about you could look at the appointment of a special counsel as almost an opportunity for this president to say, you know what? that's the investigation, it's ongoing, i'm focussing on the agenda, and here we are. >> it was an opportunity for him to do that, because things move so fast these days, that actually he could have done that, but actually he can't stop talking about it. when he feels aggrieved, he fix ates on things, and it becomes cyclical and he literally can't stop talking about this. >> reaction from cnn's sarah murray at the white house. the president left for an eight-day trip just as this story broke, is any information coming out at all from air force one? >> reporter: as matt pointed out, we would all like to know what's happening on that plane, i imagine the president is doing a little bit more venting about how this russia story will not