will make an announcement on this. i expect it this week and so when he's ready to make that announcement, we'll let you know. >> so, david, let's just remind everyone why this whole tapes thing is so, so important, right, because what e have what president has said, all regarding this investigation, flynn, what comey testified, and everyone was thinking, okay, if we have tapes, then that proves, all right, either the president's telling the truth or, you know, the now-fired fbi director is telling the truth. now that we are sans tapes, david, now what? >> as you pointed out earlier, there's a huge credibility hole blown deeper into this presidency. that's nothing new for donald trump. he's got a credibility gap to begin with on a lot of this, and so this -- this makes that problem worse for him, no doubt. i don't think any of us really thougt that there were tapes. but it is -- your conversation with mark, and pay attention to what sarah huckabee sanders said when she was asked flatout in the briefing today if indeed the