so far are those not running for re-election. i mean, that is what we have seen. we have seen the politics of personal survival inside a republican party that is fluid and right now controlled by donald trump and his assumed base of voters. that is what is above perhaps speaking out, talking about the separation of powers, the basic tenets of american democracy. there is no concern for history. the fact that this is all playing out in public, in plain view, and that this will be written and people will be judged and their legacies may be tarnished by this, there's no concern for that, it's short-term political gain, go into 2018 and sell tax cuts. and the ability of republicans on the hill to sort of not see some of these things, to look the other way or squint and see things in a way where they don't really see a problem with these things, for paul ryan yesterday to say the mueller probe shouldn't be messed with and yet to green light devin nunes sending this memo to the white house for release, knowing like any logical observer of this knows that this is all pretext to mess with that investigation, it's stunning. it's stunning to see playing out in plain sight. a lot of people never thought they'd see this from a lot of republicans, including paul ryan. >> hardly a pleasurable conversation. always a pleasure to have you gentlemen on. thanks very much. much obliged to jonathan la mere and eli stoke ankles. the continuing insistence by the white house that americans