place. most of the publications here refused to even publish it in the first place. again, i'm not going to get into confirming stuff. there is an ongoing investigation. >> thank you, sean. i have two questions. first, the president, for the second time in a month, retweeted his desire for the senate to reduce the votes to pass anything to 51 which would effectively scuttle the filibuster for legislation as it has been scuttled for nominations. is this something he discussed with majority leader mcconnell or any of the senate leadership before he tweeted it? >> i think the concerns that he's had with the pace of the senate has been long standing. obviously the use of the filibuster and rules of the senate are ultimately up senator mcconnell. i think the frustration he's had with the pace of se of the legislation and some of the obstructionist tactics that democrats have employed, whether