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But what would happen is if they did exert executive privilege, the appearance of that would be pretty bad. my guess is we're going to hear from jim comey one way or another. and my guess is the white house would probably just want to get out of the way and get it over with as quickly as possible. >> bob, i haven't looked deep into this whole business about privilege, but i thought the bigger problem the white house would have in exerting privilege is the president has been out talking about the conversation and you're sort of hard-pressed to say you want to keep it confidential and privileged...

It. as you mentioned, senator al franken and leahy asked about contacts and they mentioned the mayflower hotel meeting. >> as best we know if i have it right, there is at this point no suggestion or any information anything sinister went on at this may flower meeting, but merely that it may have been sessions having a faulty memory, that he didn't inform that he had the meeting. is that where we are? >> that's absolutely right. no suggestion of anything sin ter. but again, it would be a big problem. recall that senator sessions explained that he did not disclose these prior meetings with kisly...

Bob, anything wrong -- i mean, tell me how serious it is if you don't include the meetings -- let's say sessions didn't include this meeting. does it matter? >> yes, it matters. it tends to undermine one's credibility. you know, you expect the attorney general to be accurate and clear and careful. he's a lawyer. he's a senator. you expect honesty and care. whether anything sinister went on, obviously that's an important issue, but it isn't the complete issue. openness and honesty and so forth really matter. >> is there any latitude for just forgot? >> yeah, sure there is, but you know, you ten...

Trump got inaugurated. >> so, we got hugs, we got air kisses, we got nut job, quote crazy. >> a one on one dinner at the white house where he asks for his loyalty. in hindsight we should have seen this one coming. >> it would be funny if it weren't so dreadfully serious. bob, explain to me -- partly according to ken, partly in public, partly in private. what has to be private? i don't want anything hidden from us next week. >> you cannot -- you cannot assert a privilege -- look. you can say a and b, but you sure can't say c and d. you can't parse a privilege that way. >> what is going to be cl...