characterization of the answers. they know what other people have said and they haven't shared that with the presidents so that's where it becomes tricky for the president because he doesn't know what characterization, what spin was put on this by others. >> that's why there's 0.0% chance he wrote those answers by himself and he would be foolish to have done that, anybody who has counsel, for good reason you use your lawyers and you need to, coates, because of people like you because you're setting perjury traps says the president of the united states. you're out to get him. you're tricky and you're sneaky. is that how it works? >> just shady. shifty. that's all you can characterize me as. the questions that are being asked are open ended and i think jim was talking about the characterization. it's an important word choice. the president isn't entitled to know what other witnesses have said, whether he is corroborating them or contradicting them.