would come out in an unclassified public briefing. but one of the questions i think former director comey has to answer in one form or another relates to this bizarre second paragraph in the letter he got from donald trump yesterday where he said -- the president said on three occasions, you, director comey, said i was not part of this investigation. first of all, that would be entirely inappropriate for the fbi director to say something like this, if he did. and if he didn't, it would be an incredible false statement by the president of the united states. so that is something comey can answer, but since he's a private citizen now, i'm not sure we will get an answer anytime soon. part of the question, yes -- she didn't really have an answer for it. >> can i just say something here? >> carl, you can, but let me