this is not foreign relations. joining me right now, senator chris murphy of connecticut, david corn, and nbc investigative reporter kendo lynn. ken, from your experience, how good is the senate committee because the house committee is a joke at this point because of its chairman s behavior, his midnight paul revere ride to the white house, whatever you want to call it. what do you make of this thing you saw today, the joint press conference from richard burr of north carolina, and mark warner? i thought it was a strong performance, chris. they did exactly what they set out to do which is reassure the american public. richard burr, who was just elected to a six-year term was pretty frank that he voted for donald trump, but that this was really important. he was going to follow the evidence wherever it leads. this could be an unpleasant moment for the white house, but burr seems serious about it. there s always been the potential for a partisan crack-up in this town as you know, chr