this episode is it. i hope the american people recognize the severity of this threat and that we collectively counter it bore it further erodes the fabric of o democracy. and a reminder, the president has called this matter a total hoax. and four times in the last 24 hours, he has called the media out for being fake. thankfully, our guest to start us off tonight are real. let's bring in two gentlemen who have been of counsel to us throughout the day during our live coverage. jeremy bash, former chief of staff to both the director of cia and the secretary of defense, during the obama administration. also former counsel to housen intel, and matthew miller, former spokesman for the department of justice and the obama administration who along the way worked closely with sally yates, both fortunately, are msnbc analysts. jeremy start with you. what else did we learn today? >> we learned that when sally yates went to the white house