josh has a by line on this story and he's on the phone now. what did you learn in. >> we kind of trace back the arc of the memo in a call with some republican lawmakers who said listen president trump, you should declassify this memo. over time he repeatedly watched television shows where republicans like trey gowdy and others were on the air including on cnn talking about the need to release it and the president became convinced it would be god for him. as he said repeatedly, he thinks the investigation is a witch hunt. he thinks it's a hoax. it's going to paint him in a bad light.