discussed this week afghanistan, his legislative agenda any of that. now all of that is bogged down in this james comey firing. >> jeff thanks very much. he a moment ago you heard sean spicer trying as he put it to parse every little word his phrase rather than he seems to believe ket get at the truth. you can make the case both he and the president did that today suggesting former director of national intelligence james clapper have cleared team trump. cnn national the security correspondent has the reporting on thatment i want to read jim exactly what the president tweeted this morning he wrote when james clapper himself and virtually everyone else with knowledge of the witch hunt says there is no collusion when does it end? but that's not true, right that is not what james clapper said. >> it's not true. it's not what james clapper said let's be clear. not just what james clapper stayed in interview today but in testimony before. i've spoken with him about this directly many times. one he hasn't said there is no evidence of collusion. he said there is no conclusive evidence and he has made it