we're going to get to roger altman in a second. and when putin goes in front of the media over there, is it like it used to be? you know, how do you do it so well every day? is it like that or does he get grilled? >> he's in the audience. remember, geoff was there not long ago. he had a pretty tough interview. but if you have western journalists in the audience, i think you'll get -- >> i'm wondering whether they grill them or whether it's like here with our press corps b do lay-ups with president obama. or is it like here where it's an arm of -- >> supporters? >> yeah, arm of the white house. >>> joining us for the hour, what's his name? ed henry. anyway, joining us for the hour to talk about russia, the oil stock and roger altman. when i first heard michelle say why would gold go up? i first thought well, maybe in anticipation of world ward iii, but that probably is not going to happen. we were saying putin might be pushed to become even more -- i don't know, troublesome. >> more troublesome based on this. >> well, i think it's h