that's fuelling some of this behavior in resent days. >> i think the president is sort of flooding the zone. there's so much going on. the tax bill fight. the russia investigation. the president's tweets. that it may well be he thinks just mud by diing the water so he in the media, the american public don't just focus on one thing like the possibility that is starting to bubble up, that general flynn might be copping a plea, doesn't, we don't all focus on that. and that perhaps he thinks helps mem him in the long run to sort of string this whole controversy. >> you think a plea deal with michael flynn, the president's former national security adviser may be in the work sns. >> we've got to couple this with the fact we saw a break in the relationship with the flynn team and white house lawyers. you put this together, there's a game of chicken. the special counsel said that judgment day is coming up.