i want to talk to you about what the republican senator and finance chairman chuck grassley said he said the younger biden hunter had a history of investing in and collaborating with chinese companies including at least one posing significant national security concerns and then we also need to just focus on the fact that president trump is essentially asking china a country which in just a few days' time is going to be holding trade talks has been engaged in a trade war with the united states for a century help in investigating a u.s. national and also in that same press conference he reiterated those calls for ukraine to investigate joe biden so as you can imagine you know the fallout from those comments here in particular from democrats has been rather intense. and where do you see all of this going politically. well i mean it's quite a complicated situation so fast moving we're hearing so many you know different reports day today what i think we need to focus on the fact that republicans have come out several in support of president trump but there are a significant number who have sat back there listening they're waiting to see what