i agree to do something illegal. so the crime is the agreement and we take a step to put that agreement into action. we agree to rob a bank. we agree to defraud the s.e.c. so collusion is not a crime, officersy is. >> one question about these questions. there's 49 of them, i know they're not verbatim typed up, only one is a yes or no question. i found that stylistically interesting. is there a reason those questions are open ended. >> yeah, because again i think of them as topics and remember these are likely things the president's lawyers wrote down during meetings with the trump team so prosecutors i hope think broadly and they want to ask about -- >> not to get the president talking and talking? >> they're not lading questions. they're to get people talking, to introduce topics and then you