system that has taken on for the first time in american history an authoritarian bent that will smear any person, any decorated combat veteran, career foreign service officers, people that have spent their entire service, their entire lives in service to the american nation and to the american people, when they will burn it all down in the name of trump, we are in a crisis as a country. and what you saw from nancy pelosi was an articulation, and we don't see it very much, but of duty. the sense of duty that should be top of mind for every elected official, every person who has taken an oath, has assumed power as stewards and fiduciaries of the american public to shepherd for our time on earth a stronger union for the next generation. it is completely absent from our politics and that's why that was such a remarkable moment today. >> with us to talk more about that moment and about the news of the day is a woman you saw at that table today at 4:00 p.m., a member of the new york times editorial board. was that as much of a moment as it appeared as a tv viewer? >> oh, absolutely. it is undeniable. steve was right on and really