this comes also after he said openly in an interview george stephanopoulos this spring that he would be amenable to taking foreign electoral help despite the outcries of democrats. and even some republicans. this story is not going away. the president is going to down play it. he can revel tonight with the state dinner on the horizon for next week. but democrats are pushing for this and they're going to demand some answers as to what was said in that phone call. >> in fact, shannon, your piece went up under your by line talking about the playbook they're using here. tell us what you found. >> jonathan kind of addressed this as well. first the president will deny these -- any accusations, whether it is this, whether it is collusion with russian, whether it is payments to an adult film actress. he denies. but at the same time says even if i did do it, there was nothing wrong with that. then he will deflect. there always seems to be some subplot at play here. in this case there is the