questions to some important inquiries. that's something that happened today. we allowed it to happen, and something we shouldn't allow to happen again. if we continue to allow this stonewalling to go on, they're just going to do it time and again, where the new normal will be we just don't have press briefings on camera anymore. in the united states, they do it at city hall with the mayor and your statehouse with your governor or other elected officials, why can't the president? >> i've got to ask this, what are they afraid about being on camera? clearly we've seen time and time again, they say things which turn out to be not true or the president declares not to be true the next day. is that the concern, they can -- in the past they've said this president is so fast, i don't want -- i can't remember the exact quote, but he's so on the go, that his spokes people can't keep up with him to get factual information, which makes no sense. >> reporter: it doesn't make sense. there was one instance today