this is the second visit he has made to walter reid since president. he visited back in august, i believe, as well. but wolf, certainly a different contrast in images there to president visiting the soldiers here and the vice president making the first visit of the administration to afghanistan today. president trump, the commander in chief, has not yet visited either iraq or afghanistan. a war zone here, but the president there getting holiday messages and greetings to our troops at nearby walter reid. wolf. reporting for us at the white house, thank you. amid the harsh criticism of the russia probe, some congressional republicans may be targeting issues within the justice department beyond the special counsel investigations. some see that as an effort to try to hurt the department of justice s credibility before the special counsel s investigation concludes. let s bring in our senior congressional correspondent. what happened today behind closed doors?