brooke? because it's not wrong. sean spicer was contacted about this and didn't deny the story. look, again, you can put the spin on it and say what donald trump meant is that -- as sean spicer did -- making it difficult for donald trump to foster a relationship with russia. but donald trump is literally the only person in the republican party certainly and other than maybe congressman dana rorbacher who thinks that russia can be our friend. marco rubio, mitch mcconnell, lots and lots of people say that russia is our adversary and a bad actor on the world stage. the idea that he could use the firing of comey as leverage, it's just not born out by logic and not something that his party agrees with him on. >> paul, i know you want to jump in. we need to take a quick break. i promise you, i'll come to you after the fact. there is this news from "the new