the book and decided against it. extraneous. it is always nice to have more material than you need unless, of course, it is all about threats to democracy. robert, i can tell you there were plenty of rats on the street in new york city last night and i was getting a late dinner on the street. um, so maybe they -- i don't know about d.c. but i can tell you the rats are full force. take us back, robert, though, to what was happening on the night of january 5th a year ago when -- when you're outside. i mean, the -- the scene the -- the whole notion of the city kind of being empty but this hotbed of activity at the willard hotel is fascinating. >> it's really -- it gives me almost a chill to think back of it a year ago tonight because you have these power centers. there is a power center outside with the outsiders, the right-wing militia groups gathering outside of the willard -- freedom plaza, they call it. inside the willard, trump lawyers, bannon, giuliani, setting up so-called war rooms. and they were arriving sometimes