grieving over. this thanksgiving was really hard and christmas is harder. and i'm going to go back to doing my job. if he thinks he's going to keep me from doing my job, i'm going to be right back at it when i leave here. >> you know, michigan republican congressman fred upton called for an apology tweeting, i always looked up to john dingell, my good friend and great michigan legend. there was no need to dis him in a crass political way. most unfortunate and an apology due. that message to the white house. let's listen to press secretary stephanie grisham. >> he was at a political rally. he's been under attack and under impeachment attack for the last few months and then just under attack politically for the last 2 1/2 years. i think as we all know, the president is a counterpuncher. it was a very supportive and wild crowd and he was just riffing on some of the things that had been happening the past few days. >> all right. let's look at this in terms of how the history books will judge