america correspondent out of canada alex mahela bit the host of the big picture holland cook r.t. america correspondent rachel blevins and our 2 americas sports producer jim thank you all 4 of you for coming i actually want to start with you alex because you do not reside here in the u.s. so you actually have a very i'm always curious to get that outsider's perspective whatever we have these debates what is your take on this round of the debates featuring the democratic candidates for president. i think harrison bodies everything that's wrong with the united states when it comes to politics not only from the democratic but from the republican side and when you look at somebody that's all about party it's all about the democratic party look what gabbert saying about the democratic party she's putting party before the people of the united states of america that in itself is disgusting and then the accusations against gaghan scabbard a person who actually served in the military a purse. it was actually trying to bring peace to the world and it just you're seeing the motion this the m