he has a problem. the white house has to continue to get the message out. so many wonderful things they're working on. faa, this week, huge feather in his cap to get that legislation passed, but he has to get those back to the forefront, and the continually drag, whether it be russian interference, the republican administration has to show what they do better than democrats, that this continually drag and beat isn't helpful for the administration to get things done. >> paul kellen, the president, somebody has to know if there are tapes or not. somebody knows this. and yet it is dragging out and the president as we heard him is saying you're going to hear shortly, he's building this drama. my question is why is there not a clear cut answer and what is the point of dragging it out? who benefits? >> you know, martin, i agree that it is very strange. i think it is downright bizarre that the president's playing games about this tape issue. i mean, he sent out a tweet