release walter reed convicted murderers. state senator michael watson is looking to change the way pardons are granted in mississippi. he's on the phone from pascagoula. thanks for getting up early to talk about this with me. let me just start off the bat by ask you something here. as i understand it, this hearing today is all about the technicality, that issue where you have to post in the paper 30 days before you're released news that you're going to be released. let the victims come in and maybe argue their case. for some of these people that wasn't done. but it appears to me this is becoming a political football between the republicans and the democrats. it's republican governor and it's a democrat a.g. and some are accusing the other at least of not doing their job properly. am i'm not getting this right, that this is becoming very political? >> well, unfortunately -- and good morning, thanks for having me. you may be getting it correct. obviously this notice issue is something...