of a "new york times" reports as part of the investigation. joining us to discuss all of that and more, richard blumenthal of connecticut. he is on the judiciary committee. thank you, senator, for being with us. we appreciate you being here. this leak investigation is very interesting. this is a staffer who worked on the senate intelligence committee and allegedly passed on information actually having to do with the investigation of carter page here. at first blush, what's your reaction to this? >> let me just say, first of all, that my sympathies go to the family of anthony bourdain and the cnn family. and thank you for talking so openly and honestly about the scourge of suicide which affects 20 veterans every day in this great country. still 20 veterans every day take their own lives. and i just want to express my thanks. >> thank you for that. we are all struggle to go get through it and make sense of it this morning. so thank you. >> these charges against james wolf, staffer on the senate