i think, actually with, msnbc did do it -- msdnc, but it was cnn that didn't cover it.e tear, i used to know and sort of liked him, but he hurts himself very badly, and he hurts the ratings. cnn ratings are so bad. so you cover, think of it, you're covering minute for a year -- somebody for a year, and this is the culmination, this is the big moment and people want to watch it, and you say i'm not going to put his speech on. how can you do that? howard: my view was say what you want afterwards, if you want to be critical, fine. >> absolutely. howard: i moving on, you said the sudden death of avenue lex city navalny was horrible and he was very brave and there's no question about that. but here's the thing, the media, as you know, blame putin. joe biden blames putin. much of the civilized world blames putin. do you believe vladimir putin has some respondent for the death of alexis navalny. >> i don't know but perhaps. possibly i could say probably. i don't know. he's a young man so statistically he'd be alive for a long time. if you go by the insurance numbers, he'd be a