somehow communicating to him they might leave or quit if the pressure on mike pence was continuing. so he s involved before anything happens then on the immediate eve of the events, he indicates he s greatly concerned about it. so he is absolutely a fact witness right in the cross hairs of this committee. they have to do whatever is necessary to secure his testimony. i m sure it will be a fight. but they are complete i agree with jeff s comments entirely. this is far outside his news gathering activity as the justice department typically refers to it. let s face it. we know what his journalism was in the aftermath of these events. it doesn t seem consistent with any of the things he was saying to these folks ahead of time. i think he s worthy of talking to. all right, thank you all very much. and stay with us. we of course will bring you ag garland s remarks as soon as they begin. and join jake tapper and