does he want to go down in history as elliot richardson did or does he want to be remembered as one like john mitchell or devin nunes? there's nothing in this report that's going to exonerate trump. and remember, the trump -- the report is not the end of the matter. it's hardly a bold prediction to say that once the report, whatever it is, makes it to congress, congress is going to open impeachment proceedings. by the way, they can take new evidence when they begin those proceedings. so the report is going to be bad for trump. it's going to signal a new process for trump. and we're going to know really soon what bill barr is made of. >> steve, could there be a smoking gun? >> erin, i wouldn't rule out anything. i mean, it's certainly possible that through the course of this lengthy investigation, which we have to remember started out as a counterintelligence investigation in the fbi, that the fbi and the mueller team has uncovered certain evidence, facts, that could, indeed, be a smoking gun. we'll have to see. one thing that is absolutely difficult or if not impossible to get past is all of the connective tis