manu raji has been watching all this. late out the headlines we've heard so far. >> the big headlines is matt whitaker made clear he did not speak with president trump about the investigation. he said i have not talked to the president about this or service white house officials. he also said i do not believe that he's had conversations with a third party, an individual who may have later paced on notches about the special counsel probe to the president. he did rereel he had been briefed once about the investigation, but he was briefed multiple times and would not reveal any of those matters. and after the firing of jeff sessions, the acting attorney general, they view it as an attempt to interview with the mueller investigation going forward, something he now oversees, but whitaker tried to