members of the his administration. the supreme court decided that the public interest in getting the truth was more important than the president's privilege. the court said there is valued need for protection of communication between high government officials and those who advise and sis them in the performance of their duties. this is the first time president obama exerted executive privilege as has been stated today. according to the white house, jenna, the since the reagan administration invoked 25 times. three times by president reagan, one by the first president bush, 14 times by president clinton, six times during the presidency of george w. bush. and now of course once by president obama. back to you. jenna: important perspective for us today. rick, thank you. gregg: an astonishing and maybe very troubling turn of events happening in washington today over the last hour hour, 1/2. the president invoking executive privilege to try to protect long-sought documents from his attorney