chuck. senator, welcome to the show. jon kyle announced his retirement. thinking about running for number two spot? >> jon kyle will be their shoulder to shoulder with us for two more years. we've got many more important battles to fight. yeah, when he leaves the senate, the whip's spot will be open. and i'm going to be part of that contest. >> mark halperin, i don't know, guys from texas, i don't know if they know how to run the senate. >> it's not clear they do, but they're going to give it a try. >> and the house. i don't know if they're cut out for that. >> we try harder. >> no doubt about it. how did the president do handling the egypt crisis this past week? >> i thought he did about as well as you could expect. look, very tough, tough spot. but i thought they were flexible as conditions changed, and i don't really have any particular criticisms. >> chuck todd, we were talking earlier about the fact that hillary clinton's state department got thrown under the