those involved with campaign planning and one republican said, several top gop lawmakers have told colleagues that they hope ford declines to show up for the hearing even as they issue statements urging her to do so. helping the gop to avoid a risky televised drama and making it easier for senate leaders to hold a vote next week. joining me now david brock, founder of media matters and mia wylie of the new school. and charlie sykes, treatist sarah rump and jason johnson. thank you very much. i'm going to my friends at the disadvantage in the remote location there. and sarah, i will start with you, as a young republican woman, the optics of seeing a panel of all white men questioning this woman's account of a very painful experience for her versus a very diverse panel including kamala harris and cory booker on the other side, do you find that problematic as a young republican woman? >> i really don't.