join me now, congressman glenn ivey, democrat from maryland on the homeland security committee, alsossassination attempt on former president trump in july. thank you so much for being with us. i was talking to your colleague, jared moscowitz, just a short time ago, and it is almost hard to fathom that while you are still investigating an assassination attempt now, there is another investigation going on. and you have said this goes beyond politics. tell us how you see what is happening right now. >> well, it's deeply disturbing. and i think it really threatens to undermine our democracy at a very fundamental time, when we have a very close and divided nation that is going to have to make a big decision with respect to who is going to be our next president going forward. and there are many other decisions and elections, you know, below that, going all the way down to the local level. but i think it is critical right now for those of us on this joint task force, for sure, and i would say -- i hope my colleagues across the board, to put the partisan politics to the side and be not only