about what everybody else has said today that this was just a sad and dangerous day for our democracy. the president had a chance to stand up to vladimir putin and he just didn't do it. anderson? >> you think about ronald reagan even turning to gorbachev and saying trust but verify. and he said it in a funny way that got a laugh, if i recall correctly, but, you know, it's tough and it sends a message. >> that's right there. >> is a lot of ways the president could have confronted vladimir putin and he chose not to do any of them. jim, thanks very much again. one question runs through this entire story, one word, really, why. why can the president not seem to confront vladimir putin over this? why can the president attack our allies, attack theresa may, not to her face, of course, in the pages of the "sun" tabloid in england and to her face saying she is a wonderful woman. attacking angela merkel, but again not to her face. he always does this kind of stuff, same with the prime