how hillary clinton is addressing it at the top of the rally. we also heard from josh earnest today, the press secretary at the white house. let me quote him. he says the president doesn't believe he, he, james comey, is secretly strategizing to benefit one candidate or one political party. he's in a tough spot. talk to me about the tough spot that the president's in because we know he's stumping four different times this week for hillary clinton. >> reporter: well, as josh earnest pointed out, there's a separation of powers here. and the president cannot tell somebody in the fbi or the justice department what to do. so, josh earnest was trying to thread the needle there. while he was saying they can't comment on it one way or another, he also made the point very deftly that there are certain norms they would hope are being adhered too. by certain norms, you know, reading into that, one of those norms would not be commenting on