>> they were excited. and i did hear that as well, don. obviously, this is something that's been on the minds of all americans and here in washington in the reaction to it and the fact that now this is an investigation. washington is very much involved in this. but we heard people saying, you know what, it's time for a little bit of a break and it's time to have -- to enjoy ourselves. >> can i talk to you about this, guys? because as i'm looking at the list that you guys sent over of the people who are there, gaby douglas. we saw sharon stone, psy, julia louis-dreyfus, amy poehler, rebel wilson, a bunch of -- patricia arquette, michael j. fox, on and on and on. matthew perry. they're out in force, nischelle. >> yes. absolutely. this definitely is a night when hollywood's a-list does come play with washington's politicians. and they were calling it hollywood east meets hollywood west. so a lot of people were saying this was their first time, which i was surprised at, don, because people like matthew perry saying they had never been here before