a new defense cooperation so the signs were optimistic and then something like the happens it's the very last thing european leaders want and yes reach for another drink of reach for another drink jack let me ask you there in washington how is the u.s. capital process of the events that we've seen here in berlin in the past twenty four hours. and a little bit of a deja vu here brant because you know we had our surprise last year in november my sense is though that this is not an over deal here you mean member of the song you've got to know when to hold em know when to fold them but you don't count your money until the deal is done the deal is not done in germany and i think that to some extent we have to wait and see what happens i'm not going to count merkel out right now but it strikes me that is indicative of some of the problems that parties and party leaders are having keeping up with their own constituencies and i think we've got that problem on both sides of the atlantic in barber if there are new