one thing to note, he said something like this publicly right here at the white house not too long ago. >> the attorney general is one of the most respected people in this country. and he has been for a long period of time. he is going to look at a lot of documents, some that he might find interesting, maybe he will find none interesting. but for over a year, people have asked me to declassify, so what i have done is declassified everything. he can look. and i hope that he looks at the u.k. and i hope that he looks at australia. and i hope that he looks at ukraine. i hope that he looks at everything, because there was a hoax that was perpetrated on our country. >> bret: doj statement saying that they were asking for cooperation. that's where we will start with our panel, chris stirewalt editor at fox news, mollie hemingway, senior editor at ""the federalist"" and correspondent for a national radio, a lot of things happening