i understand. i understand, that does not mean you get to jump in, cecelia. report back to follow-up on his point, this is a tweet from the president, doesn't doesn't the president have an obligation -- >> press secretary spicer: he does, and we have made it very clear that we expect the house and the senate intelligence committees to do their job. i think there is a preponderance of reports that continue to come out about surveillance and actions that occurred during the 2016 election. once they come up with a report and talk later today, we can come up with those conclusions. at this time come you cannot say we're going to shift this to the house and senate and comment every day. that is the entire goal of asking them to look into it further. >> reporter: will you in the doj comply with the deadline? >> press secretary spicer: my understanding is they will but i would ask them their intention. i believe there are certain things they can and cannot do in terms of classification, but i would leave it up to the department of justice to answer for the department of justice.