about this president. we tend to overlook the ordinary unusual stuff but i can remember when something like that all by itself would have been headlines. >> bret: tom friedman, "whatever trump is hiding is hurting all of us." saying that the biggest threat is the integrity of our democracy. saying basically what russia did, even if you take out the collusion stuff, it should've been been a red flare to any administration. >> i think that is true to a certain extent. if you think about the capacity russia has to meddle in our elections in the future, we certainly should be concerned. one of the think trump has going for him, his most outspoken critics so overstate their case. he's not showing anger, as chuck points out. you get comments about pearl harbor and 9/11. we will find out about the