you've covered the state department. you've covered diplomacy, you've covered wars. this system of government under this president with everyone involved around the president, most of them getting the taint, the trump taint and being forever tarnished, what does this do right now at this moment to the story that is about to continue at about 9:15 this morning? >> mike, our system is strained in a way that i could never remember seeing as a journalist. mike pompeo the secretary of state is a perfect example of the squeeze. pompeo wanted to be a good secretary of state. he loves the office. he loves the beautiful building and all the portraits of the secretaries who came before him, so he tried for a time to protect his ambassador masha yovanovitch when rudy giuliani would try to get her fired, he would send one of his aides to