hurt hillary clinton. republican donors are now facing a new reality. this really happened. let's discuss with cnn political commentator and the former lieutenant governor of south carolina, andre bower and the former communications director for the jeb bush presidential campaign, tim miller, both republicans here with us. thanks for being here. first to you, andre, cnn reporting that this latest development, the e-mails here and the meeting, in the russia story are starting to make republican donors and activists nervous. does this make you feel a little uneasy? >> i don't know that it makes me feel uneasy but no question, this was naive and not the best thing for him. this is a non-traditional first family. i don't think it hurts donors, but the continual drip takes away from the president's message and definitely doesn't help things as he's accomplishing so much right now. >> and tim, does trump's defiance in all of this play into republicans' nerves? >> of course it does. andre doesn't feel uneasy?