legal justification to do that on his own. it has to be done legislatively. >> and the deadline is so important to the sense of urgency among lawmakers as well. that comment, that equivocation is exactly the unhelpful type of stuff we've been hearing. >> we're getting more confirmation on this other major development. i want all of you to weigh in on this as well, this notion of a secret society within the fbi that ron johnson, the senator from wisconsin, and other republicans seem to be taking very, very seriously. now it's coming out in pretty specific form that it was a gag, they were just joking, these two fbi officials, amongst themselves. they were also joking about these putin-themed calendars that they had ready to go, early stage of the russia investigation. one source is telling our folks that the calendar joke seemed less funny to them the day after trump won. but the sources are saying the message was simply an attempt at humor when they were feeling down, these two individuals, after the election with one source calling it a tongue in