eric thanks so much for joining me. so i've been covering this d.a. from the very beginning talked to a lot of deputies in that office. so far until this week, i hasn't heard of any retaliation he said he left them alone what changed this week? >> well there is actually been a lot of retaliation on day one, he retaliated against a head deputy for following the law. and unfortunately right now los angeles well, we have is a district attorney who punishes those who follow the law and excuses those who break the law. so no, this d.a. has had a history of retaliation if you -- if he doesn't like what you have to say, if he doesn't like that you're following the law, then he punishes you and i think one of the things that is very telling about this -- lawsuit is what are the quotes from him is that his lawyer it