trouble grappling with this and the administration and sarah huckabee sanders is having trouble with what's going on here. what steve said about whether we're having a less free press. we slipped to 45th in the world as a free press. i think we should be ashamed about that. the questions about dr. ronny jackson turned out to be legitimate since he just withdrew from the nomination. the 24th nominee from president trump that has had to withdraw before going to committee hearings. so there are important concerns there. i think the jim accost to and his relationship with the administration is tenuous at best and i understand the accusation of it being whiney and all of that is legitimate. but at the end of the day sarah huckabee sanders doesn't want to take questions about issues that are difficult for her and difficult to answer in light of decisions that the president has made. >> rick: again the tone of the questions. steve, the president this