it wasn't a complete catastrophe. >> right. >> on capitol hill, his republican allies stuck up for the president. >> yes. >> as ludicrous as it seemed at times they didn't ask a single probing question about what the president's former attorney was saying. instead they attacked him and did the president's bidding. >> i wonder if they did it in the closed door sessions with michael cohen. david, weigh in on that. >> as errol points out, secretary pompeo, steve began, they have been working with the north koreans to get to an agreement before the president went. not like he decided to drop in. the state department put a lot of work into this. >> i get it. >> it didn't bear fruit. they are going to continue to talk. >> pompeo went a number of