unrest in that country, and there's a lot more to be said about, you know, human rights issues, the gay rights issues in russia. a lot of things that bob costas could have brought up here and did not. richard, let me start with you. >> usually i do like bob costas, but this time i absolutely, completely disagree with him. i think vladimir putin has been everything but a peacemaker. he's stood in the way of progress, and beyond that fact it's not only what putin does, it's what he justifies. the atrocities to lgbtq folks in the nation of russia are absurd, and we should all speak out against this. it's similar to what's happening in uganda, and i think because of that there's no peacemaker in vladimir putin in the same sentence at all. martha: yeah. david, what do you think about what costas had to say? >> it was clearly, basically, nbc who's going to broadcast 1500 hours or so, they're playing to the problems in russia. let's not put aside what putin