is so controversial. >> so, kate, this is a truly stunning course reversal. the president's tweet today clearly caught a lot of people off guard including administrations in his administration. it caused chaos as officials tried to grapple how to square what the government told the court yesterday that the census will not include the citizenship question and then what the president tweeted today that his administration hasn't given up the quest to include that question. now, a federal judge convened after seeing the tweet that contradicted the government's position and gave the doj lawyers a whiplashing. one of the doj lawyers said the president's tweet was the first he heard of the president's position and trying to get his armed around the fluid situation. nonetheless the judge repair manned the doj lawyers for the shift and suggested they don't speak for the client. the president of course it's unclear what prompted the president's tweet. but the white house official says there have been discussion base a path forward.