jonathan, carl, great job. nice to work with you. hallie jackson, thank you as well, and ashley parker, appreciate it. jonathan, you're going to stay here, don't go anywhere. tom do you pree served from 2007 to 2009. he's been a lawyer for george bush and partner with gibson dunn. gentlemen, welcome. i know you're watching up on this breaking news because we just reported it 16 minutes ago. but tom, the only person who might be surprised that mueller is actually investigating cooperation between the president or seems to be that he's investigation this because he's got a line of questioning surrounding this, could be potentially the president himself. >> yeah. i think that's right. look, it doesn't surprise me at all that bob mueller is requesting the asking these questions. i think with all the brouhaha about all the fast groouf-- the collusion between the campaign and the russians. doesn't surprise me mueller is asking these questions. i think it's an open question as to what thea answers are. but mueller is assembling a team and putting together the witnesses. won't be too long before he shows his h