for him it may in a sense playing hard ball. i guess it depends who in washington you ask what could ultimately mean for national security. eric: it is very partisan too. meanwhile bruce ohr shgs -- we are hearing a lot about him. he was the former associate deputy attorney general. his wife nelly worked for fusion gps, you know, and meanwhile those e-mails show that ohr was in contact with christopher steele and glen simpson, the head of gps. what was he doing? he wasn't apparently on the russia investigation. he's having e-mails and/or meetings and breakfast. what's going on? they even had an e-mail that said there was concern they will be exposed. how does that fit in? is the president on solid ground when he's going after bruce ohr? >> we know they haven't found any real evidence that what bruce or his wife were doing had an effect on the russia investigation. but again, like you said, he has kind of been tied up in these