take this full action is about controlling the process and about trying to force democrats to sort of not go in the order of things that they want to go. this is the kind of thing we've seen consistently from the trump administration to try to put as many dilatory hurdles in front of these oversight investigations or requests as possible. whether it is rejecting subpoenas or being slow to respond or not responding at all. so this is tactical at this point and it is one of the things in looking at what options they may have, one they seem to be wanting to pursue, the president saying it will be up to the lawyers. but we know that ultimately he tends to make these decisions. but he did not seem to land on a final decision for this yet, katy. >> how long can the white house or republicans or mike pompeo delay? >> i they fairly protracted period of time. the question is what they get out of a delay. this is a lose/lose situation