some people don't like many candidates because it makes for hard choices. i like it gets people out on the field, putting out their agenda for how to bring down prescription drug costs and improve health care or how to improve our education system. it gets democrats out on agenda talking about relations with nations in the americas, and how to deal with humanitarian crisis like those in venezuela. as democrats are out in iowa, new hampshire, nevada and other states, i think it has a way of clarifying and improving the prospects that we can elect a democratic president in 2020. so we've seen a number of candidates get in this week, and i know many of them. and i like the fact that it's a vigorous and energetic primary right now that's starting. >> have any of them reached out to you. i know you mentioned they're your friends. have you advised any of them and are you ready tone dors anybody? >> i am a long way from that. many have reached out to ask about, what's life like on the