the tension between members, i mean, i started covering congress in, you know, pre-newt gingrich era and it was so toxic then. it is not even -- it is not even comparable. today, what we have is an order of magnitude greater by several orders of magnitude greater. they generally -- they generally -- house democrats are generally -- some are generally afraid of their republican colleagues, that they are a physical threat to them. i just -- there are still metal detectors outside the house chambers. so could i say it is better? or worse? i think -- i don't know. i think a year later the level of distrust is bad as it has ever been and, you know, just scratch the surface and it is right there. >> so, tara, i'm reminded of something mitch mcconnell said earlier in the year when there