can pull off. andrea? >> thanks very much to you, and pete williams, down the newsroom, we've been looking into what did happen when james comey went to the hill lt night? he had reportedly, you've confirmed this, wanted the justice department to speak out and defend the fbi and say there was no illegal wiretapping and nothing by the obama white house. at this point, is that likely, what he told as well, told the top leaders on capitol hill, both parties, both houses? >> sure seems so, andrea with you we don't know. they're not saying, he's not saying. the fbi is not saying, the staff isn't saying but it seems likely. we did confirm he wanted the justice department to put out a statement saying it's not true, you know that james clapper said it wasn't true. everybody current and former government officials that we've talked to said it's not true. this was the so-called gang of eight, the leaders of the house and senate, the ranking minority