friends and you're saying civilization is collapsing and you are nervous and worried, but that is not where you are putting all of your time, energy and money, then either you don't actually think civilization is collapsing or you're not pushing yourself hard enough and i would push harder. dan america joins me now. look, dan, you were there at the fund-raiser. for a president who -- a former president who is not name checked president trump, for example, and sort of stayed out of this, he got in it last night. >> he tiactually didn't name chk the president last night as well. he stayed out of the political fray. we're told he's doing two things, working on his book, forth coming, and working on the foundation that will house his presidential library. his message to democrats was very blunt. you can't just mope. you can't just complain. and that quote you read exemplified what he was telling to a pretty tony audience of 200 or so top democratic donors at this gorgeous beverly hills home