and meets with netanyahu and the palestinian authority. never been done before. then he goes to visits with the pope -- >> okay, jack. we carried the trip. i got your timeline. but my question -- >> but this was good stuff. >> i understand. you think it was successful. i'll allow you that. the question, if it was so successful, and a serious question, why didn't the president take any questions from anyone, international press, american press, anyone during -- why didn't he hold any press briefings overseas? >> well, i don't know that he's obligated to do that. but i think that in terms of him getting his message out, what sean did today is probably the right thing, and that is to not get bogged down in questions but to tell your story. and then if the press decides not to cover it, you're faced with what every other politician is. you just have to push your media out, your message out, whatever means you can. but i think the fact that he took -- did not have any press conferences, he still was