first to nashville, ted cruz, just reacting to these latest comments from donald trump. what did you hear? >> yes, he's down in knoxville, richard. the reaction is a nonreaction. he said -- he was asked about the comment made by donald trump about hillary clinton, the one that a lot of folks are finding offensive and cruz's response is there is an abundance of political pundits in the world who like statler and waldorf assess every comment every candidate makes. statler and waldorf, the muppets characters, the old guys in the balcony. cruz said i don't need to be another political pundit. donald trump can speak for himself and i'll speak for myself. this is not a surprising response from ted cruz. he's consistently refew lly re engage. cruz always distances himself from what trump has to say because he doesn't want to attack donald trump and he made that very clear. when it comes to some of the comments, cruz is asked about them on the campaign trail, so not surprising that he is not