and that the russian government did not interfere in the elections and that he accepts these statements. that's all. >> reporter: now, senior administration official told cnn that, no, the president did not accept vladimir putin's claim of noninterference in the last election and so this is going to continue to be a nagging question for this white house for this president. we don't expect the president to hold any kind of news conference. we haven't been apprised of any kind of on camera briefing that's going to occur involving the president, perhaps we might hear from some officials later on today so that question might get asked of officials before this g20 summit wraps up but it continues to be a nagging question and as you mentioned the subject of north korea is going to come up later on today as the president sits down with chinese president xi. that is also a very interesting sort of subplot or subdrama i suppose as this g20 summit wraps up. just a couple of days ago the president was saying perhaps he can't rely on xi anymore in terms of putting pressure on