from washington d.c. michael good to have you with us look there were some pretty heated exchanges in congress as bob tried to defend sending federal agents to various cities the democrats say he's trying to help trump's re-election campaign what do you make of the proceedings. well look this is what our congressional hearings have become basically political food for fights in which each side uses the opportunity to bash the other and score political points as opposed to actually trying to elicit any real information and that's what you saw today time and again both sides the questioners the questioners and i use that in air quotes basically just keep speeches and we're not terribly interested in what in turn the general bar and to say the democrats long ago concluded that he is a political hatchet man for the president and the republicans that long ago concluded that everything the democrats say is part of a political hit on the president yeah that's