. >> we had discussions with the mayor's environment liasson. he traveled to a couple conferences. he sat where the people around the table commended san francisco for the steps and how they are leading the way in many aspects. whether the message is getting to to mayor's office i am not sure. we believe we were contacted by mr. jeu and he represented the mayor's office of environment. he invited andrew as a guest of the mayor to attends a conference that otherwise we would not have been invited to. the mayor's office is aware. whether they had this comprehensive report, i do you want it. the materials are through early liasson on the environment. >> i suggest an update for other members of the board who are working on this issue. they will have seen it as radio silence from the time they brought in up. it might be good to show what is done before it becomes another issue. >>> i have given a very informal update on these numbers to the mayor's office that i was asked about. it is very informal. >> my concern is the board. i don't think they have been brought along. >> i echo that a

here at the white house mara liasson national political correspondent for "national public radio."itical correspondent of "the washington examiner" and ben, publisher of the federalist. mara, busy day at the white house. that letter is essentially saying forget it. issue a vote or don't do it. >> they weren't even saying unless you vote won't cooperate. background briefing about the press were asked repeatedly if the house meets your criteria and vote on this would you cooperate then that's a hypothetical. they are the not even guaranteeing they will cooperate if the house take as vote. >> bret: ben, your thoughts on this move. >> i think this is a political document obviously. it's not a legal one. meant to send a message to capitol hill and i think it sends a very clear one which is that as mara said even if you do vote in this way, you know, we might not cooperate but, at the very least, you need to vote. and i think it sends a message about the way that republicans ought to be responding to this inquiry, that they should be demanding transparency. demanding public hearings whic