and for more on this bring in our correspondent carla black are in washington carla how is washington reacting to this news well as we have heard democrats are outraged about the president pardoning someone who lie to protect with republicans the case isn't quite as clear they're not as unified you have roger stone fans if you will or supporters who have asked for this very thing back at his sentencing hearing in february and rolling a large poster saying pardon roger stone and you also have influential senators here in d.c. like lindsey graham who was saying this was a justified acts president trump did well after all roger stone was in his seventies and this was a 1st time nonviolent offense you also have a republican so i never were quite critical of those like for example mitt romney he is calling those an act of unprecedented historic corruption and do you think any voters may be feeling the same way come november in the u.s. presidential election other words is this going to have any effect on that race. well word from the white house as trump's advisers have warned him against