white house political director, jeffrey lord and republican strategist kevin madden and cnn national political reporter maeve reston. great to see all of you. what did you say about the intellectual quotient? >> not since howie mandel. that was exactly what i said. >> and we'll continue now. so donald trump has said that he will play nice, but he's a counterpuncher. he's going to hit you if you hit him. >> right. >> he just spoke with david brody of the christian broadcasting network. and one of the most interesting parts is when brody asked him about his tone and will he tone it down? kevin, listen to this, and then i'll get your take. >> what i think maybe i can sometimes tone it down, when somebody hits you, you can hit a little bit less hard. at the same time, that may be the kind of thing that the country needs because we have to hit back hard. we have to hit hard because we're not going to have a country. >> i could maybe tone it down a little bit. do you expect donald trump to