situation where putin was in any way intimidated by the biden administration's approach. and i think that they're trying to, you know, kind of cover up for that in a number of different ways including saying, oh, well, he's a pariah, violating international norms and the like and is that something that ever intimidated vladimir putin, someone who has murdered journalists across the world, poisoned his enemies in so many different ways and is not someone who i think ever was intimidated by a biden administration or a return to the obama approach to foreign policy. howard: but is it fair game for the press to critique joe biden's handling of this crisis? bush got hammered in new york, but do you think the media sniping and denouncing bind as a failure could undermine him as he tries to hold the nato alliance together? >> well, howie, i think it's important to separate the pundits from the actual journalists on the ground who are doing an unbelievably heroic effort whether it's our own