>> congresswoman, tell us a little bit about the process this weekend. how did you seven come together? were there phone calls? did you all meet? how did you reach the point of this op-ed? >> it was pretty remarkable. my head said to me last night, who led this, who decided to do this? i said, you know, we all sort of came together. i think we all understood the implications of this right away. many of us, if not all of us, have worked overseas, we have worked with foreign governments, we have worked to protect our national security and democracy, so this was a red line. we coalesced on this very quickly. i think the phone lines probably lit up for all seven of us just right away because we were calling back and forth to say, where are you going to be on this, what are you thinking on this, what does this mean to you. >> and had you all been in contact? do you normally all check in with each other? >> we check in daily. >> do you? >> oh, yes. >> we do talk a lot. >> yes. yes, we do. >> i'm interested in this phone tree, congressman. so you all check in with each other. had you been taking each other's pulse on this all along for