the opportunity to ask the follow-up. if he's going to get it in written, and have someone's words written down before them. able to lock them in on an answer, and be able to ask follow-up questions, it seems to me mueller has the best of both words. he doesn't have to have the simple note taking. he's able to have the combination of the two. it is a bit of a compromise in the sense that being able to respond to questions in writing mines you're able to prepare quite fully, and they're not able to have the off the cuff statements or have a genuine authentic action. preparation doesn't lead to you being able to have an assessment of truth telling. >> i want to ask you one more question. they're reporting that the president's lawyers want to reject it, but the president is pushing them to keep negotiating. at what point does the president do it against their counsel snil. >> i think given this presidential administration, any time, remember, the beauty of