this timing and this type of thing. back to the moving parts, it is harded to to do the lock-step. we have a maxine water who is is going to fight what's going on in her situation. it is a mess. >> i'm going to raise a little intrigue with you, and maybe you don't want to answer this, but it also seems like something else at play here. these are two democrats from the old school democratic party, right? they are both in safe districts, so the democrats are not going to lose those districts, yet they both seem to be getting pushed from the inside out. >> reporter: well, you know, obviously, we'll go down the speculation road there, but sure, there may be potentially something going on that we all don't know about. what a shock that it could be going on on capitol hill. but look, what this poses right now is just simply a problem for the democrats. you know, they already have some issues to put it mildly going