house saying his committee is going to move forward with a contempt of congress action against the attorney general. there was some discussion about that. take a listen. >> on what legal ground are you withholding that e-mail? the president can't claim executive privilege to withhold that e-mail. is that correct? >> i myself am offering to sit down with the speak beer, the chairman, with you, whoever, to try to work our way through this in an attempt to avoid a constitutional crisis. >> reporter: and so the attorney general said he was willing to compromise to see if he could work something out to head off that vote on contempt of congress in that congressional committee next wednesday. another hot topic, of course, has been all the national security leaks. a lot of critical national security information ending up on the front page of "the new york times" and elsewhere. republican lindsey graham of south carolina talked a little bit about the investigation into those leaks that's been