what follows is a meeting between steny hoyer and levi tilleman. amy: that was representative steny hoyer of maryland. you can hear him say "that is correct" when levi tillemann asks him if he'd like him to get out of his primary race and that the decision to back his opponent was made early on. can you comment on this and just overall continuing, while use of the democratic divide is important, you are very strong spokesperson and fought for the leadership of the democratic national committee, saying the democrats have to take a different path. >> that's right. my opinion, progressive candidates are running anyway. they're running and winning a many cases -- in many cases. personally, i think the democratic party should stay out of all primaries, should let the voters decide, should not put our thumbs on the scale for anybody. that is my opinion. but you should know there's a difference between the democratic national committee and the democratic congressional campaign committee. amy: explain the difference. >> the democratic national committee is