>> the justice department has been investigating issues raised by congress and trying to determine if there is a need for special counsel if any crimes have been committed or conflict of interest that would warrant a special prosecutor and that process is playing out the way the rules require and we will get an answer in the next few months. >> when did they start looking at these shady deals? they have been out there in the news for a while. >> there has been new information people didn't know until the hill reported an undercover reporter had found criminal activity going on before uranium one was approved, new facts are in evidence, congress raised issues that were not known. this past summer these reviews began.