i'm scott schaefer in forthuy vu. politics.with president trump's pick for the supreme court brett kavanaugh aced three days of tense an contentious questions on capitol hill. at stakere his opinions on gun rights and control and whether the president could be protected from prose in office. meanwhile an explosive op-ed but an unnamed senior official in the trump administration claims the president's own staff have been trying to stop hi from acting in, quote, a manner that is detrimental to the health of r republic. to discuss all of this and more, i'm joined by kqed politics and vernment reporter marissa lagos and professor of lawleory lind political strategist w witlsh consulting. well kind of ran out of superlagives but let's with the op-ed piece. that the author saying president is anti-democratic, amoral,ld erratic. she be reassured or scared to death having read that? >> well, i guess the bottom line is if you are concerned about the president, people in there that are trying t drive the administration one way