joining me now, political reporter for the "washington pos post", eugene scott. eugene, good morning to you. thanks for getting up this morning. lots to cover. get let's get to the gop senators who say they're skipping the national convention, an unprecedent break from the trump administration as we have seen them resistant do this before, but saying they assume a lot of folks aren't even going to be going. what reaction are you hearing? >> well, it's unsurprising to many people who followed some of these senators, particularly people like susan collins and mitt romney who very often attempt to distance themselves from the president and the republican party as a whole, but i think the fact that you have so many lawmakers perhaps not really willing and/or wanting to be seen interacting with the president and the leadership of their own party, it's alarming. it suggests that perhaps on issues related to policy and vision and response to a pandemic and other issues that are occupying the headlines right now, they're on different pages, and it's very difficult to get

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