i think i'd take it. if i thought there was something wrong, i'd go maybe to the fbi if i thought there was something wrong. but when somebody comes up with research, they come up with op research, let's call the fbi, the fbi doesn't have enough agents to take care of it. but you go and talk honestly to congressmen, they all do it, they always have. and that's the way it is. it's called the oppo research. >> in the 12 hours after that, predictably democrats especially democratic presidential candidates, they have voiced outrage diming dial -- dialing up calls for impeachment. kamala harris saying that trump is a national security threat. but also predictably, sadly, republicans are either ducking or dodging in large part the president's comments. really criticckets save a couplf republicans. sarah westwood is at the white house where the president is either doubling down or trying to clean things up now. and manu raju's on capitol hill. let's get to it. manu, you would think that my inbox, your inbox would be flooded with republicans speaking out in defense of free