attorney put him through. >> so they ran some sample questions by president trump in the white house residents to see how he would do. and they made very little headway. they were there for four hours but repeatedly interrupted. so national security advisers would come into the room and want to talk to the president about north korea or iran. the lawyers had to leave the room and then they would come back and try to resume the q and a and they found that the president was as i mentioned long-winded in his answers and weren't able to cover very much ground. so not a successful experiment. >> great reporting. thank you for being with us. >> joining us now jim acosta at the white house. and gloria borger. >> reporter: we've asked, they have not responded yet and earlier today, sarah sanders,