number one is a freeze frame from fox coverage this week. look at their banner headline. fbi didn't explain that lying would put flynn in legal jeopardy. that's not in jest. that was put on the screen seriously. required general mark hertling was on twitter today saying this -- as a former lieutenant general, i can attest that one learns not to lie to the fbi much earlier in one's career and much lower in rank. you get my drift. do you think this was all for the federal judge, and was this federal judge ever going to have my of this argument that he was somehow set up? >> i think it could actually undermine his case for real leniency in the case. and look, anybody who watches television -- you don't have to be a lieutenant general. you don't have to have been in the intelligence field. you know you're not supposed to lie to the fbi. it's such a ridiculous