friends lindsey gram, he could not support it at this time. the president notably did not go after mccain in the harshest way that we ve seen in the past. he certainly did talk about him. he also sent out a lot of tweets today aimed at other senators. alex. kelly o donnell, thank you very much. we appreciate. that i m joined now by national politics reporter for the hill kate martel. we re hoping to get josh dossy from poe politico to join us as well. we have a lot to talk about with you. first of all, what lead to the president disinviting steph curry? i mean let s take a look at curry. he was at a media event yesterday explaining why he didn t want to visit the white house. here it is. by acting or in not going hopefully that will inspire some change when it comes to what we tolerate in this country. what do you think is going on? what do you think the president hopes to accomplish by going after the nba and previous lit nfl like this? you know, alex, i think what