rangel has been there for 40 years and achieves between 80% and 90% pluralities, majorities every time he goes to the well for re-election and i think the reason he's been able to stay on for so long. this has gone on for two years, tremendous amount of good will with democrats but also with a lot of republicans. and so these charges came as a surprise to a lot of people. he's got an election campaign that's going on this year so he's trying to dance between the rain drops, as it were. can he get re-elected in time before these charges are decided? >> exactly. and so every time a reporter sees him in the hall or something like that, they say what are you gonna do? he says well, let's find out what the charges are. on thursday, the charges are going to be forthcoming and then, according to politico, somebody had seen it and it is devastating and they say immediately a committee of eight members of the house will essentially start a trial to