briefings, experts at the time i were saying the reason for getting these every day and you internalize this information. you know what's changed, what hasn't changed. by not getting them every day or by not reading the fine print, you don't necessarily know what is a big deal or not. in terms of the city specifically, the city is the question here where this plot was originating from. general mcmaster did not say the president revealed that, but he almost did. he said the city is available, widely available through public source reporting, through newspaper accounts basically. that's amazing. >> he was confirming the story that the president gave up the sensitive location of where this information came from. essentially if you have the internet you can figure it out for yourself. wherein syria is isis strong therefore you would know it's this city or that city. >> he was part of the damage control effort last night. this story first reported last night. general mcmaster came out and issued i'll call it