their hands up and says, we don t know what to do. we only have a minute left. after last month s shootings, i remember you wrote that congress should keep the flags at half-staff until they do something on guns. i think they could be at half-staff for a very long time. what do you think the chances are that the president of the united states is going to do something that is clear and consistent that he can present to mitch mcconnell and say, i ll get behind this? zero percent. we ve been down this road before. we ve seen this movie before. this is, what, like halloween part 14. the president can say something at 9:00 in the morning, and by 10:30 change his mind, 12:30 change his mind. his inability to be consistent is the problem here. okay. todd gilman, jake sherman, thank you. jonathan capehart will be back in a couple of minutes. the vice president s euro trip prompting new questions about conflicts of interest between the white house and