spun up for over two years in a hysteria over russia. we saw the screaming headlines, and it was a bust on the russia front, a complete bust. there's no apology, no reflection, and immediately we're on to the next thing which is this. howard: i want to touch on the president's tweeted criticism of marie yavanovitch during the hearing we talked about at the top of the show. andy mccarthy in your magazine says the tweet was unseemly, it reinforced the idea that president trump is demoralizing the foreign service, and he says the public saw yovanovitch, not the president, as the victim of an unfair attack. that doesn't mean it rises to the level of impeachment, but what's your thought the on -- >> yeah, i agree with all that. i agree with all this. but, howie, this is kind of the weird environment you're in. you is say what andy says, which i think is all sound, and, but the media can't stick with that. they just can't say this is wrong, this is inappropriate. they immediately go to witness