with these special counsel investigations and has broadened it to look into this question of obstruction and whether the president was involved in that. so i do think, erin, that it is quite significant. >> john? >> no question significant. what i think it does is it cod fiez the firing of comey seems to have triggered a broader investigation. the president had not been a target but the firing of comey seems to have expanded the investigation, refrigerators the fbi and now from the washington post. it's a great group of reporters knitting together a pattern of the president, requesting people to back off an ongoing investigation. it's the crime as much as the coverup more than the crime and this is a significant step to codify the fact that this is ongoing. it forces the white house's hand with all the drum breathe beating and flag waving about