you'll remember on the campaign trail he sort of eluded to the idea that ted cruz's father had something to do with the assassination of jfk. fred? >> all right, boris sanchez, thank you so much. all right, let's talk more about so much on the plate right now to cnn political analysts with me, julian seletzer and new york times deputy culture editor. good to see you both. you first, scathing words from steve bannon. who best represents the gop as it stands now? is it the former chief strategist steve bannon, or the former president, george w. bush? >> well, i think given that donald trump is in the white house, president trump is the face of the republican party right now. and you can't claim to not be part of the establishment when you're in the oval office. so i think in many ways bannon, president trump, they are the new face, and they continue in many ways attacks that have been going on since the primaries