spoke about how she felt, he went to twitter, not even using her name to say that her version is wrong. is this appropriate? >> well, i wish the president had not tweeted that this morning. i think it's a very emotional, very raw interview with saw with mrs. johnson this morning and i think the president would have been better served to just let this go. and the main reason is because the man that i saw working for him for seven months or so, but both the campaign and on the transition team, is someone who loves our soldiers, loves our veterans, loves the families of those who are serving our country so nobly and honorably and the fact that we're even having this conversation right now cuts against that. i think it's a bit of a different argument when you have a partisan political opponent who's attacking you, but today i would have recommended to the president just let this go. >> mayor nutter, you know, he says he spoke his name from the beginning without hesitation -- you know, obviously had come out and said the opposite. what do you make of that? obviously, somebody told him to be quiet about this and he listened for the remainder of