optics, and how much of it is based on protecting the president's conversations in this discussion of executive privilege? >> if it's optics, it's a bad call. what are they saying by suggesting we need to assert executive privilege? they are saying we expect comey to say something different about those meetings. that means somebody is lying. america will have to figure out who it is. >> i have a lawyer in front of me. i want to jump to another topic. there was an exchange yesterday during a briefing between a reporter and sean spicer about a conversation about the russian investigation and this was spicer's response. let's watch. >> as i have mentioned the other day that we're focused on the president's agenda in going forward all questions on these matters will be referred to outside counsel. >> how can you not answer questions when the president himself tweets about it. >> we're focused on his agenda and all questions on this will be referred to outside counsel.