>> bruce castro has gotten a lot of like because he was not only the district attorney for this case, let's not forget, he was also trump's impeachment attorney during the proceedings in the senate. he has gotten a lot of pushback . not only did he make this press release in 2005, when the new district attorney, who is actually a judge appointed to the bench decided she would wo move forward and prosecute bill cosby, he got involved again in 2016. he actually sent an email, which was actually the subject of this opinion, where he said when i issued that press release, i intended for bill cosby not to be present persecuted. it is really this bizarre situation we have a former prosecutor, former district attorney getting involved in a new case that a new prosecutor decides to move forward with and say, no, no, no, you should not prosecute bill cosby. there will not be any figure pointing or blame in this ms. justice. it should really go to castro. >> absolutely. thank you so much for bringing breaking this down. so many moving parts, you are making it very clear though it is so complica

has been referred to in different context by my colleague bruce turner, the results have not been consistent or satisfactory. >> now chairman castro. >> i have a question about the artemis accords to the panel. artemis accords from the last administration and endorsed by the biden administration, represent a significant step forward in shaping norms for behavior in space and bringing our allies and partners to work with us on the return to the moon. it's also the first time since the apollo program where they maintain the goals of the previous administration and that the artemis program to succeed. are the accords intended to exceed preexisting treaties? what is the binding of fact for the accords and signatories. what role will the artemis accords for norms and behavior in space? and finally, so far nene countries have signed the artemis accords including canada, the u.k., australia, japan, italy, ukraine and uae, do you expect her countries to join? what steps is the administration taking to expand support for the accord? >> mr. chairman, thank you very much for that question. when we first started working with our colleagues in