media brand. of course they were going to use that for their own propaganda purposes. i and a few other senators pressured the secretary of treasury and the biden administration to block that deal. it fell apart. now would have russia aligned companies trying to buy "forbes" as well. we're going to put the exact same pressure on the biden administration to stop this bill from going forward. as i said, if we wouldn't allow russian communists to do it, we shouldn't allow chinese communists to do it, that works in reverse as well. we would never in a million years during the cold war have allowed pravda to get a foothold in america's media environment. we shouldn't allow russia-aligned investors to buy a flagship american media brand. maria: senator, thank you very much. tom coton. we'll be watching your -- tom cotton. we so appreciate your time, sir. for more on all of this this, we welcome back the former director of national intelligence, john ratcliffe. john, thanks very much for being here. first, assess where we are. president trump says he's going to be arrested on use.