director for ted cruz. thank you both. eric, nice to have you on. >> thank you for having me. >> i'm glad you're here. let me read the top headline from your newspaper online right now. trat addition day of reporting a president is dead and trump's press secretary killed it. is there any going back from here? >> this is the first day. and you're talking about five falsehoods or lies depending on the statement of sean spicer. i think that's a fair assessment. i mean, how do you go forward when someone has so apparent ly dlit rally led in a ceremonial start to the administration? and it is going to be very difficult. that i think, you know, if there's any one person who has to have an absolutely spotless record on facts, it's the press secretary. mie en, why would we ever take any representation as being credible? >> to eric's point, alice, sean spicer said exactly that a few weeks ago in chicago. he was on stage with david axelrod, president obama's