howard: joining us now, ben domenech, publisher of the federalist, and in new york, liz claman, host of the claman countdown on fox business network. ben, whatever the political fallout here at home, are the media now rightly focused on putin as the russian strongman who has lied for months about his intention to invade a neighboring country? well, i think they are, but i also think that they re trying desperately to move on from just a series of fictions that they ve been telling us over the past several years as it relates to russia. first, obviously, the hoax that donald trump was a puppet absolved by the putin regime and then years of joe biden being someone who intimidated putin, who would be a tough guy to take him on. the cover of time magazine with putin reflected in his aviator glasses. and i think what the american people are seeing now and what a lot of folks in the media are having to admit is that this is not the case, this is not a