and jonathan swann and congressional reporter for "politico." and former fbi special agent and nbc national security analyst, clint watts. thank you all for being here tonight. clint, i want to start with you. i asked pete williams this question, you having worked inside the agency, all of the events over the last couple of days, how significant a moment in history is this for the fbi? how are people inside reacting to this? is it viewed as something that is surmountable, that the institution will, you know, absorb and move forward with or is it something that people are worried could fundamentally change the way the country relates to the agency and trusts it? >> i think it's both. for the fbi in itself, it has really battened down the hatcher's. they watched their director and deputy director now be fired.