instead -- >> he is. >> just like yesterday, he said -- >> he'll go look at it. >> let me finish. he was almost about to sign the invitation for comey to come testify, but suddenly, there are stipulations. there was no reason to have stipulations. same thing today. he was invited -- >> jack, you're rewriting -- jack, you're rewriting history. stipulations, what are you saying -- let me answer the question. i know this not because i've talked to him, but because i've read the documents and read the public reporting which you can read as well and you probably already know, which is that he was willing to sign the letter. in fact, he said today, he's willing to have comey and rogers come in behind closed-doors testimony, but he also wants a guarantee that clapper, that yates, and others are going to testify openly and that hasn't been assured. even today, he still hasn't gotten assurances from nunes that's going to occur. >> and jack, let me also ask you, if you were devin nunes right now and say you just walked into this, unwittingly,