had to respond accordingly? >> yeah, well, mark could probably get at the legal side of that, but just having been around donald trump for a couple of years and i write a lot about this in my book, especially with regard to his relationship with congress, that he -- he does not respond well to weakness. that he will steamroll anyone who will allow themselves to be steamrolled. and i just, i'm not going to be bullied and so i feel like this is not necessarily something i wanted to do. i've never sued anybody in my entire life, but i was kind of backed into a corner and put in a position where i had to decide whether or not i was going to defend myself. and li will not be bullied. so yeah, i'm going to stand up for myself. >> cliff simms, mark zayad, appreciate your time. thank you. well, check in with chris, see what he's working on for "cuomo prime time." chris? >> so do they think they can make a deal or not when it comes to this shutdown negotiation? we have players on each side, one on the democrat side, who was part of making this deal, one who's a key member of the