he would do that here. what's also really interesting i think about what happened today is when michael cohen was asked what he did he talked about the tax evasion. he talked about making the false statement to the bank in order to get the loan. but he -- then he talked about the two campaign violations. the information, the charging document, doesn't say anything about the fact that he was directed to do this by the president. he said that on his own. he said it in what obviously sound node -- i wasn't there, but reading the transcript. like a prepared statement. it's very hard for me to believe that he made that prepared statement without his lawyers having shown it to the prosecutors so they weren't surprised by it. so my guess is he knew that was come to go. >> a remarkable set of charges not only for mr. cohen but because of what it means for the president. what it literally means for the president i guess we have to find out. >> and i don't think the fact the special counsel wasn't around today doesn't mean he's not going to talk to them. there's still plenty of time for that. if it turns out later that he