>> mr. carr is a lovely spokesperson, we know him, we've dealt with him in the past on a number of occasions. it's never been my experience to get any signal, wave off, any go ahead from the special counsel's office through that spokesperson. it's not the first time we've dealt with him. certainly will probably not be the last. >> and you should realize he's speaking as one of the reporters. there haven't been a lot of breaks out of the special counsel's investigation. we have been on the outside breaking these huge stories that have subsequently been confirmed in the black letter of court filings. >> that's true. i'm concerned in this case there wasn't enough request for comment with the special counsel's office. >> i told you what i think about that. >> what you're saying is you agree but you don't want to say that. >> this is a process question. we're getting way into the details of process around a story whose substance is not only extremely high stakes and important but also as we are talking about this, has been moving forward this morning because of what we published.