had difficulty gathering evidence and what they have to do here today and continue to do in the weeks and months ahead its follow-through on all of the investigative leads. i'm a big believer ready, aim, fire. if you don't act hastily. >> martha: what do you say to those that this investigation has been going on for a couple of years now and there's a report today, "the washington post" put out a story saying the democrats aren't frustrated with the ongoing effort to investigate president trump and they complain about a lack of urgency and a lack of results and then you've got 53% in the cbs poll saying they want to move on from this issue. are you concerned about what it does politically? >> you've asked a number of really important questions there, martha. when watergate first came to light it took two years for the american public to appreciate the gravity of watergate and very few people -- and i understand why -- haven't had the time to read the report. what we are today, the most important witness wasn't bob mueller, it was the report in the report laid out some very serious allegations and i think one of the allegations -- it's