that were so important to me personally because he knows donald trump. he knew donald trump. he knew what dom trump was going to be as president and he still supported him to be president. so i retain a certain strong feeling about that they don't let go of easily. but he did something. he said at least one line about why he did that and it was confessional and he said it was because of ambition. and if he didn't have that line in there, my respect for this, i would cut it significantly but, it would still be extremely effective communication to republicans. but he actually communicated to me what that first decision was about when he knew he was supporting someone who was then unfit to be president. >> much more of our special coverage ahead tonight. and i should mention, i'm gonna be speaking with steve kornacki about this dynamic that we're talking about right here but putting numbers on. with chris christie leaving the