regarding the russia investigation were they able to provide information on that at all? >> no. the press secretary did say the president has confidence in jared curbter ner. that much he did say during the briefing today. but asked whether or not the president is going to invoke executive privilege and try to block the former fbi director james comey who the president fired a few weeks ago from testifying on capitol hill next week he only said that they are reviewing that. i talked to a separate white house official within the last hour who said that's basically where they stand right now they're reviewing the issue. and of course there is a huge question as to whether the president could even legally block james comey from testifying. this may be really sort of trying to distract folks with something that they really can't do in the long run. but anderson time and again we are getting fewer and fewer questions answered by in white house. and it's a pattern that i don't think we're going to see an end to any time soon. they are really acting as if they're in the bunker on almost every single big issue these