the president will be helpful. so i agree with neil, ironically, trump has been doing things to make the report shorter. fighting the investigation that's going to give congress a lot more space in any kind of impeachment investigation. >> last thing, do you think this manafort pleading, assuming it comes tonight, he has a midnight deadline. do you think this is going to be the definitive tale of why this guy matters in the probe as opposed to his previous life and what he was doing to cover any debts he had? give me a quick answer? >> i don't think it will be definitive but it will tell us a lot. this manafort worked for 143 days for the campaign and he lied to mueller but he's been caught red handed. >> nobody wants 14 scaramuccis. >> one is enough. >> he gave sensitive polling data to the russians and that, you know, that's the crowned