fail in the house. the senate vote comes even as cases of hospitalizations, and deaths are up across our country. with that, let's bring in the three friends of ours who make up our starting line on this wednesday night. peter baker longtime journalist and chief white house correspondent for the new york times, former u.s. attorney joyce vance who spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor she's among the host of the podcast sisters in law among with kimberly -- and dr. vin gupta critical care pulmonologist and seattle who -- is on faculty at the university of washington institute for health metrics and evaluation. well good evening and welcome to you all. joyce, i would like to begin with you. reading is a statement from the committee about meadows. >> mr. meadows flawed lawsuit won't 60 that slowing down the select committee's investigation or stopping us from getting the information from we're seeing.