I kept willing her to politely press back with, "I've answered your question, Tim. Move on."
And, each time he repeated the question, she repeated the answer. Russet would soon move on or sit there as his show stalls to a stony contest of fake smiles.
I would have answered Tim's badgering will you run question with..."as you know Tim, I have a very busy schedule on several other shows today, do you have an intelligent questions with substance?