of calls. she s not returning calls. we headed to agriculture headquarters to see if he could find cheryl cook there. we tried to talk to secretary vilsack. but his driver spotted our camera. and the car was brought to a different entrance and the secretary left. but just as we were about to leave, the secretary s car came back to the office and we confronted him. ed henry of cnn. would cheryl cook be made available for an interview. there s an allegation that the white house said they wanted shirley to resign? the secretary is saying he dealt with this already. there are still outstanding questions. exactly what kind of contact there was between the white house and the agriculture department, here it is friday and the white house is hoping this story is done. but it dominated the entire week and the white house didn t get to celebrate its victories like financial regulatory reform. that usda bunch, a little crusty, considering they didn t have award-winning handling of
a voice mail shedding no new light on cook s contact with the white house. i think that s pretty clear what her involvement was or wasn t. obviously we informed them of what was going on because that s what we do on a daily basis. then in terms of their request or anything else, they this was our decision here at usda. then suddenly a possible break-through. my producer has just gotten what we believe to be the direct line at the agriculture department for cheryl cook as well as her cell numbers. your call has been forwarded to an automatic voice message system. the mailbox belonging to cheryl cook is full. to disconnect press 1. to enter another number, press 2. she s getting a lot of calls and not returning calls. reporter: we headed to agriculture headquarters to see if we could find cheryl cook there. we tried to talk to
possible breakthrough. pry producer, shawna shepherd, has just gotten what we believe to be the direct line at the agriculture department for cheryl cook as well as her cell numbers. your call has been forwarded to an automatic voice message system. the mailbox belonging to cheryl cook is full. to disconnect, press one. to enter another number, press two. reporter: she s getting a lot of calls. she s not returning calls. we headed to agriculture headquarters to see if we could find cheryl cook there. have you seen her? have you seen this woman anywhere? we tried to talk to secretary vilsack but his driver spotted our camera and the car was brought to a different entrance and the secretary left. but just as we were about to leave, the secretary s car came back to the office and we confronted him. would cheryl cook be made available for any questions? there s been an allegation that she said that the white house wanted shirley to resign. will she be made available to answer questions
cheryl cook as well as her cell if numbers. your call has been forwarded to an automatic voice message system. the mailbox belonging to cheryl cook is full. to disconnect, press one. to enter another number, press two. reporter: she s getting a lot of calls. she s not returning calls. we headed to agriculture headquarters to see if we could find cheryl cook there. have you seen this woman anywhere? we tried to talk to secretary vilsack but his driver spotted our camera and the car was brought to a different entrance and the secretary left. as we were about to leave, the secretary s car came back to the office and we confronted him. would cheryl cook be made available for any questions? there s been an allegation that she said that the white house wanted shirley to resign. will she be made available to answer questions? why not? i addressed that yesterday. so, i didn t quite hear what he said but clearly my sense is she s not going to be made available. he said, what, he dealt w
to dissect, press one. reporter: she is getting a lot of calls. so we headed to agriculture headquarters to see if we could find cheryl cook here. have you seen this woman anywhere and tried to talk to secretary vilsack, but his driver spotted our camera, and the car was brought to a different entrance and the secretary left. as we were about to leave, the secretary s car came back to the office and we confronted him. would cheryl cook be made available for any questions because there s been an allegation that she said the white houswanted shirley to resign. will she be availability to answer questions? i addressed that yesterday. reporter: the mystery of where is cheryl cook goes on. ed henry, joining us live from the white house. since taping all of that, any new news about the whereabouts of cheryl cook? reporter: still not getting any information from the usda or the white house about that contact between agriculture officials and white house officials on monday when all