directly at least with mark meadows, the chief of staff. so the committee is clearly intent on telling the american people the truth in a way that will be deeply satisfying. we are all to some extent dissatisfied by what's going on at doj. either because they're running a very strong, opaque investigation. you know, whatever they're doing, we don't know. maybe they're not looking at this. maybe they are, but that absence of transparency i think has been very frustrating for people who feel threatened by the ongoing risk to the country and want to know that something is being done. now we're seeing something being done. >> chris is back with us. we lost you, but i want to understand what you understand from watching communications among these groups, among themselves. and to rally more members to their cause and i want to read a