president obama, all this kind of stuff is unnecessary, it creates a lot of noise, and i think it does sort of erode the administration's credibility among people that may not agree with the president, but don't necessarily wish him ill as well. >> so use of twitter, some of these things. we've heard from health care. what about you, bakari, as far as missteps from the president? what's the biggest one? >> well, i think the largest one, the one that is the most glaring over his administration, is probably the hiring and subsequent firing of michael flynn. there is is a la lot there to c. don't know what it is. it goes to abby's point of the white house not having a structure in place to do simple things like vet. i think right now, there are a number of things we can go down. right now today one of the hottest things in america in terms of missteps, the michael flynn rabbit hole, where does it go? >> what about you, maria? >> to that point, his lack of wanting to provide -- be more open on the russia investigation issue because that really gives everybody the sense that here is