there's an old line by chesterton this is if you're a poet when you're 20, it's because you are 20. if you're a poet when you're 40 is because you're a poet. sometimes we need the squeeze a status out of russell. when you involved in politics is fantastic because this is politics as much size as it is art as it is beauty and it's the greatest drama going. sometimes we turn to verse. i also, i did a lot of counterterrorism work after 9/11 as well which gives one another interesting perspective on the city because you spend time at a washington, you come back to it and you think my gosh, what we have in the united states is a really precious thing. people need to pay attention to it to make it work. >> thank you. the bronx, new york, good morning. >> caller: good morning. i appreciate the approach you are using. because in my view, the whole collusion issue with the russians will was found to be forced by the intelligence agency before the election -- >> and that is i have known tory for little more than a quarter of a century, which means we got together in what was another millenniu