an alarming series of actions coming from the white house in recent days which congressman sean patrick maloney encapsulated in a tweet. writing this, in the last week, the president has fired the ic ig who reported the ukraine whistle-blower complaint. smeerd the hhs ig for reporting supply shortages at hospitals. and removed the ig overseeing our $2 trillion coronavirus package. this is a disturbing pattern of retaliation. former defense secretary jim mattis spoke out and rebuked the president's decision telling yahoo! saying, mr. fine is a public servant in finest tradition of honest, competent governance, in my years of observation ens tif engagement with him as our department of defense's acting inspector general, he proved to be a leader. joini joining our conversation is angus king, an independent. how are you doing and what are your thoughts about this moment in which we live? >> well, the moment is extraordinary. obviously, we're all doing what we can, self-isolating, really two roles here, nicolle, one is the government, the work that we're doing on testing and supporting people on un