it is too soon. here's what we do know. this has become very partisan, these investigations on capitol hill. are they approaching the point where they're just going to be irrelevant because now both sides have gotten so partisan? >> i do think the republicans are in the middle of a campaign to try to discredit the entire investigation and we've seen in the last week an acceleration of the rhetoric that the special counsel is biased towards the democrats and more of a hardening of the partisan tensions on capitol hill. i don't think the partisanship necessarily subverts the process, but ultimately this does have to be handled in a political arena. this will turn back the congress and if the republicans are in control of congress and really don't want to do anything about this, they do have the capacity to let it fizzle. and robert mueller has a big