president himself and his team. the chairman will need to decide whether he is the chairman of an independent investigation into conduct which includes allegations of potential coordination between the trump campaign and the russians, or he is going to act as a surrogate of the white house. chris: chuck, did nuñes make a mistake going to the white house, briefing the president before he briefed his own committee, and does this open the door and this is a question i asked reince priebus does this open the door and increase the demand for an independent investigation? well, on the second part of your question, obviously, it s increasing the demand for an independent investigation both in the media and elsewhere. if i m not mistaken, i think john mccain piped up about that again this week and for good reason. here you have a house body, obviously, whose chairman feels it s his duty, you know, the minute some new development takes place in the middle of their investigation to run