well, today pence spoke to religious conservatives at the faith and freedom coalition conference. and as he tried to speak, boos and cries of traitor rained down from the crowd. and i want to thank my friend ralph reed for those overly generous words. i m deeply humbled by them. ralph reed knows me well enough to know the introduction i prefer is a little bit shorter. i m a christian, a conservative, and a republican in that order and i am honored to stand before you today. with that let s bring in our lead off guests on this friday night. shannon pettypiece, veteran journalist and senior white house reporter over at nbc digital. frank figliuzzi, former assistant fbi director for counter intel. also host of the new podcast called the bury. and keith mays, author of