sanders at the podium when asked about it yesterday did not immediately shut it down. >> the president is going to meet with his team, we'll let you know when we have an announcement on that. >> is that a topic that came up in their conversation? did president putin raise this with president trump? >> there was some conversation about it but there wasn't a commitment made on behalf of the united states and the president will work with his team and we'll let you know if there's an announcement on that front. >> was it a conversation, was it a commitment? that's not what the state department would say. >> overall assertions that have come out of the russian government are absolutely absurd. >> and the breaking news now that the white house put out a statement to clarify the president's position on this. kaitlin collins, you're at the white house, we're talking about clarifications this week. what's the deal now? >> reporter: brooke, it is a proposal that the president initially said was incredible.