more closed off than i think the public would like it to be. >> lynn, what is the upside for the white house? what do they gain by adding restrictions and holding fewer briefings and fewer on camera briefings. >> what they gain -- i am interested on brian's take on this. what they gain is it's damage control. they don't have the wild card question. they don't have sean spicer saying something that could be la lamb pond by "saturday nigpoone live" there's no reveal that trump did something nobody knew about. >> cnn carries that parth live on television and on the air as well as the q&a. >> it's a great chance for the white house to get its message out, but increasingly we're