Today on the Playbook podcast, not one but two members of Congress resign.

Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzalez are both out as of last night.

We are one week into the two-week ceasefire in Iran and safe to say that's not going very well.

And could we get a DHS funding deal? John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson will meet to discuss a plan today. Hello, I'm Jack Blanchard.

And I'm Melanie Mason. It's Tuesday, April 14th. Melanie Mason, so good to have you on today.

How are you doing? And tell us where you are, Melanie.

I am standing in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium, you know, my favorite place on Earth, because what goes better than breaking news than Dodger baseball? Nothing.

For those of you that don't know, Melanie Mason is our wonderful California Bureau Chief. And the reason

we've got Melanie on today is because nobody knows more about this incredible story about

Eric Swalwell than Melanie. And today we're going to focus purely on this story. Alex

Swalwell, a member of Congress, announced his resignation last night after days of allegations

about his conduct. And Melanie, I want to give our listeners

a bit of a deep dive on this story. He's done some incredible reporting on it. I was really all

your coverage last night, open-mouthed at my desk. And I'd like to get into it with you.

Now, for people listening who don't know very much about Eric Swalwell, before we get into the

detail of what happened and how his career has

unraveled over the last few days, just tell us a little bit about the guy himself, what sort of

a politician, what sort of role he's had in California up until the last few days.

Sure. Well, I mean, you most likely would recognize Eric Swalwell from your cable news channel.

I mean, he was really prolific in sort of being out

nationally. He was one of the Democrats sort of foremost voices against President Trump. He was

involved in both impeachments. And so I think that he's been sort of slowly but surely building

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