they asked about health care. of course it's an important matter. certainly not the news of the tay. when the german reporter at the end of the news conference asked that question, the president looked shocked in one sense and simply that he was not going to fully answer the question. but he did indeed double down on this. he did not take that opportunity if he wanted to to sort of correct the record, not surprisingly. his initial reaction seemed one that he did not hope to be asked about this today. >> this whole apology made or not made by sean spicer to the british government, did he apologize to them privately? when asked if he regretted making allegations, his response was i don't think we regret anything. >> one more interesting series of events. this morning we were told by a senior administration official that indeed the administration through sean spicer and the new national security adviser mcmaster expressed regret and