up. if you are going to -- if bob mueller at the end of this is going to conclude that donald trump is trying to obstruct justice by ending the investigation, by koefrg up what happened, it will be both his actions privately and asking law enforcement officials to back off, and his actions publicly in trying to cover up what happened that formed the heart of that conspiracy allegation. >> congressman, let me ask you do pickup that thread and let me read you a footnote from the democratic house intel committee report. you guys write that, while the committee has not pursued leads to determine who called donald trump, jr. at a critical time in that meeting from a blocked number, cory lewandowski told them mr. president trump's residence has a blocked phone line despite repeated efforts to obtain cell phone records from donald trump to determine whether the blocked call was donald trump, jr.'s father. you had a lead. you were trying to answer this question for yourself. talk about the significance of that call. >> that's right, nicolle. we know that days before the meeting occurred, donald trump,