he wouldn t be the first. you know, i remember years ago george will wrote some speeches for reagan or of he helped prep reagan for a debate. he said listen, i m doing this because i m a columnist, an opinion guy. howie: a lot of people dropped the will column as a result. . right. chris is kind of in genre at cnn. he s not a guy you re going to for straight news. he s not covering officially the governor s mansion. there s a little bit of difference here but he still should have disclosed the whole thing and if he was going to be part of the rapid cuomo rapid response team, he should take a leave of absence, he should not be doing both jobs. it makes the network look really bad. absolutely supporting howie: the network made mistakes by changing the rules. i ve also known chris a long time. i ve andrew cuomo and i know you have known the family, since he was in his 20s.
attorney general s report that chris cuomo in february e-mailed a draft statement of denial to his brother s office, including such lines as i never intended to offend anyone and my interactions may have been insensitive or too personal which is what governor s statement wound up saying. joining us from connecticut, charlie gasparino. chris cuomo couldn t address this mess on his show under cnn s rules, very different from the show last year. do you think he should have posted something, issued a statement, since he is named in the ag s report? probably. he probably should have explained it. listen, he already did kind of explain it. and let s be real clear here. he s in a difficult situation. of courses going to speak to his brother about this issue. where this becomes really dicey for him, and i know chris for a long time, i like chris, where it becomes dicey is becoming officially part of the whole thing, the official damage control. once you become officially part