essentially, it was not richard grgrenell. has also been reported that republicans wanted to nominate someone who had experience as a national security professional. richard grenell is basically going to be holding onto his job as the ambassador and also he will be acting as the intelligence director. brent: we noted that the u.s. president, he has a history of naming someone to a position, the media reports and then he changes his mind. is there talk that this is another example of that? >> in many respects, what he tweeted confirms that this is going to be a temporary position. like you said before, president trump has been known to change his mind. for the time being, it looks like richard grenell will be taking this job. it is effective essentially immediately then we will see what exactly he means by the fact that the president will be announcing who will be taking the job permanently. brent: thank you. the berlin film festival is underway. it is the festivals 70th year. the opening film is -- it stars sigourney weaver fr