him, it's 11 republican men. and is that not a step at least in the right direction to have a woman, to have an outside counsel do the questioning? >> yeah. i think it's wise, obviously, optically. it helps to have a woman there. i think it helps to have outside counsel, because, to your point, i think it's bologna they don't want to get to the facts of this. if they're having an outside counsel come in who knows what she is doing when asking tough questions about something like this, i do not relish any senator taking this on. because this is not their specialty. but it would be her specialty, and she would be more prepared to actually get to the facts of this, which i would argue republicans have been trying to do for the last week or so, instead of ignoring it for two months, which is what happened before this came to light. and so, look, they will ask the questions. both sides will be heard. he is being put and they are being put in an impossible political position. it's not designed for them to be able to get out of this cleanly. and like everyone should answer for this. and come there and talk about