>> reporter: although priebus has been visible in defending the white house against the russia questions and was originally slated to travel to florida with the president for the weekend, that changed. priebus stayed in d.c. some sources say because of the chaos. the white house says he had a family commitment. but this is clear -- the president took off. the tweets started flying. and so did the spin. >> he got elected about 118, 119 days ago and we still hear the democrats and others screaming russia every day. it's attenuated. they haven't shown any connection. >> reporter: the lack of evidence from the president for his claims is still a problem, however, because while he may be privy to some information we don't know that justifies these accusations, until that is known, it can look an awful look like this is all about the fury and not about the facts. >> thank you very much, tom foreman. a lot of sound and fury, mark preston. sniffing what? >> that donald trump is one