That smacking sound that makes an unfortunate echo? That's the sound of Howard facepalming (with both hands) at the spotlights, the speech, and the total buffoon standing on the stage. Oh, and at Lash. He's just going to boycott going on missions with her from now on, because they always end up totally idiotic.

"Okay, so we got Boris. Where's Natasha?"

And where's the exit, because no way is he sitting through another mission where the bad guys are this low budget.