that he and president trump "will not dignify any event that disrepresents 0 your soldiers, our flag or national anthem." president trump praised the move. joining me now is a former press secretary to vice president pence at the white house and now part of the expand -- from your perspective, was it always intended to leave that abruptly? >> he would have always had to have left before the end of the game. they can't stay for security reasons and with the crowd leaving. this was absolutely something on the vice president's calendar for a very long period of time. all words steve schmidt used this morning on "morning joe" i would say more apply to him because there was additional reporting saying the colts knew there was no additional security. it was a minimal footprint. >> no magnetometers for fans. >> they go through the normal