another scalp to his collection as another establishment domino falls. these two senators not running for re-election means they don't have to worry about being punished by the voters in the midterm next year. they'll be around until january of 2019. the white house needs their votes to get anything passed. chris and alisyn. >> appreciate it. let's bring in the panel. we have cnn political analyst david gregory and editor-at-large chris. what we're trying to tee up here is this is unusual, what we heard on the senate floor, starting with former president bush. you had mccain, you had corker. corker again. now jeff flake in this speech. there was a smattering applause for it. let's listen to more. >> the personal attacks, the threats against principles, freedoms and institution, the flagrant disregard for truth and