kat, this is joe biden's third town hall as president, all with cnn. seems the to me that anderson cooper asked a lot of process questions, that's the bill, what's your backup for things cut from the bill, with one exception, never challenged the president. your take? >> i think that's absolutely true. and it was a little strange to watch. even newsweek which isn't exactly super conservative publication said five strange moments you may have missed and i think that's something that makes it a little stranger is that what we do know is that all of these questions were screened ahead of time. so there weren't any surprises there at all. i think it is -- look, a lot of people do like joe biden. a lot of people might find it endearing when he makes mistakes like had that. he admits he's a gaffe machine. when you look at how some people have been pushed in the past, you have an deer son cooper basically -- anderson cooper basically helping him through it and you have prescreened questions and some people are not fans of that. howie: i'm not a fan of prediction questions, like when will