so i guess you can't win them all, but there's one thing kevin mccarthy did do. he gave the democrats their win in broad daylight in the middle of a friday when everybody was paying attention, congratulations, kevin, way to go. there's a lot to discuss tonight. let's bring in our panel. anita kumar, maria idiosa, also the author of the great book "once i was you." and aknee that, i'll start with you. i feel like there's a split screen here, a juxtaposition between the democrats governing, passing things as is their job, and getting massively consequential things through. and you have whatever mccarthy is doing. what do you see americans are seeing this and between speeches about carrots and human and infrastructure and child care? >> well, i think you are exactly right earlier when you were