again in the confirmation hearing and seek specific commitment. others i was less encouraged by. eric: that was republican senator graham of south carolina, the democrat of delaware. both weighing in on president trump's nominee for attorney general of the united states, william barr. they both met with mr. barr on capitol hill this week. several democrats are raising concerns over barr's previous criticism of special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation. the senate judiciary committee confirmation hearings for barr will begin this tuesday. what will be in store? let's bring in our political panel, president of the district media group, also a democratic strategist and former deputy assistant secretary of state under president obama and president of the washington strategy group. welcome. >> thank you. >> thank you. eric: good to see you. i mean look, he's had the job before. he was attorney general under george h. w. bush, bush 41.