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You're sort of in a rock and a hard place. if you're talking about primary voters, breaking from the president can be a really difficult thing to sell. in the general, however, spinning this is going to be more difficult if you stuck with the president. so it's sort of a rock and a hard place. if you look at cory gardner from colorado, he may be at the top of democrats' target list in 2020. that's a state that's been trending democratic. there was a congressman michael phelps kauffm-- mike con who in many ways broke with the president over and over, and was a moderate on many issues in the hou...

These documents go right to the white house and tip off to the president what bob mueller is thinking. >> to the press, too, right? >> devon nunez has not downed himself in anything good. he has gone to the white house immediately, he's tried to do the president's bidding on a partisan basis on issues involving intelligence which hasn't always been the case and it's different from now how the senate committee is handling things. you're right, absolutely, devon nunez has a credibility problem and i think if there was another congressman like mike con owe way, took over the intel committee, some...

A sore point with me. maybe he's frustrated that he's not getting to do that. >> mike was in the room when the house speaker was talking. what was your takeaway? did you get the sense of frustration that we could feel from the other side of the tv screen? >> reporter: clearly they're concerned. this is the first crack in the wall. what they've conceded to is an investigation by a republican run committee of the house of representatives led by jason chaffetz. the house oversight committee. the number four republican, kathy mcmorris rogers from spokane, washington, she herself has called for com...

It's not that they're not capable of doing the job, the result has to have the buy-in of the public. and even all of the circumstances i related just in this one case, i think the argument for an independent council is great profound. but finally one last point on the commission, and that is the commission would have the resources necessary to really do this job. it will have not only the political detachment but it will have the staffing and the single minded focus. we are doing the very best we can in the intelligence committee and i thank mike con no way for his leadership. the we have limi...

Testifies, and if that memo says what it's purported to say throughout the reports of nbc and others, then what? then what do they do? a special commission. a special prosecutor. take it off of the plate of congress. try to let them move forward. and there is absolutely no question now that any steam or momentum they had leading towards the hemt care reform or tax reform, the things that republicans are really concerned about, what they were excited about earlier in the year have been sidelined for the time being. it's much more difficult now without any political capital o for them to move fo...