positions himself when it comes to military action or responding to obvious threats. we're going to get into that with dr. sebastian thorpe. he joins us right now from the white house. my only take on this and we talked over the years, doctor, be fair. just get the other point of view out there. i can see there were some moments where they were trying and rightfully so to pin the president down on how he would respond to the provocative developments on the north koreans and to try to get an answer. as if any president would telegraph what they wanted to do. what did you think of that line of question something. >> it's combative and unnecessarily so. the president just said it as he saw it. i have to agree. there's certain outlets that simply have a politically driven agenda. look who they invite on their