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Thank you. and speaking of money and spending, the gop is starting a midterm spending spree with republicans set to launch their senate ad blitz tomorrow. that's earlier than ever. and they'll be spending more than ever. $53 million reserved between now and election day. that tv ad campaign begins in arizona and north carolina, two of seven battleground states. the republicans have their sights on to take control of the senate. i want to bring in natalie alison, national political reporter for politico. she's here with her new reporting. now, natalie, talk to us about these states republican...

Illegitimate might be interesting. that might be a good talking point. but that doesn't really carry weight. now, it doesn't seem -- i was in that scrum too. it does not seem as if mccarthy's going to walk in on his own and just give the committee what it wants immediately. but what could he do? could he dodge the subpoena? is it going to go to court? is the court going to compel him to testify? is he then going to testify? those are all open questions. and i just want to kind of solidify and repeat what ali said, which is so important here, which is what is the remedy? there are several remed...

Off in, garrett, which is okay, they issued these subpoenas but what happens when these members likely say they're not going to comply with them? the thing that we've been hearing from lawmakers today as i've been talking to them is that many of them say they haven't seen these subpoenas yet themselves. but at the same time they have not been inclined to cooperate on a voluntary basis. many of them today still speaking to the committee as if it's illegitimate. which means this is likely going to go into a legal battle over these subpoenas. and really with a committee that's up against the cloc...

And north carolina's an interesting one because it's a state where democrats have not reserved ad time for the fall and you know, that's a state that the dsc as opposed to the nrc has left off the list. in north carolina as you just noted is going to be one of the first states that republicans launch their ad campaign in. >> you beat me to the punch a little bit because i think it's notable that there's maybe not agreement between the two parties on what the battleground states even are, with democrats not spending in north carolina where do they see opportunities on this map? >> well, democra...