joining us to analyze the coverage from new york, alexandra wilkes, comment tate tore and jessica tarlovx news contributor. the justice department's move here -- no one has gone to jail for consistent settlement since the reagan administration -- is treated as a massive story. i think it's an important investigation, obviously bannon is a colorful and controversial character but are the media inflating the importance of this? >> i think they are. i don't think it should have goten the top billing. on the major networks yesterday, the first time people sit down with a cup of coffee and watch the news, it led all of the profits and i just think that with pocketbook issues that are dominating the news for a lot of american families right now, it's a little bit discordant with everybody's reality. howie: jessica, when the bannon news broke, cnn and msnbc went wall to wall, there was no other story. fox news coverage was much more limited. there have been subpoenas for mike meadows, kaley mcenany. how is it every time the democrat controlled committee issues a few subpoenas it becomes the lea