the committee, and i know the chairman must want to get things back on track. >> so, michael, just talk about the damage that this does, though, big picture, to have this committee in such disarray, such disarray that the fbi director told our manu raju he's not going to come testify and give those answers they need until the committee can get along and get its sort of house in order. this is the committee that guards the secrets, a lot of classified information that keeps this country safe. >> look, look, it's not very shocking to hear that there's politics going on in the congress. i mean, there always is in every investigation i've ever been involved with. there have been communications between the party of the president and the party of his allies on the hill, so i wouldn't totally put too much stock in that. the fbi wants to do its work. they don't want congress to interfere. at the same time, congress feels like it has a duty to oversee