political ramifications of this. it would look like the president was trying to obstruct this testimony. democrats have no power over that panel. they can't do anything to stop anything the president wants to do. it was a warning. where does the white house stand? they haven't weighed in. they are reviewing their options. there's a hearing in the same executive committee the day before the james comey hearing that may just be as interesting. who is testifying, rod rosenstein, the acting fbi director, the director of national intelligence, the director of nsa. all of these individuals have had very direct roles in this russia investigation and in the white house's role in this investigation up to this point. it's a fair bet that none of these individuals are going to weigh in. they will aldo exactly what the deputy attorney general did behind closed doors on capitol hill a couple of weeks ago,