aishah: and breaking news this morning, maria bartiromo exclusively obtaining a letter from the the president of justice about devon archer one day before hunter biden s ex-business partner and friend and fellow burisma board member was supposed to appear before the the house oversight committee. for more on all of this, bring in our political panel. with me today is west front strategies founding partner ashley davis and democratic strategist kristin hawn. ashley, i ll come to you first because now we re up to speed on this letter, just one more fold in all of this. what do you think about the timing, 24 hours before devon archer is supposed to be on capitol hill talking with the oversight folks. i think it s very unfortunate time for the democrats to be sending the letter, but i also i think it s really good meat for the republicans and the base to have one more piece of fuel that will go after hunter biden. i think the that the main problem that the administration is facing is
military in year one. when you have that kind of money going into the military, this is a very small amount that we re asking for. white house officials telling me earlier today the 3.5 billion from the military construction budget would be for projects that they believe are far lower priority than building a border wall. you can bet, shep, they re going to be challenged on every move that they make. this is really going to be under a microscope by the oversight folks in congress. shepard: and north korea came up as well today. it did. president trump looking ahead to the summit with kim jong-un, which is going to occur the week after next. the president when it comes to north korean denuclearization said he s in no rush for speed. the president said right now what he s focusing on is no missile tests, no nuclear tests and, you know, there can be other moves down the road in terms of dismantling the north