it's all looking, shaping up to be a begich versus sullivan contest. >> so, sullivan is facing two challengersis joe miller, tea party candidate in 2012, who ended up winning the republican primary, but ended up losing the general election to lisa murkowsky. there's another person in the race, treadwell, elected official. but all indications are that sullivan has been the establishment favorite and he has the big advantage in this contest. >> let's talk a little bit about paul ryan. he has a new book out. he said he wrote the book and feels the country is on the wrong track. any advice that he's giving fellow republicans with this book? >> probably one of the biggest advices is that the republicans shouldn't be preaching to the choir, expand their base, do better with latinos and african-americans. we've heard this kind of advice before. it's much easier said than done. as republicans try to craft policies to be able to appeal to african-americans, latinos, people in the middle class, the republican party still has a lot of work to do. a lot of people are wondering is this book a chance for pa

and getting miller's enthusiastic supporters will be key for sullivan. he will have to tie begich to president obama who is unpopular in alaska. >> republicans if they are smart, they will hang begich's voting record around his neck and watch him sink. >> begich is a skilled politician and knows the state and defied the odds before. the super park hammered sullivan trying to have him lose or weaken from the general. expect begich to highlight his position on gun rights and energy. they voted together on every single. it was not a selective. but alaskians we focus on the issue of that matter. >> sullivan's campaign told us that he lost his voice in the campaign in the last couple of days and why he's not doing media. he will have to find it quickly. the race is over two and half months long. and he will have to find that quickly. it will be a very bruising campaign against a good politician and mark begich. >> we appreciate the update, thank you. >> could the alaska race be one of those seat switches that republicans are hoping for that lead to a shift in

if you got on sullivan you could talk about it. did you see sullivan? no respect from anyone. >> as a performer you couldn't get a better place to sell your product. >> when i started out they would say variety is a man's game. it's dean, milton berle, jackie gleason, but variety is what i know. i felt it was in my genes to do this. >> she had been so good on the garry moore show, she always knew she could sing and dance and be funny. >> on my show, i would do prat falls and jump out of windows and get pies in the face, and it was heaven. >> i think it is -- >> you know, i still see a rerun of carroll burnett show, and i say god damn, they're funny. there's never been a better three-wall sketch show ever. >> and the best in bed, too, remember? >> you never went to bed with -- >> well. >> not supposed to curtsy, you're supposed to bow. well, i get dizzy when i bend over. >> when tim conway came on his goal in life was to destroy harvey. >> here's tim with our own harvey korman as a new dentist with his very first patient. we used to have a pool back stag

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the presiding judge and senator stevens trial sullivan found that.he ultimately appointed a lawyer to do a comprehensive independent review that documented every aspect of the misconduct. as sidney said attorney general holder ultimately dismissed the prosecution dismissed the indictment on his own. sidney in the book questions whether attorney general holder did that only because he knew judge sullivan was going to do it so why not. i can tell you, i joined the justice department in my role several weeks after attorney general holder made that decision. i heard him talk about it and i saw the effect on the department. he was very profound for the attorney general of the united states to dismiss that prosecution is when if judge sullivan was going to do it on its own. for the department had -- itself to take that step sends an important message to prosecutors and then it was a serious effort to reorient the prosecutorial -- prosecutors to disclose exculpatory so-called brady material. that's one story, the stevens case. the second-story sidney tells

close to sullivan in the polling is treadwell and was stunned when sullivan announced he was running. the senate democrat super pack has hammered sullivan and accused him of being a wealthy businessman of ohio. and a line of attack that treadwell made. >> we have seen other races where people without money did well. and i won last time without most of the money. >> primary voting going on. and polls close at 8 o'clock tonight and we'll have the results for you. and this is who ever wins the race is interesting. and mark begich is a good politician and we know, ed, he will have the backing of his party as they try to hang on in a red state. >> and barely waking up. but delivering a great report. >> a crocodile attacks a man on a river with his wife. >> and johnathon is at the base. >> we are coming up on the 60th anniversary of the sea 130 flight. we'll give you a tour of the amazing aircraft. ... >>> we're just learning that texas governor rick perry is going to be turning himself in around 5:00 p.m. central time, 6:00 p.m. eastern at travis county justice complex in austin. this is o

--- judge sullivan was going to do it on its own.he department itself to take that step sent an important message to prosecutor cozy there was a serious effort to re-orient prosecutors about their obligations to disclose exculpatory, so-called brady materials. so that's one story, the stephens case. the second story is about her client, jim brown, who was a merrill lynch executive involved in dealings with the enron corporation. sidney alleges very serious sweeping prosecutorial misconduct in the case, and don't in any way question her sincerity, and she lays out her arguments in great detail in the book. but unlike the stephens case, where the adjudication found prosecutorial misconduct in the brown case, the adjudication found exactly the opposite. that is, the federal district court judge predsing over the case rejected the argument. the fifth circuit, which i must say, as sydney points out, dismissed many of the count of the indictments but not all of them. nonetheless, rejected the claim-of-prosecutorial misconduct, and that jud

judge emmit sullivan started doing that after the report of the investigation he required came out.nd it was identified that because he had not entered a specific order, the prosecutors could not be prosecuted for con test. they could have been disbarred so the bar association's must be commanded to step up and deal with that. i'm hoping that there is a public outcry in response to the book to urge bar associations to be more responsible and i know that there is going to be legislation introduced soon called the prosecutorial integrity act that should receive bipartisan support. there was an effort upon the publication of the report on the stevens' investigation that judge sullivan had ordered, a bipartisan effort ordered by a senator in alaska. it received support across the board. the aclu, the national chamber of commerce, the national association of defense lawyers, the american bar association, every state bar association i read about, everyone, every major legal organization in the country supported the fairness and disclosure of evidence act. the only group that i know of tha

. >> these are not likely to sit well with district court judge sullivan. >> he gave the irs not one but two opportunities in court filings with him to tell him where they were. no mention of the backup system to the court at that time. >> judge sullivan is known to scold government lawyers who withhold evidence. he ordered a special prosecutor to investigate deceased senator ted steve else. he called it the worst case of misconduct he had seen in 25 years. sullivan added, when government does not meet its obligations to turn over evidence, the system falters. >>> doug, thank you. the dow gained 30 today. the as many 500 was up two. another record close. the nasdaq finished ahead 13. >>> isis declares another multimillion dollar ransom for another hostage. fox 2 in st. louis have postponed the city council meeting in ferguson. they said a need for a larger venue due to resident interest, not a concern about protests or violence. fox 31 in denver. a denver-bound flight diverted to chicago after an argument argument over a device that keeps the person in font of you from reclining the

mark begich is running against dan sullivan, but dan sullivan is one of two republicans named dan sullivan what's going to be on the statewide alaska ballot this fall. how is that going to affect dan sullivan's chances? either one of them. so, some of it is just chaos and fact that time needs to pass. unpredictability, right? some of that is we need to get further along into the election cycle. part of the turbulence in the common wisdom right now about what's going to happen to congress for last two years of the obama presidency, making smart people looking at good data come to opposite conclusions about what's going to happen, part of it is unexpectedly some parts are in motion including something that just started happening in the great state of georgia. when mitt romney ran against ted kennedy to try to win a senate seat in massachusetts in 1994, a lot of people thought ted kennedy might actually have a hard time holding on to that seat that year. that is, until the kennedy campaign rolled out these ads hitting mitt romney on his business record. these ads against mitt romney in 1994 w

and they don't speak, especially confirmed by judge sullivan's order, to other resources that judge sullivany adamant about at our hearing last month that the irs has to provide information, what other sources are there from which these e-mails can be produced? >> and morgan, i know you're quite convinced that these e-mails have to exist somewhere because e-mails are not unique to the person who sends them. someone receives them. >> look, when this thing first broke out, we came down to fox several times. i said several things. she has an assistant who has subpoenaed and looked at her assistant's e-mail because the assistant gets a clone of the e-mail box. her blackberry, where's her address book? these things don't die. you cannot delete cyberspace. it's very difficult to do. it may not be on the server or hard drive, but these e-mails exist somewhere. they have to because they were sent. they were received. they were forwarded. they were replied to. you would have to delete everything everywhere. it's like deleting something out of a google search. it's very tough to do. >> one of the swor

>> when the beatles did the sullivan show, everything at the radio station changed.van, there wouldn't have been a british invasion. ♪ >> gerry and the pacemakers. ♪ >> it wasn't just the beatles. the british invasion had legs because there was more great music to back it up. >> a big hello from us. >> rick. >> i'm larry. >> i'm dennis. >> i'm dave. >> for the first six months they were singing, they sold over a million records a month. and in the words of one of their biggest hit songs, we're mighty glad all over to have you with us tonight. ladies and gentlemen, the dave clark five. ♪ ♪ you say that you love me, say that you love me, all of the time, all of the time ♪ ♪ you say that you need me, say you need me, you'll always be mine, always be mine ♪ ♪ i'll be glad all over, yes, i'm glad all over, baby, i'm glad all over ♪ ♪ so glad you're mine >> they're rivaling the beatles now as the top singing group in britain. how do you feel about that? >> we're really very pleased, but i don't think you can say we're rivals. we've got a completely different sound. >> we w

you will see the juxtaposition of the judge with emmet sullivan in the stevens case. he was willing to reverse the conviction and hold the government accountable for its conduct. it's all about our participati participation, fundamental fairness and holding prosecutors accountable for the misconduct. it wouldn't take long to clean up the system if everyone did their part. thank you. [applause] >> we are now going to turn to the guest commentators and the first commentator is also well-qualified to address the subject of press of tutorial misconduct because over the course of the career he served in the executive branch of the legislative branch, private practice and now academia. the dean of the baltimore school of law. the department of justice he served ahasserved as the attornl under eric holder for legislative affairs. in that role he represented the justice department on all legislative oversight matters before the congress. earlier in his career he served as the chief counsel to the senator and before that he was chief counsel to senator ted kennedy. he also bri

rip sullivan beat dave foster in the 48th district. new allegations as they vote for new leadership. state party leaders demanded a new open vote after a secret ballot election in july. some local board members say it's an effort to control county politics. party officials say that's not the case. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins attended last night's meeting and will have more tonight beginning at 5:00. >>> disturbing details from a social services audit shows foster children were sent to live with relatives with a history of alleged abuse or neglect. 16 children were affected by the placements. the department of human resources is accused of not properly monitoring social service agencies. state officials say they followed proper procedure. >>> so far a destructive beetle is spreading beiand killing a lf trees. they detected the emerald ash bor borer insect. at one point officials had to ban items like fire wood and nursery stock from being transported out of the state. right now officials encourage campers to buy a

if his supporters get behind sullivan, he will be tough to beat.d not hear from sullivan last night because miller only conceded a few hours ago. they didn't want to jump the gun. no sound from the victor but we'll hear from him later on today. bill: when do you expect super pacs to get involved or are they already there? >> reporter: well, they are already here. this is -- republicans feel they have to flip from d to r to take control of the senate. so the super pac money has already been pouring in, millions of dollars. this will be a huge race in terms of the money being spent. incumbent marge begich is a very savvy politician and strong campaigner. this is sullivan's first campaign. there is an experience gap there. republicans will tie begich to president obama is unpopular here, who lost the state by 15 points just two years ago. >> what is important to alaska, what matters to alaska. when i disagree with the president they will hear about it. oil and gas development was clear example. gun issues i didn't support his position on the gun bill

general sullivan. >> mr. chairman, senator inhofe, distinguished members of the panel, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today as the president of the association of the united states army, and as a former chief of staff of the united states army. the association of united states army represents hundreds of thousands of members of the active army, army national guard, army reserve, the retired community, civilians, and the army families. 121 chapters worldwide. our members and i are very well aware of the fact that much of "the good soldiers" over the last few years would have been impossible without the commitment of this committee. and we are indebted to each and everyone of you and your predecessors. your tireless and selfless personal stats, professional staffs, we appreciate their efforts. and we understand that in these fiscal times these are very challenging times for our nation. certain things need to be done. now, before i continue i want to acknowledge the bipartisan bill -- i've never

>> sullivan comes forward to police but claims he's the victim of a video hoax. >> sullivan pleads guiltyl damage and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle. he's sentenced to two years' probation and his license is suspended for six months. he's also ordered to pay more than $17,000 in damages. >> olson credits his police driver's training for helping him escape the attack. >> i honestly believe if i didn't have those skills, he would have driven me into a tree, flipped me over. i have no doubt that he would seriously have assaulted me. >> olson says he still doesn't know what sparked sullivan's rage. >> i know for a fact nothing happened on the road because i didn't even know this vehicle was behind me. no idea what caused this. >> he's just relieved the terrifying incident is over. >> this is shaking me. how do you deal with somebody trying to, what i think, you know, kill you on the road? you better get someone here. this dude is crazy. here he -- oh. >> can you stop the car? >> no. he's jumping on my hood. smashed my windscreen. >>> coming up -- a fun day of sledding takes a horrifyi

tim sullivan is here. it hoss more than 500,000 school supply lists. you really know what's happening. >> we do and it's all current, 2014. >> this year, you saw a 29% increase. >> just in last year. it's so many items now and parents, a lot of the pressure from school budgets is passed on to parents. >> what kind of items are they asking for this year? >> no one's learning with hand sanitizer. >> is this something, i'm surprised to see the increase between last year and this year. i would have expected that closer to 2008 and 2009. what do you think's causinging that now? >> i think the financial crisis ma lar econom but school budgets are under as much pressure as ever. so that pressure goes right to parents. >> so, with more items on the list, is that good news for retailers? does that mean they'll be seeing a boom this time? >> i don't know if a boom, but a lot of those dollars the school used to spend industrially is now passed to parents and retailers. >> how do people do their back to school shopping? i think about my household, i rarely get out

answer is the democratic to the sullivan wing echo -- sullivan wing?m as someone who is tied to the replica party on social issues. they are not happy. this is the toughest person they can face. the dirty little secret in the senate race is democrats are stronger in all of these were public and races than relevant thought they would be right now -- stronger in all of these races than the republicans thought they would be right now. they are effectively not supporting women's rights, immigrants, and gay rights. >> those are issues where democrats used to be in some places, like gay rights on the defensive, and our publicans are on the defensive. they have got to change the brand. ryan does not talk much about those issues. even economics guy. ryan swope is that you can be a big enough tent on economics. >> will be -- will he skirt the issues to get everyone to focus on the economic issues? >> i cannot say anything except tune into the 10:00 hour. >> a shameless plug. >> but he is in economics guy. >> tell me where mitt romney falls into the hopper in ca

the only problem, sullivan's name appears on the ballot below dan sullivan.w running for senate. >> my first fund raiser when i introduced him there said it's great to have the mayor. he said wait a minute, i thought this was my fund raiser. then he went for the bowl of checks. >> reporter: still some voters are having trouble keeping track. >> one's old and has a combover. he's the governor one, i think. >> newer guy is running for senate, right? >> exactly. >> one of my employees the other day said i heard you on the debates last night. i'm not in any debate. >> reporter: as for differentiating the dans. >> i hope they have pictures on the ballot. >> maybe call one daniel. >> stick a middle initial in there. >> reporter: both candidates passed on that option. the key letters here may not be "a" and "s" but "r" and "d" since the balance of power in the senate may rest on dan sullivan's face-off with mark begich this november. so is america's state big enough for two dan sullivans? >> absolutely. >> reporter: we did send the other dan sullivan campaign an inv

senate. >> reporter: but sullivan has come under attack from both sides. than $3.5 million on ads like this. >> dan sullivan was going to cut the people out from decisions regarding the land and the water. >> this idea had to have been cooked up by somebody who wasn't from here. >> reporter: and republican lieutenant governor meade treadwell says sullivan is too new to las. >> we have 50,000 alaskans work in fishing and 47,000 in aviation. i've worked with these communities and dan sullivan just got here. >> reporter: back for another round is joe miller, who was endorsed by sarah palin in 2010. he won the republican nomination, then lost to senator lisa murkowski in the general election. in some ways, he's pushing the whole field to the right. >> do you think president obama should be impeached? >> i do. >> you're asking a guy who could actually be a judge in a senate chamber on a bill coming forward from the house that hasn't been written yet. i haven't read it yet. >> if i'm in the u.s. senate, articles of impeachment would come to the u.s. senate, you

and dan sullivan, our fantastic director, he approached me as rehearsal began one morning and said, "u know, i was thinking about this scene last night. lear is still crazy, you know?" and it was a transformative moment. the scene suddenly became very ironic, deeply painful. you saw lear through cordelia's eyes. she's lost him. and this is still -- he's so relieved and happy to have her back again. and to have her forgiveness. but he's still unmoored. so the speech is, "no, no! let's away to prison," you and i, "we two alone will sing like birds" i' the cage, when thou dost ask me blessing, i'll kneel down, and ask of thee forgiveness. so we'll live, and pray, and sing, and tell old tale --" you know, he's mad. this -- it's mad to think you're going to have a beautiful, happy, forgiven life inside prison walls alone with your daughter. >> what's so interesting about that is that, when you were growing up, your father directed shakespearian festivals in ohio and you told me once that, when you were a child, shakespeare just washed over you like a warm bath. >> uh-huh. >> and yet here y

overnight voters chose two men, both named dan sullivan, in their state's primary. one is vying to take the senate of senator mark begich and the other hopes to become the next lieutenant governor. voters say the campaign was confusing. signs and ads did get confusing with two men with the same name running for office. >>> with more students going back to school next week, that means you will spend more time on the road with the added traffic. a study about the transportation planning board found your average commute time will go up by 26%. it's about 25 minutes in the region. students in d.c., montgomery and prince george's counties all start school next week. aaa reminds you to check the sidewalks for children crossing the streets out there. >>> well, just a few days of summer left for students in montgomery county. they have a couple of days left. teachers are back in the classroom preparing for the upcoming year. montgomery county superintendent joshua starr joins us with the changes parents and students should expect as schools open on monday. >> monday. >> are

. >> former alaska attorney general dan sullivan campaigned down to the wire in the republican senatemary race, and it paid off with an 8-point win over tea party favorite joe miller and a wider margin over current lieutenant governor. it's a victory for the gop establishment which got behind sullivan early, feeling he's the best hope for knocking off mark begich and flipping this all important senate seat. begich, a life long alaskan is a skilled politician who defied the odds before. he downplayed his party label. president obama lost the state by 15 points in 2012 and he's even less popular now. begich supported obamacare but has criticized isrollout. >> this is what's important to alaska, what matters to alaska. when i disagree with the president, they're going to hear about it. gun issues, i didn't support his position on the gun control. >> republicans cite a report that said begich toes the party line 97% of the time. experts say if that sticks, the gop can take a seat both parties desperately want. >> put it this way. how much is the senate majority worth to each of these two

that is where he was with the triple a a team and sullivan looked jet lag.ives up back to back home runs in the first. mark krause, gone. phillies in a three to nothing hole. then in the third chris carter, his second, two run home run of the night. phillies fall behind five-one but hey, back they come with five runs in the eighth, the big blow, the big piece, ryan howard, bases loaded and two outs, out of here, a grand slam, for those who forget what he has done ryan reminds them. thirteenth slam of his career. most in team history. gets a curtain call. only two players in the league have more rbi, phillies win six-five. >> it is all great. to be able to put an inning together like that, it just shows, we didn't give up. that is the phillies type baseball that i know. >> cliff lee, missed it, lee packed up his locker and has gone home for the rest of the season. phillies starter shut down for good because of the lingering elbow strain. lee does not need surgery but doctor's orders, rest. hey we will see new spring training. >>> still to come in sports eagle

"closing bell" with brian sullivan and kelly evans coming right up.e a great weekend. >>> welcome to the "closing bell" on a friday. i'm kelly evans at the new york stock exchange. >> and i'm brian sullivan back here at cnbc world headquarters. i am in for bill today. just an hour to go in

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former runner and former state attorney general dan sullivan facing off against joe miller and sullivan winner will take on begich. in wyoming, senator mike insy is seeking his fourth term, enjoy ago considerable lead over four gop challengers. >>> you may not recognize this face, but you will definitely know dawn pardo's voice. the man who was the voice of "saturday night live" for 38 years has died at the age of 96. he began his career at nbc radio in 1940 and then moved to shows like "the price is right," also" jeopardy." in 1975, he brought his voice to snl and announced 38 seasons worth of shows, missing only season 7. he is survived by his three daughters and two sons. he will be missed. back to you. >> that's right. >>> thank you very much. coming up next, congressman paul ryan was called racist when he proposed a solution to the violence in our inner cities. he's here this morning to state his case. >>> then go team washington. one sportscaster now refusing to say redskins. it's the latest pc move in the nfl as the season gets going. >> did you just mean to say redskins? >> did

if they can do with a date to us as brendan sullivan said senator ted stevens before the merrill lynch executives and wall street and houston and dallas they can do it to anyone. we also gave the bar association every chance to do something about it in at the bar associations did nothing. the texas bar bounced the great things like a super bowl. it practically came back by return mail even though it was written by the co-author of the law of lawyering and considered one of the top experts in the country. it was a 30 page brief in numerous citations to the cases and of the definitive explanation of the fact that showed the defense and the fifth circuit opinion that found that yes the prosecutors suppress evidence favorable to the defense but it didn't matter. so when there are bounced back and thought about sending them the license i haven't done that because the number of friends urged me to continue practicing which i'm not sure i can do but i'm still working on that possibility and then we also find with the bar against katherine dot dc bar swept it under the rug. the deputy counsel

he had the second best era on the team and now sean oh sullivan will start, is he in toledo with the iron pigs. last night david buchanan made the case is he one to watch next year and ryan howard showed more signs of life going two for four with a two-run double in the fifth inning, he is hitting real well lately. chase utley adds to the onslaught and snapped a 1 for 21 skid and ryan sandberg is pleased with the contributions he got from those guys. >> the middle guys hit with men on base and ben revere is getting on several time a game by getting hits and driving the ball and jimmy rollins the same way, and last night with chase and howard and bird, a good group of guys coming through with men on base and putting up crooked numbers. >> those hoping to see cliff lee this year is he shut down for the season, he will not need surgery but the team expects him to be ready for spring training, he is owed $7.5 million next year. >> jimmy rollins were busy, they kicked off a new partnership with saint christopher's foundation for children, called j roll's healthy helping. they got cooking

meet dan sullivan. >> i am the original dan sullivan. >> reporter: popular anchorage mayor in shoe inme appears on the ballot under dan sullivan. >> when i introduced him there he looked around saying wait a minute, i thought this was my fund raiser. >> reporter: still some voters are having trouble keeping track. >> one's old and has a combover. he's the governor one, i think. >> newer guy is running for senate, right? >> exactly. >> one of my employees the other day said i heard you on the debates last night. well, i'm not in debates. >> i hope they have pictures on them. >> maybe call one daniel. >> stick a middle initial in there. >> reporter: both candidates passed on that option. the key letters here may not be "a" and "s" but "r" and "d." so is america's biggest state big enough for two dan sullivans? >> absolutely. >> we did send the other campaign an invoice for $100,000 for using my name for campaign services. we haven't seen a check yet. >> we might have an invoice larger for him because of all the advertising that's gone into the senate race. >> reporter: they're pretty go

democrats have spent millions on the air beating up on dan sullivan.in a primary is so small and unpredictable that at this point it's really hard to say he will be guaranteed to be the guy who comes out on top. i think you've seen some of that in just how much these two candidates have been conscious of the positions and stances that joe miller has taken. i spoke to both treadwell and sullivan about the violence against women's act, something the whole alaska delegation for. neither one would commit to saying they would vote for it. i would say that has something to do with the fact joe miller, the tea party candidate, is also in this primary. >> quickly, when you look at begich, 2008 was a great year relatively speaking for democrats in the state of alaska. that's probably about as good as it's going to get. the presidential race was close. he's running against a senator convicted right before the election, it was later overturned. he still barely wins. in the climate of 2014 what's the key to winning this fall? >> reporter: the key is really the ide

it is dan sullivan's wonderful concept that the first time you see him he is extremely excited abouthis plan for dividing his kingdom like it's something he just bought a band has not thought it through yet. his fool is in the scene and you get a sense of him being a very robust man with a huge open heart and a great sense of humor that he has aged more than people realize. >> is he mad from the beginning or does he lose his mind over the process of the play? >> it's an extremely good question and it's the number one challenge, calculating how he goes mad. i think there's the beginnings of a propensity for madness. i think when he explodes completely a rationally at cordelia, it's a shock to her. she has probably seen the temper before but never like this. this is the person in his whole life that he loves the most and it's almost because of the intensity of that love that his anger at her has such intensity. for everyone, it is a new shock. together they talk about how they have been seeing more and more of this and then in succeeding scenes, you see different versions of madness as