reagan's first press conference a few days after he was inaugurated and he received a question from abc's sam donaldson on the soviet union. and the president broke all kinds of land records here that were diplomatically speaking when he said the soviet union had openly and publicly declared that only morality they recognized is what will further their cause meaning they reserve under themselves the right to commit any crime, to lie, to cheat. i can only tell you in the world of washington diplomacy and the world of the media and the day, they were agas that the president of the united states would stand there and say. this his point was he was sending a message to the soviet union. that's what general flynn is doing. the reagan was the president of the united states and said these things. so there is a reason to do the things and general flynn sees it and does it. >> that's a statement. that's a statement, jeffrey. it's descriptive to be sure. but i don't see a threat in that. and i know we're going way back to the reagan administration one more time. but there was kind of a power in