and because of that i have great interest in that particular chunk of it, and several of these questions relate to what was the relationship of the campaign to the russians and whether there was any -- i won't use the word collusion by synchronization or harmonization, cooperation, foreknowledge of suggesting things to do, and frankly up till this point, i mean, there has been circumstantial, beyond circumstantial evidence of synchronization between the campaign and representatives of the russian federation. you know, anderson, a couple of other things. you mentioned mike pompeo's name in there and dan coates' name in there. you and i talked during the break we still have to govern ourselves and you've got these folks, senior leaders and how many more tied up into this investigation, and then finally would i offer the point. you know, the president doesn't actually give fact-based answers or make fact-based statements. he generally appeals to base is