he was asked about orban's claims and did not deny. >> them viktor orban said you told him you wanted to cut funding for ukraine as soon as you get there, words to that effect. >> yeah. >> is he correct? is that the plan. >> first of all, he is a fantastic guy, and he's taken in no illegal immigrants, he takes in -- he runs his country very tough and a lot of people don't like it but he runs it very tough and it does very well and there's no crime. what i told him is europe is spending a tiny fraction of what we're spending and the european nations, they should be paying the same. their economies are approximately the same size if you add them all up, it's close to ours and they're in a lot more danger than we are. we have a thing called an ocean between us, right, and they don't. so, they're spending -- they have $100 billion, probably more than that less spending on ukraine than we do. they should be spending money. i had the same thing with nato. they weren't spending on nato. i...

"morning joe" starts right now. >>> take time to write. i need to make sure i say exactly what i want to and i plan to get everyone. >> this week? >> should be out tomorrow. >> so -- the message i always want to convey, no ruling of mine is ever based on politics. i'm going to follow the law best