gets a little nitty-gritty the office of congressional ethics is kind of the committee investigation before the committee investigation. it s separate from the house ethics committee. they ll make a recommendation if they think is s serious enough if it a cease review should be made of the allegations, right? that s right. but they re in the secondary stage where they ve decided it s serious enough to dispatch investigators around the country to speak to her former campaign staffers. so we re beyond the preliminary stage. they re it in the fact-had finding stage right now. then they refer it to the house ijs committee. this is similar to what happened to charlie rangel. we know how long those investigations by the house ethics committee can drag on once they do if they do begin. john avalon, see you soon. coming up in the situation room, it may be spring, but in many parts of the country you probably cannot toell. take a look at that, details on a powerful storm packing a hea