mind, we're so early and if you look back in the history of presidential politics, not much that happens this early on is really what ends up shaping who is going to be the nominee. and you have a situation now where president trump sucks out all the oxygen of every day. every day there's ten stories that we could cover and we can only cover half of them. it's possible there will be a little bit more, you know, time for these candidates to go to iowa, go to new hampshire, and test out their message. and not much of what happens now is going to be the determinant factor. it's going to happen later. >> my only disagreement is that the best candidates, if they have what it takes, they get the gut from those early travels. the base wants this. their base is shaped by that early. why the president is thanking the special counsel.