kaitlan collins is at the white house. kaitlan, the president, when it comes to this issue, no problem saying that michael cohen asked him for the pardon, point-blank, and he said "no." so why can't sarah sanders just answer the question and give the specifics? >> reporter: well, that's really the question of the hour here. because it was the president who made this remark. typically sarah sanders is there to either explain the president's remarks, elaborate on them. but the president made this remark on twitter and reporters haven't had the chance to question him about it since then. so today when sarah sanders is asked, she simply referred back to the oversight committee. but reporters wanted to know if the president did -- if michael cohen did ask the president for a pardon and he denied him, how did michael cohen ask the president? when did he ask him? was it here at the white house? but those were answers that sarah sanders did not give to reporters today. now, there's a chance she just doesn't want to say, and that's why she said that it's before the house oversight committee and that's why she couldn't go there. but erin, i've talked to some people inside the white house and she said there's also a chance that sarah sanders doesn't know what the answer to