took place not in the west wing, but in the main white house. so either somebody had an iphone on the table or in a pocket and used a recording device. it s hard to imagine the president himself being able to do that. or else somebody has worked with the permanent white house staff to install microphones or listening devices in the woodwork of the historic executive mansion. that also doesn t seem very likely. peter baker, shouting broke out today about the tapes when the president gave the nonanswer to a very simple yes or no question that he knows the answer to. can we expect this to be the question that the white house press corps will continue to be aiming in that direction as listening as it remains unanswered? well, it s hard to imagine not asking the question again and again. he said very soon. you can imagine the next time he takes questions if he hasn t revealed anything at this point he ll be asked well, it s been pretty soon, sir.
potentially evolve over the weekend as well as heading towards that sessions testimony tuesday morning. not to mention the 100% guarantee from the president that he will testify under oath about his he said 100%, rachel. come on. so yeah. the question to him was kind of garbled. it was one of those things that the nouns got swapped around or whatever. and the president in his answer that was also kind of garbles. you know, everything doesn t always come out right. life is lived live and things don t always come out as if they re scripted. i couldn t help looking a the transcript of that today. couldn t help wondering if they ll use the garbled nature of the question and the president s garble di goodbye answer to get around the fact that he basically affirmatively said he would do it. they ll find a way if they can. rachel, you have earned your weekend. thank you. rest. thanks, rachel. well, the president made his 100% guarantee today. 100% promise to his voters, to the
listening devices in the woodwork of the historic executive mansion. that also doesn t seem very likely. peter baker, shouting broke out today about the tapes when the president gave the nonanswer to a very simple yes or no question that he knows the answer to. can we expect this to be the question that the white house press corps will continue to be aiming in that direction as listening as it remains unanswered? well, it s hard to imagine not asking the question again and again. he said very soon. you can imagine the next time he takes questions if he hasn t revealed anything at this point he ll be aed we,t s been pretty soon, sir. when are r you going to let us know. of course, in the past he has said he is going to reveal things or do things in the near future that ended up not ever happening. it wouldn t be the first time that ever happened. this has greater consequence. you re right. it does seem like a simple yes or no questions. if you didn t have tapes then
answer to. can we expect this to be the question that the white house press corps will continue to be aiming in that direction as listening as it remains unanswered? well, it s hard to imagine not asking the question again and again. he said very soon. you can imagine the next time he takes questions if he hasn t revealed anything at this point he ll be asked well, it s been pretty soon, sir. when are r you going to let us know. of course, in the past he has said he is going to reveal things or do things in the near future that ended up not ever happening. it wouldn t be the first time that ever happened. this has greater consequence. you re right. it does seem like a simple yes or no questions. if you didn t have tapes then the answer is no. if you do have tapes, maybe you decide maybe i ll tell you something in the near future because they want to do something with the tapes.
transcript of that today. couldn t help wondering if they ll use the garbled nature of the question and the president s garble di goodbye answer to get around the fact that he basically affirmatively said he would do it. they ll find a way if they can. rachel, you have earned your weekend. thank you. rest. thanks, rachel. well, the president made his 100% guarantee today. 100% promise to his voters, to the country. he will absolutely testify under oath. so what do you think the chances are of him ever actually testifying under oath? would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of 100%. 100%? yeah. well, you can really take that to the bank, can t you? there cannot be a criminal defense lawyer in america at would have recommended that their client make that kind of a pledge right there. my sense is there is no grown-up in the white house that