very effective in just sort of making clear that there was this narrative going around about corruption, that the president did not seem interested in dealing with it but instead was pursuing this second channel. so i think democrats have to completely emphasize every way in which this was unorthodox and how these career professionals over and over again called attention to it. >> thank you very much. eli, stick with me. president trump made a surprise trip to walter reed medical center on saturday. the white house framed the unannounced visit as phase one of the president's annual physical exam. the president's two previous physicals were on the public schedule in the past and announced well ahead of time. they did not take place over multiple phases. so, eli, my question is, what exactly is going on and why haven't we seen the president yesterday and why are we not seeing him today? >> well, we don't know. we'll often go over the course of a weekend not seeing the