of our spies, operating under democratic, diplomatic cover and we won't get to replace them either. >> all right. thank you very much for your analysis, richard anderson, joining me for that. appreciate your insights. >> you are welcome. >> let's talk about the political fallout in the u.s. now. joining me from los angeles is political strategist max zilbar and john thomas, political consultant. john, i have to ask you, a as republican, what do you make of donald trump's reaction to all of this? his reaction has been to say let's move on. >> yeah, i think, you know, it's fun funny. for all of the accusations that trump makes rash decisions is unhinged, could get in to an unintentional foreign conflict, trump is actually being measured and it's actually obama who's getting us in to trouble internationally. i think what trump is doing here is we don't have all of the