classic trump doubling down, tripling down, not able to admit a mistake into really another way to call it all fake news. so in that sense, it fits the overarching narrative that is always part of this white house. >> we mentioned the statement that came out in the last couple of hours from noaa. in that statement, noaa also reprimanded the national weather service in birmingham, which first corrected the president last sunday, saying their tweet, quote, spoke in absolute terms that were inconsistent with probabilities from the best forecast products available at the time. now a prominent meteorologist in birmingham is speaking out saying, quote, the tweet from the weather service in birmingham was spot-on and accurate. if they're coming after them, they might as well come after me. how in the world has it come to this? gene robinson, as i say, this is a -- the word i was going to use, i think i use is unusual. there is probably -- >> oh, come on. >> well, as unusual as it,