to bring it back at home. so it's an important goal, but not easy to get to. >> i agree it's a goal. it's hard to base one's assumptions on something that is so far out. but i hear you. i'm hoping to be a thinner man in the next two months, but i haven't shown any evidence that that will happen. you probably heard the director of national intelligence refuse to address but he didn't deny reports that the president asked him to push back against allegations that the trump campaign colluded with russia. what do you make of this? >> well, in general, i mean, there is a lot going on. you have the senate side, the house side, the investigation between fbi, doj, nsa, cia. it's a multifaceted investigations going on. i think the american public is