stewart and cnn political commentator and democratic strategist marina cardona. good to see both of you. let's talk about these what if scenarios. you're in the white house working communications. what are you advising the president or telling the president the messaging will be if, indeed, it were to invoke this executive privilege. >> first off, if you want to protect conversations with someone on your staff under executive privilege you don't fire them. right there i think it's important for them not to try to seek executive privilege because as athena says it looks as though they have something to hide. based on what they have said, whether regard to collusion with the russians or with a potential for obstruction of justice they have done nothing wrong. if that's the case let's get it throughout, put it out on the table and let the people make their own decisions but let the facts lead to a conclusion. we need to put this behind us. let the appointed outside team to handle the messaging on that and driving the message so the