and, christina reynolds, the deputy communications director for hillary clinton's 2016 presidential campaignand the former director of research for the democratic congressional campaign committee. and we welcome both of you to the "newshour". christina, i'm going to start with you. tell our always yens, what is opposition research? >> when i started we used to call it quotes, votes and anecdotes. it is gathering public information to tell a story about your opponent. so we look at public sources, we look at everything from votes to tax records to personal stories that you can find out about someone. >> woodruff: tim miller, what would you add to that? >> i think that's right. i call it full information awareness. you want to know everything you can about your opponent, everything they've ever said, y y way they've ever made money, any way they've ever spent money so that you can use it to your advantage in the campaign and so voters know their entire record. >> woodruff: christina reynolds, anything goes? anything about their medical records, their personal life? >> no. i mean, first and for