first few months in office. this year there's been a real pullback. the president gave a couple short interviews in davos. he's called into fox twice. and that's about it. it seems he's mostly limiting -- mostly avoiding giving interviews. he does do the press availabilities, where he answers questions with a small group of reporters. he holds the occasional joint press conference, but we're not seeing him sit down for one-on-one interviews the way past presidents have. let's look at the "fox & friends" call, though. because this phone call was rashable for so many reasons, including for the way the "fox & friends" host tried to interrupt. >> so remember there was no way to break 270. i heard that on cbs and nbc and abc. they're all fake news. i heard that for so long. >> right. >> from cnn. >> mr. president -- >> you know, it's very -- the economy is so strong and jobs are so good that i think we're going to surprise -- >> mr. president, can i ask one question? >> i did watch a liar-leaker,