obviously was all over the place and atrocious, and now there is the new york post, for example, the headline, the white house ignores its hunter problem. suddenly jen psaki cannot comment on something she has commented on many times before. does the white house have a problem here? >> i think now, you know, from a political standpoint, it had been suppressed up until now, obviously they have a hot potato and see how they handle it will be interesting. >> john: let me ask you about ukraine. last week when you were on with bret, you didn't see this would end and putin stays in office. do you still feel the same way? ukrainians are promoting the idea there there is dissent in russia and some will go against him, but we are not picking it up, and the oligarchs are under