and when they stand up and speak truth to power, actually scream truth to power in this case, that the president is not -- does not have a handle on reality with regard to north korea, with iran, with isis, with the mexican wall, you know, it causes serious response to, wait a minute, this is a guy who may push the button. this is the guy who may send our troops into war. >> yeah, well -- >> and he doesn't have a grasp on reality? >> here's a point of clarification. the white house declined to answer whether the president had any u.s. officials at his side in this conversation. that doesn't change your response at all? >> no. >> everyone, we'll get it on the other side. stay with me. we have a lot more to talk about. the new tell-all books from trump staffers and why the president is slamming one author, but not the other who happens to be chris christie. wouldn't it be great to have epix?