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>> reporter: that's a good question. i mean, there were a couple of strands of the investigation under way at the moment. one of them is certainly that some kind of, you know, maintenance issue, some kind of problem with the pilots could have been a factor. in fact, metrojet, have been in the past, castigated, criticized by the russian government for their maintenance issues, in a different kind of aircraft, fff-154 which is an old russian-type aircraft. back in 2010/2011, that whole fleet of airlines -- airplanes was grounded because of a problem with fires breaking out in them. and that was ...

But there are some enormous challenges. even ryan admitted the house is broken. cnn political commentator peter bynart is with me. thank you for being with me. before ryan, your thoughts on fred thompson. >> it's interesting, when he ran in 2008, there was a moment when it looked like might even be the front-runner. people said he might be the next ronald reagan. it turned out it didn't work for thomps thompson, but if you think about this moment now with donald trump, we are seeing this return of the idea that someone who has made a career of celebrity, you know, on screen that that can be tr...

It's just not my style on this thing. i will criticize programs and plans that i think are goofy. here's what i do know. i know that harry truman couldn't get elected president with explaining united states of america's health care plan in 30 seconds. >> it's a good point. i mean, ben, we in the media get criticized a lot for asking people to, you know, tell me everything you know in 30 seconds. how much time should they have? >> every campaign that i've talked to since the last debate seems to have one agreement amongst all of them. they want more time to hash out and discuss ideas. not only ...

Talented and personal people one can remember in public life. but i must say what made a lasting impression on me was his service to the country, really, and during the watergte hearings. >> yeah. >> there was a special committee formed in the senate in which howard baker of tennessee was the minority leader as a republican. and it was fred thompson. he bought in as minority counsel to the republican side. and fred was the man who was thought to have come up with a question that he gave to howard baker, what did the president know and when did he know it? and that framed much of the hearings, ...