mayor told the cops. he told them to stand down. one more thing because i can't -- i was almost infuriated listening to the press conference help sigh if you see any indents or hear of any incident of a threat to a police officer, report it i was and please do, call 9-1-1. he saw it during the riots. there was a lieutenant on the brooklyn bridge who was brutally assaulted and called it an alleged assault. he is saving his butt and the only person who looked even remotely in a leadership position up there was commissioner bratton. >> speaking of commissioner bratton, he did go to bat for the mayor. in fact, at one opinion he said that it's not new, the mayor and the police being at odds, sort of saying, what we're watching is sort of just commonplace, this always happens. but doesn't feel like we have ever seen it to this degree, at least not that i can remember. >> charles, commissioner bratton is a good man. he had to too the right thing. he is not a politician, he is a police officer at heart and always will be. but what said was that -- was