the 1st we're talking with democratic congressman joaquin castro who represents the district of san antonio, texas. and was there on that fateful day, january 6th 2021. when he barricaded himself, barricaded himself in a building on capitol hill, while trump fans stormed the united states capital coxswain castro. it's really great to be with you. i'm last year we spoke on that tension filled morning right after the certification of electoral college votes that certified that joe biden was president. it was very, very late in the night. you came on this show and you told us what had transpired. and at that time, you said that that was a coup attempt and i'm just interested in, in the last year. do you feel that that was what that was and what are the big lessons you've learned or seen since that fateful day? well, of the biggest lesson that i learned, and i hope that the countries learned is that we can't take our democracy for granted that we have to do everything possible to protect free and fair elections in the united states. and also because disinformation in american society, really ar