actually been to the front of war. the gentleman who we re picturing right no is an iraq war veteran. these are people who have seen the worst of the worst as police officers on the street. i was substantially moved. i was also extraordinarily disappointed by the republican sideshow led by elise stefanik and her leadership colleagues on the front end. but speaker pelosi, in all of her wid wisdom, she s a sly character. she knew better than to give those nut jobs a televised hearing to spit the craziness she was somehow responsible for the insurrection. i think it worked out well for the democrats and the testimony was extraordinarily powerful. it will be interesting to see whether it does change minds, mark. before the testimony today there was a brand new poll that showed 33% of republicans surveyed say they are pessimistic about their party s future. is that enough to convince party leaders to change their