there are questions during the campaign season that are bound to come up. we have learned that she plans to be asked questions about what she knows about that hush money scheme that the president was allegedly involved with to silence those adpar -- affairs, extramarital affairs in the run up to the 20 san francis-- the elections and she'll be asked questions about that as well and those are questions that the white house presumably cannot seek to block, cannot invoke executive privilege or say she's immune from testifying so we'll see what new light she sheds on those topics as the democrats are pushing forward with the allegations of obstruction of justice that the white house is saying she will not have to answer. >> manu raju on capitol hill. and congressman dan kildee is joining us. thanks for joining us. let me get to the issue of the acting defense secretary, what does it tell you that patrick