also with us, congressional correspondent for "the new york times," annie carney. good to have you both with us this morning. we appreciate you joining us. >> so andrew, i'd love to get your insight on what is happening with the doj right now. you obviously, like so many people, frustrated at the information that you gathered during the mueller investigation. but that was not acted upon. do you think the doj's moving in the right direction and do they -- i'll ask you the question we've been asking everybody, do they have a responsible to be transparent and talk about why they raided donald trump, according to donald trump, raided, why they went in and conducted a search, a legal search at the time they did? >> you know, i think it is a tough question. the issue of whether and how much merrick garland should be saying, there is no question he has the legal authority to do that. but there are generally good and sufficient reasons why you don't speak and joyce makes very strong points. on the the other hand, do think that it is important to -- for the department to se