officials portray this as a witch hunt, or they don't discuss it at all. and so, democrats are the only game in town, when it comes to try to figure out what's actually happened there, and what might be -- our we in fact and real peril for our democracy, is our democracy fragile, we're not used to thinking of it that way, maybe that's the case right now. and peter baker, bring us up to present day, this petroleum reserve that the white house has decide to tap and has first kind of non emergency use of. it first use of it just for consumer needs and price control. is it an indication, and we have a longer report on this later in the hour, an indication that the white house has indeed dealt into what we are all paying for gas? >> yes, i think they are very concerned about, very aware of. it especially as we head into a holiday weekend, where a lot of