is already out there declaring that bad things happened. let's watch. >> when they look at the documents, i think people are going to see a lot of bad things happened. i hope it's not so. because if it is, there's never been anything like it in the history of our country. this was a terrible situation. what we're doing is we're cleaning everything up. it's so important. what i'm doing is a service to this country. everybody wants to solve, but a lot of bad things have happened. we now call it spy gate. you're calling it spy gate. a lot of bad things have happened. i want them all to get together. they'll sit in a room. hopefully they'll be able to work it out among themselves. >> joining me now are three contributors, joyce vance a former federal prosecutor, michael schmidt is a reporter for the "new york times" and david ignatius a columnist with the "washington post." when i watched that today, i have to tell you all today, i reminded myself of joseph welsh