help him and wound up getting discharged in somewhat of an unceremonious way. he said he was a target for people inside the white house and from outside, from both parties and of the media. he says he's having this event on friday, jim, because he will not allow himself to be defined improperly like that. another headline from scaramucci is that he didn't think he'd be a long-timer. he had spoken to the president about being a short-timer because the president asked him to do a very specific thing, called himself a special purpose vehicle, which is something that usually exists in finance and anthony used it to mean that he was there to be disruptive, to get into the culture of leaking, find out who was behind it and he says he did that and believed he would always be a short-timer, just not this short. jim? >> yes, he -- >> one at a time, one at a time. jim, what do you have? >> reporter: i know better than to interrupt april ryan. she can take the floor as often