we saw last week. even if that's the case, that's still his administration. she's no longer there but it was under president trump's administration. he should still get credit for that. i think your larger point is who knows if this is going to work? all the other things in terms of emergency declaration, separating children from parents only go to spike the numbers. we still have to see if this does anything. >> correct. look, we have a crisis on the border. i think we have a crisis. the data suggests we have a crisis on the border and hopefully this is going to stem it. >> we'll see. i could not agree more. we have to see if the changes are made, if 6,000 troops make a difference. michael smerconish, great to have you on. >> thanks, guys. >> watch saturdays at 9:00 a.m. eastern on cnn. all right. in all the concern about david ortiz last night there was a bright light for boston sports