president in many of these engagements. she shares information in a way that is wholly appropriate. i should just make maybe the statement here that the president wasn't even aware where this information came from. he wasn't briefed on the source or method of the information either. so i'm sorry this is going to have to be the last question because we do have the president of turkey coming momentarily. thank you very much. >> he wasn't briefed? >> watching the national security adviser, h.r. mcmaster. welcome to kw"inside politics." he came into the briefing room to brief them on a trip, a nine-day trip, the first of presidency for donald trump. of course the questions dominating the story first broken by "the washington post" yesterday that the russian in a meeting with the russian foreign