public morale, and the sort of guise of public morale in russia andle potentially one of the consequences for that guy who resigned today, so we ll get expert help on that and a bunch of news and we will start with something that took more than a year to figure out. it was last year, last january, one week after thela january 6t attack on the u.s. capitol, a member of congress came forward thater day, with a hair-curling allegation, about other members of congress. and you ll for give me for saying this, i think you ll know what i mean, this was not like a usual suspect who brought forward this allegation, it was not a, you know, particularly, you know, another way to describe it is unavoidable for comment member of congress, this is not a member of congress who you see all over television, who is known for making hyperbolic claims, who sometimes said things just toms get on
well, you know, look at the judges i m appointing. it could be worse. he said it could be worse. when he talk about the economy, the stock market, he says it would have collapsed if hillary clinton was elected. it could have been worse. that s the message he goes after again and again. the advantage for the president is it s hard to fact check those hyperbolic claims. saying, even if you re not thrilled about me, it could be worse. which he actually said? yeah, sometimes literally what he said during the campaign. brian stelter, good to have you. thanks. and check out brian later today on reliable sources. look at these pictures. a tornado tore through northern