most striking part of the comment that suggesting that it didn't have to be said. it definitely needed to be said. it needed to be said by the president himself, not through a surrogate like sarah huckabee sanders did earlier this week. but it shows how it is striking how reluctant a u.s. president is to address something that should be pretty universal, just denunciation of domestic violence, that euyou're opposedo it. he said nobody is for it. it shouldn't be that hard. in this case for this it is. >> i hadn't looked at it that way. there isn't a constituency pro abuse. jonathan lemire, i asked you my last question about the internal knowledge how bad things look. how about this issue from your reporting? >> i mean, certainly west wing aides were relieved the president finally said those words today. it should not be breaking news that a president opposes domestic violence. today it was because he had said