and now, you know, when you -- you look through that, morale i know is low. staffing in short supply. capitol police officer told "the washington post," michael something you probably know of course better than anyone but the quote was there is a dark cloud over capitol hill. i looked at officers' faces and they've changed. the they've lost weight and they don't know why. the capitol police chief, michael, says the force is 400 officers short. 400 officers short. and -- and they are citing fallout from the insurrection. what are you hearing from your former colleagues? >> well, i left the u.s. capitol police a long time ago, in 2003. um, but i do speak to quite a few officers on the hill and i know from my time there. but what i witnessed on january 6th and, you know, since then in the conversations i've had with officers is a -- a real crisis in leadership within the united states capitol police that i don't think has yet to be addressed. it -- it wasn't addressed, um,