is going to pass and we've seen this time and time again from president trump or his associates, redirect, redirect, redirect, throw up a smokescreen. and that's what appears to have happened right now. if i'm wrong in saying that, it's only because that's the pattern we have seen so far. but it is -- what i found really strange other than a lot of things that chairman nunes -- >> everything that's played out today if. >> right. everything. was this one particular quote. he said about president trump, he need to see what's out there on him and it's up to him to decide whether or not it was a proper collection or not or if it met a threshold. as congressman speier just said, there is a separation of government. there's three branches of government. there's the executive branch, the judicial branch, and the legislative branch. why would the presint be -- why should he get to see information that's being collected potentially to bring a case against him and his associates? >> and why is he the one to determine that? standpoint, the week they're