you have what happened with bob menendez and everything that's happening now. the united states doing an saying the things donald trump does and surrounding themselves with these people -- >> i go back to what happened to two wrongs don't make a right and what happened to that mindset on the right? they don't believe in it. >> president trump has managed to create his own reality in a way that previous presidents have not. he has an echo chamber that will support almost anything he says. i think this is what he uses to paint a narrative and to make people believe that he is innocent of these things and that people are coming after him and trying to persecute him unfairly. >> this is -- it's going to look -- if this were happening in another country, we'd say, god, that looks like a kleptocracy. wilbur ross, ew. >> maybe that's the space at this moment in our american history we're comfortable with. i think that's one of the truths of many. >> who's we? >> we the people, because we the people -- no matter how you -- look, i understand, i understand. but this is

bob menendez has a huge apparatus, a machine politician. to remember there is a couple republican members in new jersey it's not a surprise to me the race has tightened, by think ultimately he'll prevail. guy: i see ted cruz ahead in texas by 1 or 2 points, and they had the governor up in texas by a massive margin. is this thing happening or is cruz safer than that poll? >> i think it depend on who comes out in the polls. young people typically have not gone to the polls in the mid-terms. in texas you have the older conservative base that always comes out in an election. the bad thing you don't want to happen is complacency. i think polls like this scare up support. guy: the average republican could say greg abbott is fine. it's not just a democrat. o'rourke is out there on the left, impeachment. these are out there for texas. do you think cruz can put his record on billboards? >> texas has been a big target for the left for a long time. if texas goes blue, they see that as a way to get into power across the country. so republicans can't be

closer than the experts said, republican candidate bob hugan trials menendez only 6 points. ng us bob hugan, new jersey senate candidate. i was so shocked when i saw the poll earlier this week. >> well, charles, really a third poll, the gra vis had 2 points. this is 6. this poll is slammed toward registered voters, when you think likely voters it's a dead heat and we are making the case. new jersey can you do better. charles: how can you explain the reason which is happening in charles: we know bob menendez has a lot of baggage, feel like more to it than that. >> there's multiple factors. new jersey is a proud state. i was born there and raised there. kathy and i raised family there, it's a great place, we love it but new jersey takes a lot of junk if before new jersey, we take a lot, 35 years involved in corruption, 25 years in washington, 16 years with democratic president and new jersey is dead last, we get the least back from any state in the country, dead last, corrupt and in effective, it's time to change and the people of new jersey had that. charles: i'm a new jersey

he said if they try to say, look, this is like senator bob menendez who had these federal corruption charges against him. it is not really apples to apples. with securities fraud, it is different. with menendez, it was, was it a quid pro quo for these things. the government in the 30-page indictment lays out the evidence they have against him. it is not an exact apples to and manies comparison. >> i would be intrigued to see how they try and roll this out. i think more broadly menendez's defense was explicit and robust and unyielding. i would imagine knowing if congressman collins and having dealt with congressman collins for the better part of the last couple of years that's absolutely the role that he'll take. again, one of the interesting elements about this is how public he's been and had been about his role at the company, his believe in the stock and his believe in the company. maybe that plays in to what they say going forward. >> apparently we have more breaking news. i need to get a break in. stay with me. everyone, thank you all very much. i'll be right back. but allstate ac

is like duncan hunter. >> bob menendez wasn't convicted. it was a hung jury there. continue. >> duncan hunter might not be convicted. >> correct. >> the republican response, paul ryan's response to strip duncan hunter's committee assignment shows the republicans take that seriously. it's not acceptable in the republican party. >> dan, i appreciate you being with us. by the way, are you going to run for office? >> you asked me that last time. i'm focused on what we are doing on canary and trying to grow canary. that's what i'm focused on right now. >> very political answer. dan, thanks for taking time oust your vacation to join me. >> thank you. >>> hackers, fake websites, bots, this week alone several tech giants have sounded the alarm and squashed attempts to spread misinformation online, attempts by russia and iran. today, they are meeting to do something more about it. we will talk about it next. from the very beginning ... it was always our singular focus. to do whatever it takes, use every possible resource. to fight cancer. and never

with a political newcomer and marine veteran working to take a long-held blue seat from senator bob menendezc bob hugin joins us next. >> eric: democrats are still trying to block the hearings of kavanaugh from happening. senator john barrasso will be here. he is our headliner this morning. don't miss him on kavanaugh and all the breaking news on "america's newsroom." ♪ you shouldn't be rushed into booking a hotel. with expedia's add-on advantage, booking a flight unlocks discounts on select hotels until the day you leave for your trip. add-on advantage. only when you book with expedia. >> leaders go where the problems are. washington has lost the concern of our people. healthcare needs a radical transformation. we need compassionate immigration reform. i'm bob hugin and i approve this message. >> eric: a new television ad for first time political candidate for senate from new jersey bob hugin. the republican is trying to unseat controversial democratic senior senator bob menendez. his lead has narrowed in the race to single digits. take a look at this. that race in the blue state of new jer

and john mccain and i along with lindsey graham and marco rubio sat down with chuck schumer and bob menendezssed the senate with 68 votes. it's an indication when john mccain is the leader, when he brings us together, things happen. now he's gone. will someone step up? i think they will. someone will step up in his memory and try to bring leadership again to solve the problems that we face. >> you know, i hope you're right. i do, though, want to ask you more broadly, senator, there's been a lot of criticism in the past several days of the president, his slowness in issuing a statement honoring senator mccain, that he had to be pushed to again lower the flag over at the white house. even his staff told nbc we are doing what we can to be respectful this weekend, but we can't stop the president from tweeting off message if that's what he decides to do. lindsey graham and others have expressed this hope, that mccain's legacy will be a more bipartisan washington. i wonder, senator, realistically given the atmosphere these days, dow re do you have real hope of that happening? >> i have hope that i

can we go to new jersey, we have a situation where the democrat incumbent bob menendez got in legal trouble, 49% of people believe he is involved in, quote, serious wrongdoing. although he was cleared legally of these issues, a tighter race than people expect. >> remember pigpen from a charlie brown cartoon? mendez have a pigpen situation going on. things he admitted to doing, being friends with the guy gaming the medicare system and being friendly friends with this guy is not a good look. even in new jersey where there might be a lower standard in west virginia, lower standard for ethical conduct among politicians and the republicans, self funding, moderate businessman who offered a viable alternative so the race looks close. you mentioned texas earlier. >> within four points. >> a charismatic house member, running against ted cruz in the race looks close but all i would sell you -- all i would say to you is august is going to look different than late september. what will happen is partisans will come home to roost and both parties are looking at fools gold whether it is new jersey or texa

>> i am not up for re-election, but my senior senator bob menendez is up for re-election and i'm workinguse races. this is said often, but this is probably the most important midterm election in my lifetime in terms of giving a check or balance to a president right now who has control of the house and the senate. we need to make sure that, in my opinion, that we get more democrats elected so we can start providing more of a check and balance to what we see happening. >> stephen: are you running in 2020? >> i am -- >> stephen: i'll let you off the hook. >> thank you very much. >> stephen: i will let you off the hook and let you know that you are running in 20 20. ( cheers and applause ) >> so what you know-- what you know and the audience doesn't, is i'm up for re-election as a united states senator in 2020. so i will be running in 2020. >> stephen: senator cory booker, everybody! xfinity mobile is a new wireless network designed to save you money. even when you've got serious binging to do. wherever your phone takes you, your wireless bill is about to cost a whole lot less. use less data

this is from bob menendez from the senate foreign relations committee. he says "the u.s.ation program recognizing our nation's lasting stake in the stability of the region. to avoid the strategic mistake of failing to finish the fight after investing u.s. lives and tax dollars into a military campaign." the administration says the u.s. is still the overall lead in these efforts. the administration says they will spend this $200 million for other foreign policy priorities that will not answer as to what specific programs they'll fund with that money, trace. >> rich, the administration is talking about cutting $3 billion in foreign aid. >> that's right. this is an effort from the trump administration. as you know, the administration has already implemented this money, gone to spend this money. it's been an effort to pull back the funding. congress, when it comes to foreign aid has always spent more money, this is an effort to get the money back. already the administration is running to opposition from democrats and republicans. trace? >> rich edson live at the state departm

. >> just on that point, andrea, bob menendez remained in the senate during his allegations and trial. so it's not -- it wouldn't be crazy for him to do the same. >> and in the end was acquitted. thank you very much. thank you, daniel. >>> we'll be right back. coming up, the political team stays in place because the razor thin congressional race in ohio is still too close to call. is it part of a larger trend for the upcoming midterms? that's ahead right here, stay with us. i gotcha baby. (vo) it's being there when you're needed most. he's the one. (vo love is knowing... it was meant to be. and love always keeps you safe. (vo) love is why we built a car you can trust for a long time. the all-new subaru impreza sedan and five-door. a car you can love no matter what road you're on. the subaru impreza. more than a car, it's a subaru. right now, get 0% apr financing on the 2018 subaru impreza. i never thought i'd say this but i found bladder leak underwear that's actually pretty. always discreet boutique. hidden inside is a super absorbent core that quickly turns liquid to gel. so i feel

democratic senator bob menendez was indicted on a dozen charges, accused of using his office for helpinglthy friend. his trial last year ended in a led locked jury and prosecutors drop the the case in january. then we have the congresswoman from florida sentenced to five years in prison. prosecutors said she turned a charity for poor students into a personal slush fund. she had served almost 25 years in congress. then we go to last year, may, montana republican congressman forte one his house seat in a especially election just one day after his arrest for assaulting a reporter. he pled guilty was smaens sentenced to anger management and community service. another congress man convicted two years ago 30 counts of rack tierrying. he was accused of misusing funds. now serving a 10 year prison sentence. republican congressman michael grim of new york faced a 20-count indictment in 2014 on felony tax evasion, perjury, other charges, in connection with a restaurant he ran. he pled guilty later that year to a single count of tax fraud and ended up serving seven months in prison. his effort at a

come and support me as long as it's on the terms we are running for bob hugin against bob the bob menendez hear you have healthy snacks on your bus. >> we have healthy snacks on the bus. >> dana: breaking news in the manafort trial. the judge revealing moments ago he has received death threats and he also announce weathered he would release the jurors' names. those details next. ♪ ♪ (vo) when bandits stole the lockbox from the wells fargo stagecoach, agent beekman was one step ahead of them. because he hid his customers' gold in a different box. and the bandits, well, they got rocks. we protected your money then and we're dedicated to helping protect it today. like alerting you to certain card activity we find suspicious. if it's not your purchase, we'll help you resolve it. it's a new day at wells fargo. but it's a lot like our first day. >> dana: fox news alert. judge in the paul manafort trial just saying he received death threats and he had some other news. let's go back to peter doocy. peter, what did judge ellis just say? >> so, dana, this came in the context of a motion that was fil

saw today coming out of congress a draft bill, a piece of legislation that lindsey graham and bob menendez put together. this is a piece of legislation addressing a lot of same issues. so the senate very clearly was in cahoots, almost, allied with these cabinet members. there's probably a lot of discussion behind the scenes and the president maybe knows this and felt like he had to say something to he wouldn't appear completely out of sink. >> frank, think back to the summer of 9/11, all the things the fbi and the cia and what everybody knows now they didn't know then that some, argument, may have prevented the attacks or mitigated some of it. why would we hesitate now when the director of national intelligence says all red lights are blinking in the way they were before that summer, someone is going to be held to account for not doing the right thing ahead of the 2018 election. >> yeah, all the warning signs are there. and i hope that we are not holding hearings upon hearings. >> right. >> as we did after 9/11 trying to figure out why the dots weren't connected and who's accountable. the

one thing as evidence, as bias, you look at the "new york times" article they did about senator bob menendezng think article they see what the what that he was a democrat once. then they updated it online and only mentioned it in the fourth paragraph of the article. i'll submit that as evidence of bias in the way these things are kord. >> tom: very powerful evidence. >> lisa: i thought you'd like it. >> katie: i think it's important that this cover is put out to the can you betry, a republican accused of serious crimes. i wish the media would hold the other side to the same standard, it would be better for everybody. i don't think they should cover republicans less aggressively, i think they should cover democrats more aggressively. they commit crimes, too, i thought it was funny when nancy pelosi was saying, also trying to connect it to the republicans and saying that they're very corrupt and democrats of course have never had anything like this. she needs to be reminded of maxine watters. multiple times of corruption with her bank in california, benefitting because of her place in congress

the leaders of the senate foreign relations committee, senators bob corker and bob menendez, both vowedreign aid budget with senator corker questioning the legality of the move. the trump administration attempted to implement major cuts to foreign aid in the budget, however senators reinserted the funds and the president signed the budge. >>> the president's desired military parade will not happen this year after all. the parade scheduled for november 10thth has been pushed to potentially next year. it came after a defense official told nbc news earlier in the day the estimated cost of the parade skyrocketed to $92 million. that's a drastic increase from the 12 million which the defense department said it would cost last month, and significantly more than the 10 to 30 million the white house budget director told congress it could cost in february. yesterday the american legion came out against the parade, saying in part, quote, until such time as we can celebrate victory in the war on terrorism and bring our military home, we think the parade money would be better spent fully funding th

bob menendez was under investigation, the democratic senator from new jersey, and he kept his seat in the senate during that time. he was ultimately not acquitted, but it was a hung jury or a mistrial. chuck, in terms of the broader question about what the republican party is facing in the fall, and the broader question of how this government is being run under donald trump and how swampy it looks under donald trump to have one of his earliest and most vocal supporters be arrested for, as tom winter pointed out, pretty brazen, according to prosecutors, insider trading. >> you know, it's funny. many of the wave years that i have experienced covering politics the last 25 years, it's sort of like there is a political problem and then all of a sudden the political problem leads to the corruption problem, it starts surfacing. happened to the democrats in '94. they were dealing with a political problem. suddenly as more people realized there is a corruption stink, and it almost makes the wave stronger. it happened in 2006 with the republicans. they already were having problems because of th

charges of hypocrisy on this if they insist that chris collins should step down because senator bob menendez of new jersey just spent a good deal of time fighting an indictment, a court case, he was ultimately exonerated but now he's facing a lot of electoral trouble in new jersey and there are some democrats who are wringing their hands thinking they should have tried to push him out earlier than they did. this is something where there have been plenty of examples of members of congress who continue to serve who have this kind of cloud hanging over them because they're fighting a court case. obviously there could be questions raised and i imagine we will all be raising these questions. i don't have the answers to hand. but for example could collins at this point be replaced on the ballot? does he have a potential viable primary challenger? what other avenues they have for pushing him off to the side? but this may be a situation where the voters in his district are going to have to decide are we okay or not with reelecting a congressman who is facing these charges. i think you've covered pre

the democrat incumbent, senator bob menendez, he is in a lot of legal trouble.stats that came out about him said 49% of people there polled believe he has been involved in "serious wrongdoing." he has been cleared legally. he has a tighter race than people would expect. >> you member pigpen from the charlie brown cartoon with the stink waves. menendez has a stink wave situation. a guy gaming the medicare system and taking trips and it's not a good look. no offense to new jersey but even in new jersey where there might be a lower standard -- i say this is out west virginia. a lower standard for ethical conduct among politicians. it hurts him. they have a candidate, moderate businessman who can be a viable alternative. the race looks close. you mentioned texas. that's where beto o'rourke, who is a charismatic house member running against ted cruz, and the race looks close. all i would say, all i would tell you. late august is going to look very different than late september. partisans are going to come home to roost in both parties are looking at a little full gol

. >> jason: bob menendez. thank you. i appreciate all three of you for joining us tonight. while cohen and manafort are facing serious prison sentences, everyone in hillary clinton's orbit is getting off scot-free. what about the surveillance of members of the trump campaign? no charges filed on that and no evidence that the special prosecutor is pursuing that. this all sounds like a two-tiered system of justice to me. raising questions, is the second special counsel needed? joining me now for reaction, former u.s. attorney kendall coffey and brian rotella, ceo and senior partner of janco legal. i appreciate you being here. i want to get your perspective as attorneys. this whole issue of attorney-client privilege. if you would go out and hire an attorney to do something, i presume you do it to make sure that it's done legally and lawfully. you have some protections in being able to give that information would make those things move forward. as a look at this situation, kendall, isn't that a plausible story or scenario? how does that only fall apart in the cohen situation? >

we have seen in a very different case with senator bob menendez of new jersey where he went to trial, acquitted on a number of counts and then the department of justice decided not to pursue a corruption case against him and he is up for re-election and is ahead in the polls. so they have to find that balance on capitol hill of taking action, looking like they take this seriously, and at the sa same time, letting the process play out. >> thank you for correcting that slip of the tongue. again, the charges here are related to using campaign funds, not taxpayer dollars. jake, hunter blaming the justice department for his problems. here's what he said. >> you have to -- partisan biased department of justice employees that are doing it to trump. they're doing it to me. this is political, period. this is the u.s. government, what i would call the deep state or folks in the u.s. government that don't care what the election does, that they want to rig the election their own way. >> deep state. "rigged." jake sherman, it would seem as if the congressman from california is trying to take a pag

with their own members facing criminal charges or questions about corruption including senator bob menendez. but clearly this is something we're seeing at a relatively high scale here in the trump administration, hallie. >> and nbc's kasie hunt. thank you. let me back in dan goldman and carol lee and dann, let me start with you. congressman collins says he's innocent and believes he'll have the charges against him cleared. does he have a case based on what you learned? >> every defendant says they are innocent until they are not. >> not the ones who confess, but okay. >> very few of those and people who know about the investigation prior to this which chris collins did. keep that in mind he has to say i'm innocent. he has a line of defense here that is plausible, which is to say that you don't know what i said in the conversation with my son. it's my son, i talk to him all the time and you don't know that i was actually relaying any information specifically that i was not allowed to relay or whether i just said now might be a good time to sell the stock, even if he admits he was talking abo

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and bob menendez from new jersey talking about how he learned from john mccain the importance in the senate of putting patriotism above partisanship and from joe biden, a statement and i'll read some of it where he said his impact on america hasn't ended. not even close. those two -- it was interesting covering the fall in the 2008 campaign, joe biden was the vice presidential running mate. he was the attack dog. that is the role you're supposed to play and it was something of a running joke among us who were covering joe biden and day in anddy ought in the fall of 2008 how often he would speak fondly of john mccain on the campaign trail before he would light into him on policy but always in a friendly way but i'm struck now in the political -- we're about to begin a week of memorials for senator mccain in arizona and here in washington and i was told again tonight that senator john mccain met with biden personally in arizona in april and at that time he asked him personally if he would deliver a eulogy for him in arizona. that is one of the first major speeches, major eulogies from

caller: maybe bob menendez. that is a start. grew up living in the same state with bob menendez a long time ago. he is a senator. i cannot think of anybody right now. the democrat from south carolina, clyburn. host: jim clyburn. clyburn, heressman seems to be pretty good here in south carolina, holding his own in the midst of all the republican congressman elected. host: barbara is a democrat in baton rouge, louisiana. your thoughts of paint -- nancy pelosi as house minority leader? caller: i love nancy pelosi. this woman has worked the whole time she has been in service to help people think about their security,e, social helping them the best way she knows how and for someone to work so hard and to be a demagogue for years, i think she is a wonderful person and i would not care if democrats lost every race, as long as you keep the wind at your back and do what is right. we are all going to go over the cliff because people are lying to us and we have the worst .resident ever there is nothing we can do about that. i am just going

with that, i will turn to bob menendez. >> i join you in your words and concerns. i hope this is part of the series of hearings toward policy toward the u.s. and russia. more than a month after president trump's helsinki meeting, we remain in the dark about what the two leaders discussed. we continue to hear more information, accurate or not, from the russian government and from our own. it is not only embarrassing, but i believe this lack of transparency has implications for our national security. i'm not convinced that those who need to know in our own executive branch have a full understanding of what happened. after more than three hours with secretary pompeo, this committee has little more insight and we did before the hearing. since the administration has failed to answer congressional information,rovide i am formally requesting the department to provide all classified and unclassified cable traffic related to the helsinki meeting. i won't spend time today running through russia's ongoing transgressions. i think president trump's and others have warned that r

but remember, senator bob th menendez served the entire time he was fighting charges. he was ultimately exonerated but now having a lot of trouble potentially in the reelection fight. there are some democrats wishing they had taken stronger action. perhaps an example to look at. >> could we see other lawmakers get dragged into this. chris collins was instrumental in then hhs tom price getting the job. but when he held office he was also involved in some of these tech companies. these tech stocks, though he didn't sit on the board. >> that's an interesting question. this is the indictment about 30 pages. what the law says is ultimately you can't tip people if you have material nonpublic information and have you a duty of obligation, a if you had fiduciary yaduty to the company. you can't tip people who then go on to trade. you need a tip, obligation and trade. indictment says they have all of those things here in this case with the congressman. what's striking to me is just how sloppy some of this allegedly was. you often see people going to extreme lengths to hide thei

i mean, bob menendez fought an indictment while he remained for quite a while in a powerful post on theoreign relations committee. this is a problem that goes across the establishments in washington and i think people are frustrated by that. and don't forget, one thing animating the democratic base right now is opposition to corporate money in elections. one litmus test issue for a lot of progressive candidates is are they refusing to take donations from corporate packs? that's also something that leadership in washington is grappling with. they're not sure what to do about it. i do think they're creating some problems for themselves in that way. >>> still ahead, another trump campaign figure facing serious legal jeopardy. we'll check in on paul manafort's trial. how an alleged $16 million spending spree came into play. that's coming up on "morning joe." you're turning onto the street when you barely clip a passing car. minor accident - no big deal, right? wrong. your insurance company is gonna raise your rate after the other car got a scratch so small you coulda fixed it with a pen. ma

several bills are moving through the senate, the deter act, lindsey graham and bob menendez have a catch-allre. the congress is concerned and they are forcing the trump administration, i think, to take harder measures. they are talking about mandatory sanctions on energy, on finance, on banking, on sovereign debt in russia. i think it will be watered down but it is coming down the track and the white house is starting the realize they'll have to work with congress to shape something they can both live with. >> julie: what happens in 90 days? >> in the house? >> it's a tough road. people vote with their wallets but i think the republicans have to take credit for what they've done and i think trump by coming in to these local races is nationalizing the race and that's a risk. he succeeded in some places, in georgia and ohio, but failed in others, in pennsylvania, for instance. so look, if you want this agenda to continue, if you want a stronger foreign policy, if you want economic prosperity, you better hope they win in november. >> julie: what does the trump administration need to see from ru

senator bob menendez -- unbelievable.he president's attacks on our media seeks a discredit journalists and undermine their essential work to report the truth and hold those in power accountable. sarah huckabee sanders the city today is downright frightening. and if something newsworthy happens at a trump rally, by all means, report it. but at this point, there is no justification for covering it like it is continuous breaking news. joe in columbia, south carolina, what do you think? caller: i agree with the president, unfortunately. i am sorry, i have to, but the reality, it is what it is. us, especially in the black community, growing up in mediark at that time, the was not in a lot of our favor when it came to civil rights, free speech, and so forth. so why are we surprised? we have been to gish and -- conditions to politicians for so many years. trump is a man that has been speaking like a common, hard-working person, and i am surprised i am even speaking on his behalf, knowing the history of him and his father. but th

the fact that in new jersey a deeply blue state, you have bob menendez who is now only six points aheadblican. the fact that in wisconsin the republican nominee is only behind by two points and the fact that in one of the blueest house districts in the country in new york, the republican is up by 15 points. that's unconventional. those are definite trends toward the republican party and toward a red wave. >> jon: you don't think there will be a blue wave in october. >> if republicans turn out there will not be a blue wave. president trump is our secret weapon going into the mid-terms. we see what his endorsements do. they swing elections by 20 to 30 points. he will be across the country, you named three states coming up on the campaign trail. president trump can mobilize the base and defy history. >> jon: he is heading to montana among other places. how much of a swing do you see after the president makes an appearance? >> it's incredible. you look in florida, ron desantis was down by 15 points. there was a 35-point swing toward adam putnam. in the georgia race a 42.swing towards the go

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opportunity for that to happen, that you could pick up nelson seat and menendez seat in new jersey earlier this week, i talked to bobblican elect today senate in new jersey first time since i was born that that could happen and possible because menendez has bad reputation with corruption charge. >> no, you're exactly right and the opposite is the case in the house obviously 435 seats are up, 48 to 50 we call competitive seats, the lions chair of the competitive seats are held by republicans and that's what creates among many other factors the likelihood that the democrats can pick up the 23 seats to take over the house. so that would be pretty interesting given the fact that the president's job performance on average, 43.5%, real clear politics average, this is what we have not seen before, 45% approval -- approved the president's job performance. it hasn't budged outside of sort of margin of error for months. rob: light-blue wave in november. i think you're probably in the minority of opinions there, i think a lot of people probably disagree with you but we will see what happens, we appreciate your time. >> thank y