the letter was first released by trish regan of fox business and it reads, "dear mr. president, let's work out a good deal. you don't want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people. i don't want to be responsible for destroying the turkish economy. and i will. history will look upon you favorably if you get this done the right and humane way. it will look upon you forever as the devil if good things don't happen. don't be a tough guy. don't be a fool. i will call you later." there was also this from the president today while alongside the leader of italy. >> our country is looking into the corruption of the 2016 election. it was a corrupt election, whether it's comey or mccabe or strzok or his lover lisa page, the two great lovers. there was a lot of corruption. maybe it goes right up to president obama. i happen to think it does. >> with that and here for our lead-off discussion on a wednesday night, we welcome back to the broadcast peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the "new york times." frank figliuzzi, former fbi assistant director for c