I'm not busy. We think the city right.

Maybe you just get you can stay inside. Good afternoon Michael Ellis here and let that be your welcome for the next hour.

We have with us a very special

cast who knows how to cut the music by the name of Ben Dominic who is the publisher

of the Federalist for the first time I was just on your show now you're on my show for the first time in your welcome history

We're going to start with an apology

Okay, I'm going to publicly apologize to you for something you didn't even know.

Okay. I was on Fox once. We were in the green room and I was wearing these shoes. Can we get a shot of these shoes? And you looked at the

shoes and you said, what's on your shoes? As newsprint. And I sat there and I thought,

oh my God, this guy is basic as fuck.

And I had completely written you off because I always respected your intelligence.

That's not fair. But I was like, I put you in a box because I went to Bucknell, which is a very

was a very waspy school where people dress a certain

way they listen certain kind of music their wife looks certain way then recently

when Jake Tapper was playing dumb as to who I am when Don Jr. retweited me, you out of nowhere jumped in,

you go, oh, for what it's worth, Michael malice is a funny comedian.

And that in our world means a lot. The fact that you stuck your neck out with no benefit to you.

And I'm like, all right, I had this guy wrong.

So I told that story in Rubin, I didn't say who it was it was you and I'm apologizing

because I misjudged you and I was prejudiced. Well wow I thank you for that I don't think that's ever

happened to me thank you for for apologizing for that for what it's worth I think you are very funny I I said comedian and I don't want to say that I gave you that as a job

But I just mean you're a funny guy for humorous for a living and I'll tell you this in the world of political media the

...