war that is going to come this spring over both the mueller report and the other concurrent investigations occurring in congress. >> and jill, while republicans support or at minimum lack of criticism for this president has been kind of awe-inspiring to watch, they will want to count on friends on the hill when this comes out. is that directly related to whatever this says? >> absolutely. i mean, at this point everyone is really in this waiting mode. you've seen sort of the rage of the president boiling over this weekend into today even as he lashed out with john mccain, you know, connecting his anger at john mccain with the fact that he referred that dossier over to the fbi. the president is in a state where he's really hoping that he will have -- republicans will have his back, they will stand up for him. but at the same time as you sort of feel this rage coming from the white house, there also is the sense of quiet optimism where they are hoping, crossing their fingers, and under the impression that if there's been