he was supposed to be at the white house this afternoon for an event. and, you know, he has a whole bunch of issues he's been working on in recent weeks. so we know that, as you said, he's had a pretty hectic schedule working on everything from gay rights issues to voting rights that he's been working on the last few weeks. >> and at this point have they sort of gone into coverage mode where the deputy has taken on his assignments today? the business of the nation continuing as the business of his health is being looked at? >> that's right. in the circumstances where the attorney general is not able to do the duties of his office, the deputy attorney general jim coal would take over. we don't know that any of that has been done. obviously he might be in the hospital for the rest of the day and probably maybe resting for another couple of days. but we don't know that they have done anything formal to transfer the duties of the office to the deputy attorney general.