>> it is because of his identity. right? he can't change the fact that he is gay and so many attacks are bad fact attacks. one said he and his husband holding the children is what's wrong with america. he can't really argue with that because the terms of the argument are not fair. i will say in the interview with you it is good that he is being publicly contrite to say i did mess up here and then steering the conversation back to the policy but now that we have the republicans' attention let's hold the railroads accountable and something that the republicans in the past did not champion. >> to be clear he did acknowledge that it was a misstep. not just on his part but the white house to not see the politics of this one coming and