you're starting to hear that discussed a little bit. this is the government picking winners and losers in industries. these farmers, their lawmakers say, want to be out here selling what they grow and the animals that they raise, they do not want to be essentially a customer of the government here taking a handout. so you are getting some of these pushback, although the top senator republican mitch mcconnell when i asked him about said he was just hearing about this today, not ready to respond to it. so once again you're in a situation where it's unclear what senate republicans are willing do about a policy they almost universally disagree with. >> garret, because tariffs and farmers weren't the only things on president trump's mind today. stick around. i want to talk as well about the russia investigation and the potential attack on the upcoming midterm elections. the president tweeted early i'm very concerned that russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming election. based on the fact that no president has been tougher on