to keep an eye, and i do think there's going to be strong security in d.c., it will be a test of the security, it will also be a litmus test to see if the 600 arrests so far, regarding january, six of had an impact on people saying i'm not going, i don't want the handcuffs. >> viewers please know, what tonight's conversation means as a marker where we are, in late summer early fall of 2021. much obliged to our starting line tonight, to actually parker, lisa, frank, in our thanks for starting us off. coming up, what do california's recall battle next weekend's capitol hill protests, and this new texas abortion law all have in common? will it depends on who you ask. and we will ask our political experts. later, it's getting hard to tell what's worse, the fight against the virus that is exhausting our hospitals, or the anti mask and anti-vaxxers targeting those same hospitals. we will get the latest, from