could have take on or didn't. that's the big question, tonight, anderson, what did the president at the time not do and what does the committee tell us about that? >> thank you very much, going to our team here in washington, chris wallace, they see this as opening arguments, building their case. how important do you think it is for them in the first night to build an overarching picture of the totality of the case? >> i think that's important but i also think it's important they do something to say to the viewing public, wow, this is a big deal and you're learning something that you didn't know before. look, i agree with everything that has been said so far, january 6th was a dark day in our democracy, anything that could be done, i care less about what happened. i feel like i know what happened on january 6th but anything that can prevent it from happening again is worth while but having said that, i'm kind of sceptical