saying do things at once. he looked at putin and said, i know you meddled, buddy. >> that's not how it happened. >> that's what they want to say. he went at it first, went a it multiple trieimes. he wanted to look in his eye. how does that square with maybe the day before. >> i think what he said was did you do it? >> it doesn't square because it doesn't square. the president's statements to date in public, even the day before he's sort of blowing it off. then a narrative about a strong leader looking after the national interest but deciding we're going to agree to disagree. the problem is what you just said, the president -- the standard seems to be is it good for me. the standard should be is it good for america. that's where we keep falling apart. >> panel, thank you very much.