department spokesperson, now an msnbc justice and security analyst matthew miller. >> let's start with chris murphy. chris, has there ever been a president from the state of connecticut? >> stop it. leave him alone. >> that's a great intro. no, i don't think there has been. >> how exciting, if politico is right, there may be one in 2020. congratulations. >> i've got re-election in between now and then. >> okay. don't look past your next appointment, as they say. let's get serious here. what was your takeaway from all the testimony yesterday from sally yates? >> i do think it's stunning that sally yates had to explain to the white house the problem of having a national security adviser who was compromised, lying internally to his colleagues and had deep and long connections to the russians that may allow them to try to turn that to their benefit, the fact