and thanks for sticking with us. president trump coming to the defense of staffers accused of domestic abuse. a short time ago the president tweeting this, peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. some are true and some are false. some are old and some are new. there is no recovery for someone falsely accused. life and career are gone. is there no such thing any longer as due process? let's bring in grace rout, political reporter from new york one. kurt columnist for "the huffington post" and former breitbart spokesperson and adrian elrod, former director of strategic communications for hillary clinton's presidential campaign. your response first, grace. you were listening earlier to jessica leeds' response to this, one of the 16 accusers of sexual misconduct of the president -- of donald trump before he was elected. what did you think about what