john bolton's dismissal to warnings about hurricane dorian. i have a reporter for the new york times and nbc senior media reporter. dillon, talk to me about this line of attack, about how the democrats and the media are conspiring against the president. is there something the media or the democrats should be doing to push back? >> well, look, first of all, what i would say is the democrats are attacking the president and reasonably so, as julian castro said in last night's debate, that's politics, that's what the democrats should be doing. i think the media has been doing more than its fair share of scrutiny on the president and this administration and i think you could argue that most of that is commensurate with a lot of the sort of abnormal aspects of this presidency. what i would say, though, what i thought about particularly watching the split screen between last night's debate and president trump's remarks in baltimore, is this question of brand engagement. how are the institutions of the