curiosity on the part of the special counsel to see exactly what it is that bannon knows and why it is he said the things that he said. >> in that book. >> yeah. >> all right. director clapper, to you now. steve bannon certainly faced questions about his reported comments in this book, fire and fury. the three senior guys in the campaign thought it was a good idea to meet in the conference room with no lawyers. that's a direct quote from the book. director clapper, what's your take on how close to the president that this russia investigation is getting? >> well, it's getting pretty close. and just to key off something that mike just spoke about, the approach that bob mueller, director mueller is taking as special counsel in this, and the thoroughness and the methodical way he's approaching this, and now, of course, you know, if you'd think of it as a series of concentric circles ever-closer to the president.