comment? or just silence? >> you haven't reached out to our office. >> senator do the people been protesting you have any effect on the way you're looking at this issue? all right thank you senator. be that was the entropy -- accountability. leading off our discussion tonight, is a former deputies chief of staff for senator harry reid. he's the author, of kill switch. the rise of the modern senate, and the crippling of american democracy. michelle goldberg is with, us she's a columnist for the new york times. and a staff writer for the new yorker and professor of journalism at columbia university, he is coauthor of, the matter of black lives. michelle, i'd like to begin