were talking about the fact that the president of the united states ordered the special counsel to be fired back in june. i think my republican colleagues ought to be worried about that. we should all be worried about that and the potential constitutional crisis that it can lead to. >> we did talk about the fact that the president in our reporting isn't saying he wanted the special counsel fired. it didn't happen. the special counsel was not fired. so the crisis you're talking about did not happen. he says now he has no intention of firing the special prosecutor. i understand your argument, though, on the memo -- have you read the republican memo? >> i haven't read the memo. the republicans authorized members last night to be able to review it. we've all been talking about the memo. we know this is the selective -- the decision to selectively disclose classified information without the benefit of the democratic analysis. that's what i want the american people to see. >> so if they say, the democratic analysis, if a deal