when he's on the campaign trail. it should be a non-partisan issue. looking at both sides to bring attention to this in the midst of the chaos. if it wasn't the normal state of affairs of the white house right now, this would be top, breaking news. this would be wall to wall on every news channel. because of the other chaos, our veterans are below the radar and we need leaders to step up and show they care. >> great point. thank you very much for your time. we'll keep paying attention to this important story. >> appreciate it. coming up, spy games. a former russian operative and his daughter poisoned in an attempted murder plot. this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc.