>> elizabeth: thank you. we have a white house columnist for the hill joining us for the hill. never a dull moment. what's your take away? >> the jackson nomination and with the withdraws historic. it's terrible that they can have the reputation ruined by anonymous allegations. it's a very mysterious episode. i don't think we've got to the bottom of it yet. >> elizabeth: i want to get international headlines, but along with mr. jackson withdrawing we saw scott pruitt heading over to the hill. what was your take way from that? he was grilled hard. >> he was and he survived that. the long-term first cap route is not good. president trump was elected entering in the swamp. a lot of the behavior around scott pruitt is pretty swampy.