of the democratic party. so to completely forget about him right now seems like an oversight and the comeback is real. i mean, like i said, he has $18 million to be influential. so he is an influential player in politics the and just because he has fallen, he's he's not letting himself stay down for too long. howie: he's entitled to the resumption of innocence if this -- presumption of innocence if it goes to a courtroom. he called the sheriff who brought the charge a cowboy sheriff who is playing politics. he said he doesn't know how it leaked. there are questions of new york and albany politics swirling around a this. thank you for a very good conversation, tara palmeri and emily jachinsky. up next, the press touted a big budget deal for president biden before he went to europe but it quickly fell apart.