significance of that could be? >> that's another one. we know that after james comey testified and revealed the scope of the fbi investigation there was some pressure applied by the president to try to get dan coats, the director of national intelligence to try to put some pressure on comey to slow down that investigation or maybe limited scope. this was the first we heard where they said what did you think and what did you do when you learned that the special counsel was going to talk to your top intelligence officials. now, it's possible, of course, that's just an open ended question. bob mueller is just curious. more likely the investigators have obtained some information from those intelligence officials or others they've interview second-degred at the that made them intrigued. >> that's a perfect segue to ask barbara. what do you think they're going after? this is part of a negotiation