much done for at least the rest of this year and we'll see what happens after the midterm elections but it's going to be a grim year i think. >> it's a very reactive presidency on the world stage, not setting agendas, not the pivot to asia they promised, a new middle east. seems to be reacting to events. what is the impact in washington? john mccain was at a cnn national journal event this past year. he says because of this, and this always gets me, why can't they walk and chew gum. you have a president and entire cabinet, you have 535 member of congress. you have armed services and foreign affairs committee that look at world crises. aren't there other committees willing to do other things. because of the focus on the plane crash he doesn't think washington can get anything else done. >> it's going to suck all the oxygen out of the room, now that issue on the border is still with us for quite a while but right now, i can't imagine anything else entreating on this. can you? >> why?