an independent journalist and also host pushback on the gray zone. he's reported extensively on the state department's. we are happy to have him join us now. thank you so much coming on. i have no idea vladimir putin is planning some kind of false flag or whatever. but i'm just wondering, as matt said in that briefing, is there any evidence that that's true? >> none that we have seen, but the problem is there's been this entrenched playbook in this country where people like matt lee and the media are -- he just it is basic job as a journalist. very consequential about a foreign power. instead of writing it down like a court sonographer, he asked for evidence. you saw what he did in response. he said trust us. when that didn't work, he accused of him of being a russian do. that is the playbook that has been established in this