take over the ability to determine who won. not count the votes, determine who won. i want to see the united states congress, the united states senate, pass s1 and s 4 the john lewis act, get it to my desk so i can sign it. >> all right. let's bring in political director david chalian and cnn political commentator michael smerconish. david, let me begin with you. i want to hear your top line take aways, but i think the big news out of this in many ways the white house may be re-examining their mask guidelines. what do you think about that and its potential impact? >> reporter: yeah. obviously this is going to be a potential political pitfall that should indeed the administration move forward with that guidance. you know the administration is going to be on precarious ground to figure out how to do that