white house, that was with the ohio governor john case i can and the president. john kasick has been a critic going back a year in their own campaign. they were meeting one on one in the oval office. the governor walked out of the white house and sounded more positive than he's ever sounded yet about the president. jake, he said this. he said, look, the man is the president of the united states. it's sort of like you're on a plane and you're rooting for the pilot. all of the governors from across the country also in town this weekend. the president will be meeting with them later. jake? >> jeff zeleny at the white house for us, thank you so much. the white house is pushing back strongly today gengs the cnn exclusive cnn reporters found that the fbi rejected a request made by the white house to try to publicly knock down reporting by both cnn and the new york times about contacts between president trump's campaign staff and russians known to u.s. intelligence. cnn's jim sciutto joins me now. jim, the white house's push back is interesting because it actually ends up confirming the