and he has no intention of getting involved in this. sometimes vice presidents have to do what they do but he is absent today for a reason. >> the president is about to take this nine day trip, first overseas trip. i was in touch with people he will meet on the trip. got feedback saying what's going on, what is he up to? reading a note from a state department producer saying this raises question s about whether he can trust the president when we share intelligence. >> you have all this criticism. you hear the staff is great. sometimes we worry about the president in his tweets. listen to general mcmaster, he defends it as wholly appropriate. but then he added this very important nugget. the president shared intelligence with the russians but wasn't completely aware with what the intelligence was. >> i should just make maybe the statement here that the president wasn't even aware of where this information came