above criticism. >> sure. >> it's made of human beings. human beings are flawed. i have -- when i thought the press deserved it, i have criticized the press fiercely, but i hope constructively, because without a free press as our founding fathers recognized, democracy cannot function. >> lieutenant colonel ralph peters, always good to have you on. thank you. >> thank you. >> i want to check in with chris cuomo at the top of the hour. >> peters makes you gulp. >> the way talking about stalin, it's pretty intense. >> it's just weird that they're using the same phrase. so tonight we're going to take a little bit of a different tact on this issue about collusion not equalling a crime. i actually think that the media got out over its skis on this, and i think we're missing the forest for one tree, and i'm going make the legal case today. and i think it's mostly common sense where you can start with where we're hearing from the trump legal team right now, but still wind up looking at a whole garden basket of potential