and following up on halle, are you -- would you encourage steve bannon to tell all, like his camp is saying he will. >> as we have said regardless of who it is, we're going to be fully. cooperative with the special counsel and encourage everybody involved in the process to be fully cooperative. the first part of your question is are we prepared. i think we have been dealing with this hoax for the better part of a year. it we have to endure the ri d ridiculousness for anotheren month, we can handle it. do the american people deserve that, no, i u don't think they do. >> in the interest of clarity, you have spoken about being involved in this process. has the white house to this point asserted executive privilege or are you talking about potential? >> i'm talking about the process. i can't go any further than that. >> you speak of how the president would like to see a short-term pass.