agree that it would be a national security crisis, a crisis of our democracy of epic proportions if we used the government to crackdown on political critics. so i actually think it's an abuse of power to invoke national security. and i don't know of anybody at the fbi, in the intelligence community, the defense department, or the rest of the people who are sworn to uphold the constitution and defend national security who would lift a finger nail to actually carry out this unlawful and unconstitutional order. >> jonathan, what is your reporting reveal about the white house after one of the most brutal weeks of the presidency? had the woodward book came out three weeks ago, the beginning of a short week, you had the president reportedly furious that there wasn't a more robust push back against the woodward narrative and the reporting, again, from people within his own white house and the cabinet. and then you have this anonymous