relationships across the party. he's different than a tom price who has been in congress and knows the players. tillerson's friendliness with vladimir putin, his wealth, these are all things that democrats see as ripe targets, and so what i'm hearing from republicans in the senate is they're digging in to try to protect tillerson to make sure he knows what he's going to go through with this confirmation fight and jeff sessions, as much as he's part of the club up there, he does have some history on a variety of issues including racial allegations back in the 1980s when he was up for judicial position that are already coming back to light and back in the conversation. that's why you see the trump transition team really trying to put a pr operation around sessions to make sure other parts of his career come through. >> do you think it's strange, kasie, that bob corker and others have been so adamant that tillerson need not produce his tax returns? it seems like something as ben cardin said would be obvious you