to the press. kristen welker in the middle, as she often is. i want to bring back marcell, jeremy and michael allen to get your reaction to that. marcell, what was the headline out of what you heard or what did that bring to mind for you? >> well, i think the vice president's comments really underscored a point i perceive, which is that the impression left publicly is that the national security implications here of the president's decision are serious. there's a risk of a chilling effect in the intelligence community and at the fbi that could have a real impact on the ability of the bureau to fully and impartially investigate this challenge of russia. let's remember, russia currently is still believed to be conducting covert influence operations and subversion operations across both the united states, france and other european allies. this is a challenge that exists today. the investigations that the fbi