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>> reporter: you and i would have talked how they're over at this point. that grain's sa of salt. as you talked about, oprah winfrey making a ton of headlines after that speech at the golden globes. almost inevitable that would come up in this gaggle with the pool members on air force one, and gidly, wasn't aware of whether or not the president had seen oprah's speech, but said we welcome all-comers. throwing down the gauntlet. asked if the president was running again in 2020. ask the campaign. within 95 seconds walked it back, joking, the president is absolutely running again for office. rema...

Next several weeks, according to a person close to the president. we've got a lot to get to this afternoon. two of our reporters, contributing to that report, nbc news chief white house correspondent hallie jackson following the latest from the white house and julia aimsl ain. we we spoke a couple hours ago, one of your question es, would the president have anything to say aboard air force one. did we know? >> reporter: he did not. literally, ten minutes ago, chris, right before i walked out to speak to you we heard from one of the deputy press secretaries, on airs one talking with reporters. ...

Legal standard when a president needs to be interviewed and considering things like timing, and the format of any kind of discussion with the special counsel, if, in fact, robert mueller and his team decide he want to ask for this kind of interview from donald trump. now, there are some caveats to this. one, preliminary, ongoing. these discussions have been going on's we know the special counsel's team, the president's legal team end of the month, december, met. a week-long conversation and three, julia will speak about this more. the legal strategy and whether or not the special counsel's off...