Sweden. Hes got an explanation this morning. We are going to begin with President Trumps search intensifying for a new security adviser after a busy weekend interviewing four candidates in the wake of flynns sudden resignation. At the same time, brandnew reports are rising, a flurry of questions about President Trumps allies ties to nowhere, russia. I have the best panel of guests and reporters ready jump in with the breaking details. I want to take you to Kelly Odonnell live in west palm beach, florida, not far from maralago where President Trump is staying over the president s weekend. Kelly, i want to start with this intriguing development. Senate Intelligence Committee wanting materials saved for a Russian Investigation. We dont know what that is. What have you learned . Reporter the senate Intelligence Committee has powers to see whats happened on an array of issues that come back to the bold headline, russia. The interference during the 2016 campaign, the conversations Michael Flynn had with the Russian Ambassador during the transition and were there broader connections between allies or associates of the president during his Campaign Season with figures who are attached to russia . Different areas, but all where the senate Intelligence Committee has power. What have they done . In a bipartisan way, they have sent letters to individuals and agencies and try to do what is a standard part of an investigation, tell them, preserve everything, documents, emails, communications. They can be reviewed as part of an investigation. In some ways, it is the business of how this is done. Of course, when talking about russia and the white house and some sort of spy craft we saw during the election season, it does fall under that almost movie novel kind of vibe. Its serious business. Its work that these committees have expertise on and can work through. The chief of staff to the president acknowledged the white house received this other top adviser acknowledged they have received this preserve order, which is something the white house is required to do, to keep the documents. Reince priebus was on with chucked to talking about russia. Here is what he had to say. Can he say that nobody in his campaign, nobody that hes been associated with had any contacts with any russian agents . No. First of all, the answer is no. And we dont know of any, any contacts with russian agents. Reporter the answer is no. But theres new reports in the New York Times and the Washington Post specifically about President Trump and his associates and new or different ties to russia. What can you tell us about those . Reporter well, these are indepthly researched articles. Nbc news doesnt have specific matching reports on, but looks at associates from the Trump Administration. Looking at any kinds of interactions they had with people who are associated with ukraine, with russia and exploring that. Reince priebus said he is not aware of anyone being spoken to by the fbi inside the white house. We know Michael Flynn, who is no longer the National Security adviser had an interview with the fbi. We are told that the president , himself, said no business contacts in russia, no awareness of this. The investigation continues. A lot of this may play out over time. For now, the white house is insisting there is nothing to see there when it comes to russia. Steph . Guess what . As always, i need help. We have an amazing panel with us to help sort through this. Rick is an msnbc political analyst and former under secretary of state for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs for the obama administration. Good morning to you both. Rick, i want to start with you. What does it tell you that the senate Intelligence Committee is saying save all your papers . They sent letters to a dozen agencies saying everything tied to russia, not the leaks, everything you know about russia, hang on to it. Its telling me they are serious about the investigation. Im one of those people who think there ought to be an independent investigation but what i heard over the weekend, they are serious about it and think something is there. The fact james comey sat down and met on friday, we heard almost nothing about it. Thursday, President Trump said its about the leaks, who are the leakers . Is this changing . Thats the thing. You head my mind about comey. He went in. Staffers were not invited into the meeting. Everybody is tight lipped. They are trying to put their ducks in order. The fact you have mccain over the weekend saying the conversation we are having right now with trump is almost th athortarian. This is bigger than politics but institutions. Thats why we are going to go after, making sure we can tie up russia. The facts that the Intelligence Committee does know so much, why is the Trump Administration so set believing the leaks are in the Intelligence Community . Why not members of congress or the senate . Having been in many meetings where there are almost immediate leaks. The Intelligence Community does leak. The hill does leak. A leak is a symptom something is wrong. They feel theres illegal activity, unethical activity, they are frustrated. Thats what a leak is. The leak is evidence of the problem. What we are seeing is a build up of the dam. Part of it is the Intelligence Community, as most members are, usually the republican party, the person in office is on the side of the cia, on the side of the Intelligence Community. They are the hawks. The fact that the sirens are coming off saying this is not business as usual is one of the reasons they feel they have to come to the press to say we need more of an open discussion. This is uncomfortable and taking us away from our comfort zone. This is wrong. How difficult is it for the person who is going to take mike flynns position . How hard of a job is that going to be . Its going to be a hard job. A thing that concerns me, the National Security adviser is meant to be a broker. To have somebody, like mr. Bolton with strong opinions does a disservice to the country and the white house. I want to bring Kristen Welker in, live at the white house. Kristen, i want to talk about President Trumps retooled executive order on immigration. Talk us through what its going to look like. Reporter well, steph, we are not exactly sure. Here is what we know. We could see the executive order as early as tomorrow. Theres been a draft memo that is circulated that white house Officials Say is currently among the options under consideration that would, again, target people coming from those same seven countries who were banned in the original executive order, they include, iran, iraq, syria, yemen, somalia, sudan and libya. Under the draft order thats been circulated, there would be an exemption for green card holders. The purpose of this new executive order would be to standup to legal challenges. Of course just to reset and remind our viewers the draft order released by the white house got held up in the courts. It was also the subject of protests across the country, at airports. People who said it wasnt fair that it wasnt legal. So, this is an attempt to make sure that this new executive order stands up to any legal challenge. Again, we could see it as early as tomorrow. But, so far, the white house, not giving specific details about what will be different and similar. What about the two memo that is came out of the department of Homeland Security. They are specifically outlining how Immigration Enforcement is going to be amped up going forward. What do they look like . Reporter exactly right, steph. The two draft memos, again the white house saying these are under discussion, this is not etched in stone, they are suggestions coming from dhs. Basically, what you are seeing is a blueprint for the president s essentially ideas to get tougher on immigration. So, they call for 10,000 new Border Agents to help with this. They also call for deputizing, local Law Enforcement, expediting undocumented immigrants with a focus on those with criminal records and penalizing parn penalizing parents who pay smugglers to bring their children into the country. Again, they are draft memos. They are not etched in stone. They are described as suggestions. The white house being very clear they are still discussing all of this. At the same time, it is a window into what we might see once the executive orders are finalized. If it comes to fruition and see the amped up, how is it going to be impacted across the country . We have already seen once he signed the executive order, talking ability expanding i. C. E. Agents, we have seen a spike in 680 families being disrupted. This is doing two things. One, signaling to the base hes doing what he said he was going to do. I believe President Trump is the headline president. Hes doing this to cause fear among the community to say look, im doing my job to his base and cause fear. That said, we have seen instances last week, theres a young man, daniel ramirez, brought in, the first recipient brought in. He basically said he is not a gang member. We are able to alter documents where i. C. E. Came in and removed it. It rereported by the Seattle City Council saying, this young kid is abiding by the law. He says he is not a gang member. We have documentation that i. C. E. Altered that. That is the problem. By trump telling the community hes going to do it, hes causing mass fear. Hes targeting sanctuary cities. The raids have taken place in chicago, austin, los angeles and atlanta and here in new york. Again, saying we are going to punish you for not being with the president. Hes causing mass fear. What about the americans who, to your point, is doing exactly what he said he was going to do and they voted for him . Americans who say i was born in the United States and so were my kids and im forgotten here and i dont make headlines because im not an extraordinarily devastating story and i cant make it on my own. To the americans who say i voted for this guy. Hes going to standup for me. Is he . I think we have to make a distinction between the socalled muslim ban. The muslim ban was about refugee who is have the most vigorous, extreme vetting coming into the country. The southern border is different. They are Asylum Seekers, people trying to reunite with their families. That is what he promised people he would do something about. Unfortunately, the migration of mexican immigrants sent to america over the last few years. President obama was the deporter in chief who got 2. 7 Million People out of the country. What hes doing is different. Hes taking the existing regulations on Asylum Seekers and making them rigorous. That is acceptable. Why all the chaos . If hes doing what people wanted or tightening the screws . Lets be clear, the majority of americans do not believe this. He is speaking to a narrow base. Similarly, when he said sweden had a major attack. He knew the majority of supporters had no idea. The only person they were going to cross reference was fox news. Again, we have to be very clear this idea of disrupting them t majority of Law Enforcement agencies dont want to do this. It creates insecurities. Communities will not come forward and talk about the violence in communities if they feel that sheriffs are going to come in and become i. C. E. Agents. We are less secure. When you talk about the base, is it not amazing we all watched the same press conference, yet two groups of people saw the exact it wasnt like the outcome of a game. The two exact opposite presentations, how have we gotten here . Its this often polarization we have where people see the same reality and interpret it differently. People dont have media literacy. They cant make a distinction about something that is fact based and something that is not. Back pedalling. It allows people to continue being siloed, not having literacy and information that is not true. We are going to take a break. Dont go anywhere. Kristen, kelly, thank you so much. Well be back with more. Next, Vice President pence will be speaking to nato members any minute now as he tries to calm our allies. The question, is it enough . President trump talks about the unbelievable events happening in sweden. Florida rallied over the weekend, so unbelievable, unbelievable. We are going to find out what President Trumps explanation is today. Oh, no. What happened there . Did someone blow up swedens most famous landmark . If they did, what was it . Nosy neighbor with a keen sense of smell. Glad bag, full of trash. What happens next . Nothing. Only glad has febreze to neutralize odors for 5 days. Guaranteed. Even the most perceptive noses wont notice the trash. Be happy. Its glad. Here is the bottom line. We have to keep our country safe. You look at whats happening in germany. You look at whats happening last night in sweden. Sweden. Who would believe this . Sweden. They took in large numbers, they are having problems like they never thought possible. That, of course, was President Trump on saturday at that florida rally, bringing up an event that happened in sweden. Theres a big problem. Even swedes are scratching their heads wondering what President Trump was referring to. The former Prime Minister of sweden took to twitter saying quote, sweden, terror attack . What is he smoking . He said his comment was based on a fox news segment that aired the night before. Here to talk about this, im joined by former congressman, joe walsh. Good morning. You have been a supporter of President Trump. How do you explain what happened . Not necessarily the details of sweden, but you have a president who, late at night watches cable tv, picks a little bit up and the next day broadcasts it to millions of people. Morning, steph. As a trump supporter, ill be the first one to tell you, hes been known to tell a lie or two. This wasnt a lie, this was a mistake. So, i think we have to cut him some slack. But, again, the point is, this is why he got elected. I listened to your earlier discussion and rick and maria are right. We are a divided country. This issue of getting people who are in this country illegally out of this country, that, more than any issue got trump elected. Hes got to follow through on promises. Why not focus on those promises . You say give the president slack. He made a mistake. At the same time, hes calling the media, quote, an enemy of the American People. I want to share what john mccain had to say. Thats how dictators get started with tweets like that . No, they get started by suppressing a free press. Im not saying that President Trump is trying to be a dick thai toy. Im saying learn the lessons of history. How do we cut President Trump slack . Maybe he made a mistake. Hes calling the media the enemy of the American People. Steph, to be fair, thats not a mistake. Trump meant it. John mccain has been in congress too damn long. He ought to get out of congress. Look, the American Media, steph, better to selfawareness here. Half of this country doesnt like them. I agree donald trump has to learn how to take criticism. The American Media better understand quickly why so many people dont like them. This fight between the media and trump is going to continue. The fight is going to continue. What if it turns that many of the things the media is pushing, that they are going after, as we are looking for answers to what exactly President Trumps ties to russia are, what are in his taxes . If the issues continue to go forward, james comey meeting with the Intelligence Committee, if it pushes forward, why is the media so bad and President Trump is so good . President trump is not so good, steph. What im saying is its on them. The media should go after trump. Look, to be fair, i dont mind that trump punches the media. I think its long overdue. I think you and the rest of the media ought to punch him back. I think this russian thing could be a really big thing and the media needs to look into it. What im saying is the media should quit whining about this and get in trumps grill and fight back with him. Thats what a vibrant democracy, i think now, needs. Ill tell you, congressman, im happy to be in President Trumps grill and im definitely not out to get him. One question i have, why is it that you seem to be a bit of the cheese standing alone . When it comes to sophisticated, even keeled, smart people out there who understand what President Trump is doing, who support them, why arent they coming out to speak . They are afraid. Of what . Of him. Trump blocked me on twitter and im a trump supporter. I can tell you, a lot of my former republican colleagues in the house, they are not a fan of what trump is doing privately, but they are scared to death to say anything publicly. He will send out a tweet or go after them and a lot of their constituents still support him. Theres a public fear among republicans to go after this president. Steph, i believe thats going to erode over time. What exactly is going to erode. What about those who dont want to go after President Trump . What about those who say look at the Financial Markets, hes booming. Hes doing a great job for x, y and z. I cant find anyone who wants to say that with the exception of the spokes people in the white house who hit us with alternative truths. What about the people who stood up . His ceo council. No one from his manufacturing council. We ask them day in and day out if they want to talk. Crickets. Steph, i think they are afraid. Look, this president , lets be honest, im a soup porter, but this president in one tweet with go after a company. This president , in one tweet, can lower a companys stock. Thats not right. When he does it, i have gone after him. I think thats what these ceos are afraid of. Its not right. I agree with you. All right, joe. Congressman, thank you so much. I appreciate you speaking up and speaking out. Thank you, steph. Love ya. Thank you. Next thats a lie. A secret new russian on President Trumps psychological make up is being prepared for Vladimir Putin. 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California residents are bracing for another powerful storm that could bring dangerous floods and landslides to an area that is already waterlogged. Some areas are expected to get ten inches of rain. It comes after last weeks storms left five dead. Brandnew surveillance video. A way to watch this closely. Reporting showing the assassination of kim jonguns half brother in an airport. It shows a woman in a white tshirt grabbing him. Police say they are looking for four additional male north korean suspects. Take a look at this terrifying crash at the speedway in florida. The sprint car was heading into turn two of the track when it went airborne. Three people were severely injured. Pelican star Anthony Davis claimed the mvp award at the allstar game in new orleans with 52 points breaking the alltime scoring record topping the 42point mark from 1962. You have to watch the highlights of the whole weekend. That dunk contest, mind blowing. Any moment now, Vice President mike pence and nato secretary will give a joint statement in brussels. The Vice President seeking to calm concerns in the first overseas trip since taking office. Thats a big job. Joining me, the executive director after the Mccain Institute for international leadership. Good morning. Help us out here. The Vice President , hes got a big job. He directly responded to anxieties, justifiable anxieties about the u. S. Position on nato in munich over the weekend. Take a look. The United States of america strongly supports nato and will be unwaivering in our commitment to this transatlantic alliance. Given the nonstop nato bashing that took place during the campaign specifically by President Trump, do you think Vice President pence calmed minds over the weekend . I think he did and there was an evolution during the campaign. As a candidate, early on, trump said we have to decide whether we are going to defend allies or not based on whether they paid their bills. Toward the end of the campaign, he said nato is a terrific organization, needs to modernize, its obsolete now, but has to change. Theres evolution there. Even so, there were questions among allies. Pence did exactly what he needed to do, deliver a solid message on behalf of the president. He made that very clear that the u. S. Is committed to nato. Then he also followed that up saying nato allies need to do their share by spending enough on defense. Its always been a perennial problem that we spend more proportionately on defense of allies than they do themselves. Is this part of the plan . President trump goes hard, goes fast, he is a negotiator, then mike pence swoops in and calms everyone. They find middle ground . Thats certainly a possibility. Another possibility i would add is i think President Trump is well connected to the emotions and frustrations of some americans about feeling that we are overdoing it. We are paying too much, we are fighting too much, we are out there too much. Our allies need to do more. We heard that from president obama as well. Hes expressing that. What we saw with Vice President pence, however, is a coordinated Administration Position on the issues for the first time and he did what he needed to do. I want to share what senator john mccain said over the weekend about the same concerns but he took it in a different direction. The president , i think, makes statements that on other occasions he contradicts himself. So, some of us have learned to watch what the president does as opposed to what he says. What is your take on that . Following with this dont take him literally, take him seriously and President Trump does tend to back off. He is a bit pragmatic. I think what we need to do is focus on the actual policies. It is clear what started during the campaign with this tweeting and direct communication with the American People is going to continue. At the same time, we are seeing very solid steps beginning to take shape with Vice President pences trip to europe. He had very good meetings in munich. He is meeting with nato and the eu and questions about the u. S. Position on European Union, do we want to see it blown up . Hes reassuring our eu friends that we want to work closely with the European Union as well. It doesnt happen by accident. This trip was well prepared and going out and delivering the policy messages at the right places at the right time. Thank you for sharing your thoughts this morning. Thank you. I want to take you to an exclusive report. It is being described as a psychological portrait of the president. It will help prepare putin for their first sitdown meeting. A date is not yet on the calendar. Bill, what is in this thing . Reporter good morning, stephanie. This is an attempt fwi kremlin to get inside the mind of donald trump to probe his strengths and weaknesses. Its been compiled by putins team and using outside political consultants. What we know is it is seven pages. It mostly covers donald trump over the last few months but especially over the last few weeks. Seven pages. Among the things we believe that the kremlin appears to be learning is they believe that donald trump is naive in foreign policy, not as clued up on World Affairs as Vladimir Putin. He relies a lot, indeed they think, too much, on his intuition and he doesnt listen to those around him and he should and this may be a result of his business career. Finally, again, from his business career, hes a risk taker. This doesnt often translate into politics. They have been watching the risks hes taken in taking on the mass media and having a fil fight with the Intelligence Community. They believe he is dancing on thin ice. They are preparing very thoroughly, according to a former Deputy Foreign minister, very thoroughly for this first meeting with President Trump. The date for that hasnt been set yet. The kremlin is worried. It is worried President Trump will not come to that meeting from a position of strength. They want him to be strong because they want him to carry out his Campaign Promises and lift u. S. Sanctions on russia. Thats what they want. They need a strong president for that. They are preparing very thoroughly for this first meeting. Stephanie . Bill, thank you so much. What is your take on this . One might argue Vladimir Putin has a good handle on it. Or does he . And the russians come from that. Its compromising evidence about people, which is what putin did as an agent in germany. Putin is worried because he finally has an american president who might be willing to lack sanctions after they violated the country for the First Time Since world war ii. Now they are worried trump may not have as much leverage to do the things putin wants him to do. I think its curious the only person that believes in intelligence gathering is putin and the kgb. Our challenge is that putin is recognizing that yes, trump for intents and purposes is the president hes waiting for but increasingly, trump has been increasingly weak even among republicans. Thats one of the reasons why flynn had to go because pence, Vice President pence said if you need to play a game, your orders only go so far. We need folks in line on the republican side. Vladimir putin wants to know if trump does more than talk tough. Next, thousands of people are expected to take to the streets protesting President Trump across the krun tri. Later, are you ready for this . 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Com president s day weekend saw thousands of people across the nation rallying against President Trumps antiimmigration policies and its expected to come to a head in the not my president day protest. They are expected to hold antitrump demonstrations. It will be across the pond with the uk debating whether President Trump should be allowed to make a visit. We have you covered here and abroad. I want to go first to mariano. What are we expecting to see today . Reporter stephanie, hundreds of people are expected to rally for a quote, impeachment of donald trump. Of course the word impeachment in georgia is a play on words. As you know, everything is peaches here in atlanta. As you mentioned, this is many of the not my president s day marches going on. Protesters plan on meeting at the bus station behind me and walking five miles to midtown atlanta. They have chosen that location specifically because its the financial district here and they want their voices heard. This is organized by democracy spring georgia. It spoke to an organizer who told me a main issue they are protesting today, if Donald Trumps russian involvement. They are calling for a bipartisan investigation into the issue. This is organized at a grass roots level. 600 people are coming. We dont know what the turn out will be. I want to go to the uk. A british antitrump group projected the words, say no to trump across parliament. Lawmakers engage in a polarizing debate whether to withdrawal an invitation to him for a visit. Matt how is this debate expected to go . Reporter stephanie, its expected to be a rip roaring debate here in the building behind me. You can expect witty bars and scaldi scalding banter. Dont expect a vote to overturn them to invite donald trump for a state visit. This is in response to a petition that got 1,850,000 digital signatures. That means parliament is set to take on the topic as a debate. They are not going to vote or take action. Its going to be political theater in here, but the kind of theater the Uk Parliament is so good at delivering. So, why all of this debate over a state visit . After all, heads of states host dignitaries for state visits all the time. Here in britain, they are unparalleled in their pomp and circumstance. If donald trump were to come here and it looks like he will be, he may dine with the queen and address parliament in the house of commons behind me. The reason for the debate is the man who started it said it would be beneath the queens dignity. This will be her 110th state visit. This could go on. Expect blistering comments and colorful conversation. Dont expect change in inviting donald trump. How british to go with rip roaring and witty barbs in the same context. I dont know. Its not very jersey, it is british. Next, donald trump and his advisers are touting how busy the president has been in his first month. He has been busy, but what has been accomplished . 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That was President Trump in his News Conference on thursday. Today, february 20th, we want to look at how much the president has accomplished since his inauguration on january 20th. Moments ago, the white house issued this press release touting what it calls all of the accomplishments by President Trump during his first month in office. We have a president who has done more in three weeks than some have done in an entire administration. That is a bit of an exaggeration. At this point into president obamas first term, he had signed into law a massive 787 billion stimulus package. The most sweeping economic recovery package in our history. He expanded Health Care Coverage to an additional 4 million children, signed a law for equal pay for women. We will make sure that our daughters have the same rights, the same chances and the same freedoms to pursue their dreams as our sons. And sent an additional 17,000 troops into afghanistan. For his part, President Trump has been busy. And if you look at the numbers, they stack up well. President trump has signed a dozen executive orders just short of the 14 president obama signed over the same time period. President clinton signed six in his first month. Trump did that in his first week. Donald trump has been on the job for, what, eight, nine, ten days . Barack obama was here for eight years. The extraordinary accomplishments in the first week truly are breathtaking. In is where the show man comes in. Many. Executive orders sound big but are they really symbolic . Instead of repealing blake, the order instructs to lessen its impact by law and instead of building the wall, it instructs them to plan one and next, the travel ban. Big changes require legislation and legislation requires congress. As of now, no major legislation is working its way through congress on its way to the president s desk. Im going to have my panel weigh in here. Rick, president obama had the house and senate controlled by democrats when he got into office. President trump has the senate and the house and republican control. What would you say is the big holdup here . Well, lets also look at the history of it. What president obama inherited was indeed a mess, unlike what donald trump inherited, he says a mess. President obama inherited an economy tanking, the worst recession since 1929. He had to take bold action in those first months and his actions were not rhetorical. The trump team seems to think if you say it, that makes it so. It aint so. Maria, whats your take on all of this . I agree with richard. A lot of the executive orders that trump is signing, while they make great headline, they need the help of congress. A lot of it is the power of the purse, which he does not control. Its on congress. 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With accident forgiveness they guarantee your rates wont go up just because of an accident. Smart kid. Indeed. Its good to be in, good hands. Thank you to you and my panel for joining me this hour. I will see you tomorrow at 9 a. M. And all day long on twitter. But now my friend hallie jackson, who is normally in d. C. Is here with me in new york. Getting to see you is always a pleasure. The search heating up as the president looks at four candidates for National Security adviser, a week after he very publicly dismissed his first choice. And Homeland Security drafting memos on new immigration orders as President Trump sets to redo that travel ban. We are talking about red states, blue states, purple states and we are talking about our full team ready to go across the country and around the world this morning. Kelly odonnell is with the president in florida, Kristen Welker at the white house. Whos in, whos out, when is somebody going to come in to be a permanent nsa . Reporter well, weve been talking to white house advisers and the president himself has weighed in saying he hopes to have a decision within a matter of days. Its been a job fair for candidates for the highlevel position. The person has done inperson interviews here in florida, at least four. There could be additional interviews should be president want to have more conversations or even second rounds with some of those who have already been a part of it. They have the kind of National Security and military background that this sort of job demands. Among them, we can tell you that the person in the acting role, filling in since mike chael fly was dismissed is keith kellogg. We have someone that goes back to the bush administration, was a controversial figure then, has remained very popular among conservatives and that is john bolton, the former u. N. Ambassador. We have expectations that the president is getting a chance to have sort of a get to know you period of time and in addition the white house has been pushing back on reports that the person chosen would have any kind of limitations on how they would fill out the National Security council. Michael flynn was forming his own team when he was dismissed. The white house is saying whom ever gets this job will be able to assemble their own team, despite the fact that we heard others who had expressed concerns about that very fact, could they name their own team. Hallie . I wanted to hit one other topic with you. This morning we know the senate Intelligence Committee wants all these materials related to its Russian Investigation saved. Tell me, is that significant . Put that into context here . Reporter well, it is a part of the process, of the Intelligence Committee which has real power in these areas, subpoena tower, power to get access to classified information and a power to compel agencies of the government to cooperate. Its significant in that way. And youve got a bipartisan action here. Thats always notable in washington, where the top republican, top democrat have isnt letters to about a dozen different individuals and agencies saying preserve all records, all documents, all emails, anything that could help piece together different aspects of the russia issue. The interference in the election