president himself, so we re not going to have an assertion, and finally the point laura made, he draws the line, but then he tiptoes over it, which i account in large part for nerves. i was going to ask he seems ill at ease. the same thing with a five-minute rule, but that s a dangerous witness, someone ill at ease. that might mean even in they re going overall with kid gloves, that they ll get some good stuff. and as elie said, executive privilege is not a cure-all. the more you tack about the conversations, the possible of waiver and the line come up. the longer we know these committee hearings can go on for hours. the more questioning. how that how you answer the second time, the third time is just as important. guys, much more to come. we are going to bring you back
i do note think what executive privilege is intended to do. it s to protect national security information, but not behind the scenes conversations about, hey, make sure these guys don t hurt me. and how it works actually comes from the president it seems in this day and age it seems like a formality. what s the most important thing you were listening to? we ve had some answers, but it seeks it raises more questions. well, first just the level of fireworks, as you put it. you might have thought that nadler and others were going to be sort of tame, at least off the bad, and on the contrary they came right after him. second i think it s important and what he really said is he took a baby step from asserting, and said i would assert it if you asked me about conversations with the president, but then he, as you say, would have to be the