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>> a lot of times when we talk to republicans about what's going on with the russia investigation, they like to bring up hillary clinton. but if we stick to the russia investigation, you don't think there is nervousness for people out there running for congress, among people in the west wing? >> i truly don't. what i do see, what i do know and bazle is exactly right about policy. we have to have, as republicans, we have to have a set of accomplishments in terms of policy that we can point to. and the president is doing all he can from the executive side to relieve burdens that actually are put...

Access to the nuclear codes? >> i don't want to go into -- we're going to be in our hearing process, certainly we will address the fact that he with only one other person on the defense side has tremendous powers, and, you know, i have a -- again, i don't want to carry this much further. look, i express concerns a few weeks ago about his leadership, and just his stability and the lack of desire to be competent on issues and understand, and, you know, nothing has changed. again, i don't want to make this a, you know, a daily issue. there's work that we need to do, and he currently is the person...

And legislative. they are struggling with health care and tax reform with an uncertain future that will evolve into a tax cut. tax reform is revenue neutral. they have been able to get more done through executive action. legislative action is more lasting. and to david's point from a moment ago, the conventional republican agenda less regulation and spending and less taxes where they have been able to consolidate and support and move forward on the executive side and regulatory. then the distinctive trump items. the reconsidering nato and immigration. of those big agenda items, only immigratio...

They're doing, but it's a total and complete embarrassment. >> when you say rattle the door handle, i assume the door was locked, right? >> we don't know whether it was locked. the intruder did not get into the white house. but to be able to touch the white house, come on. that's why we spend billions of dollars of personnel and dogs and technologies and fences and under cover people and video, surveillance, and yet the person is able to get up close to the white house and spend 17 minutes before he's apprehended. that's unbelievable. >> the rattling of the door handle, he may be able to get i...

Committee for his nomination for deputy attorney general. i am urging him at that hearing to say he will appoint a special prosecutor to look into this. it's on the executive side that the full investigation is done, and any criminality is put forward. >> let me ask you about this specific charge, what you were just talking about with president trump, the idea that there may have been a court order surveillance of some form or another. your part of what's called -- so many gangs on senate side -- you are one of the gang of eight. >> yes. >> on intelligence matters, the most sensitive intellige...