politics. and michael steele, former chairman of the republican national committee. he is the host of the michael steele podcast. good evening, and welcome to you all. mr. rucker, i d like to begin with you. i have to begin with your cross-town competition over at the times. they just in the last few minutes have moved this story. the headline is bolton objected to ukraine pressure campaign, calling giuliani a hand grenade. this is by our friends peter baker and nick fan dose, and it reads in part, the effort to pressure ukraine for political help provoked a heated confrontation inside the white house last summer that so alarmed john bolton, then-national security adviser, that he told an aide to alert white house lawyers, house investigators were told on monday. quote, i am not part of whatever drug deal rudy and mulvaney are cooking up, mr. bolton told