covered this beat, if you could give us context to the exchange today? what was going on there? >> thanks for having me chris. it was such a weird exchange. this whole specter of tom cotton very much badgering secretary of defense lloyd austin. i think it didn't sit well with a lot of people at the pentagon. a lot of this is going on because the right wing of the republican party led by tom cotton and by senator crenshaw don't like the fact the pentagon at long last is starting to confront some of the racial inequities within the department of defense. they call this -- there is this new phrase that's been coined, they woke police. they are going after the pentagon for being too woke. and pentagon leadership for being too woke. they don't like the idea for instance the pentagon is going to be having, putting out some