friends, good to see you all tonight. thank you for being with us. let s start with you. these letters that the committee sends out are good reading. they re not simply an invitation to participate or submit something but tend to lay out something of the narrative. this is an eight-page letter to ivanka trump. what did you find in there that was new to you? not so much. first of all, ali, the trumps at this point have attracted more ad veers legal actions in the last 24 hours than i don t know they ve attracted russians and that is really saying something. so it s the things you mentioned, the fulton county, georgia investigation, grand jury being convened. it s ivanka being asked to testify in congress. it s also a remarkable 8-1 loss in the supreme court on executive privilege. all of this stuff is happening together. i haven t even mentioned rudy yet. so with respect to this letter i think it is a remarkable letter that congress sent to ivanka trump. i put the entire thing on my