what a serious assault this is on the foundation of our democratic republic and i applaud him for it, we should be hearing that from every leader in this country. this is -- john mccain called it an act of war. it is certainly a major assault on the united states system of democracy. >> indeed. >> and it should be thoroughly analyzed, extensively analyzed by a bipartisan committee in the public, not in the secret halls of just the intelligence committee working through the republican majority getting trapped around never let out. it needs to be a public bipartisan commission. >> well, we shad see. senator jeff merkley, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> you're welcome, thank you. joining me now is neera tanden, president of center for american progress and matthew miller, former spokesperson for the justice department. i'll start with you, i'll ask each of you. neera, do you have any confidence that anything will be done about this? do you have confidence in the