the room when he equated vladimir putin's view with the view of his own intelligence agencies. this is extraordinary. it seems likely that mohammed bin salman knew a lot about the killing of jamal khashoggi, but still, president trump defended him. some republicans, as i think you've been mentioning, have been clearly distancing themselves from the president, senator susan collins said that she found the president's statement extremely hard to believe. senator rob portman of ohio, actually, which is otto warmbier's home state, warned trump not to be naive about the, what he called the brutal nature of the north korean regime. the and the former senator rick santorum said trump's statement was reprehensible. even those people who are clearly on his side find yesterday's statement a little hard to take. >> bill, always good to see you. thank you, sir. bill neely for us in hanoi, vietnam.