general said -- i'm sorry, the mccabe said that he considers the investigation into russian meddling in the election to be highly significant. in the past, the president has said that the investigation was a hoax and he's questioned even recently whether maybe it wasn't russia, it might have been china. does the president consider this investigation to be highly significant? >> look, i think he would love nothing more than this investigation to continue to its completion. i think the -- one of the reasons that the hoax component is the collusion component that has been the false narrative that you guys have been pushing for the better part of a year. i think that's the piece that he's repeatedly talking about, being the hoax. >> terms of the threat to national security, does he take that seriously? does he think that's significant? >> of course he takes national security seriously. so even hint that he doesn't, i