i wonder with historical lens, that's why you're here, what does history say about what has happened when there are wider inquiries into the running of an administration in. >> well, what has happened is if there was an offense, it will likely be found out. that's one reason why richard nixon went after archibald cox. because he expanded his investigation into various abuses of power which in the end included the obstruction of justice for which nixon was driven out of office. so for donald trump to find out if he's finding out tonight, that this investigation is going to go beyond the original focus of it, that's not great news for him. >> so interesting you say that. you're referring to, in the watergate time line, which many observed took so much longer, it appears that both publicly, as you said, within government, the understanding of how tied with scope was, came later. so do you infer anything as a