be to cancel press briefings and hand out written responses for sake of accuracy." forget about canceling the press briefing, it's a threat they've talked about in the past and hasn't happened. but it's already been hard for the president and his communications team to be on the same page. my question's pretty simple -- why is it so hard? >> well, it's so hard -- i mean, when he says he's an active president, what it means is stories shift, and they shift very rapidly. i mean, the vice president of the united states went out there and told one story and then had the president of the united states pull the rug out from under him. so, you know, the problem emanates from the oval office from the man who's sitting in that chair. he's mercurial. he has spent a lifetime flouting norms, rules, and yes, truth. and he's conducting himself that way in the presidency.