zaleski, he called him flat and we were pushing so most people had very little hope that the us president was for to succeed in this press conference. and it thought off as you pointed out to a very rocky star, we're going to play that taken a moment. but over all things did improve as time went on and the press this did get better, even if he did sort of a ramble at times. and he was slightly long winded. but overall, this was probably one of the show by the better of press conferences, given the fact that he was mostly on scripted and for the most part uh, was uncontrolled by his press shop. i have been covering this precedence since the beginning of his term, and i can tell you this is the 1st time that it has not been highly, highly controlled by his press office. the president said, i'm determined on running, but acknowledge that he's made mistakes. he said, i need to lay fears, they need to see the out. they're referring to the american vote in public, but again, thinks that off to a bad start. as you said, he was asked about whether or not he would have picked his vice president an