his team and we'll let you know when we have an announcement on that. there was some conversation about it but there wasn't a commitment made on behalf of the united states and the president will work with his team and we'll let you know if there's an announcement on that front. >> bipartisan outrage on capitol hill to this idea. the state department literally laughed it off. said it's absurd. at a briefing just a few moments before the white house briefing called it absurd. >> i'm not sure in that moment that sarah huckabee sanders actually knew what the question was. so we asked her later after the briefing, you know, is that what you meant to say and did not hear back? so her answer stands. >> because she's been out there on the limb before and the president shoved it off. >> there's a sense in the white house they don't have a full grasp of historic things. the president in his cbs interview, he said i would accept that. he's yet to say as president of the united states, yes, russia