in april i think it was we actually had a column in the washington examiner newspaper columnist tom rogan actually called for the crimean bridge which is very close to coach actually links into a russian may not actually call for that to be bombed by the u. ukrainian air force and that was obviously calling for marlon's and some would argue terrorism kind of backtracked and said that he wants to see any civilian casualties if a bridge passenger breach could be could be but without casualties so we've got to put this in the context or just want is is that there are you know there has been a lot of violence against separatists bass there have been calls for crimea to be bombed from the west and so while we cannot say for definite that there is a political purpose to this then i think it's. likely that there is a need to sound the farmer here good afternoon is it a surprise that this is happened you think just i just say that because there's always been a security risk in crimea people always being concerned about potential risks the fact that this is happened and appears to be in such a coo

. >>> tom rogan with us, "washington examiner" commentary writer. tom, this is one big selloff. do you think it will have any impact at all on the midterm elections? >> i mean might have a marginal impact but i think the fundamental data i drivers that affect political choices are much more related to income reporting, to unemployment rates on those metrics, president trump, the republican congress by association is in a better position. i don't think it will actually be functionally problematic as some might say. stuart: now it seems to me that president trump has jumped on the caravan as an issue which is very much to his advantage. i think that is micking a difference in the polls. are you with me on this. >> i think so. part of the opportunity for president trump is the democratic response to it. instead of taking more moderated view, we need to spend on aid, we need to do x, y, e zoo, but we also need to protect the borders, the democratic narrative, partly because of democratic aspiration for the 2020 presidential race, president trump is evil,