there's something else, you have something else they weren't clear on or weren't entirely truthful on that seems to interrupt it. this is a real problem. an ongoing problem. you wonder at what point do the staff and does the president break from this sort of constant barrage of scandal after what ought to be a good news cycle friday. >> it's also a problem because some of the explanations don't pass the smell test. back channel communications. why do you do track two diplomacy in the first place? to keep it from the b public. not the executive branch. talking about is syria. that's because you don't want politics to get involved. so, if you're going to set that up, why do it in a way where the fbi, the cia, all the intelligence community can't hear what you're doing. that doesn't really, that's not how it works. also, the fl low up meeting a raising a big question. it was with the head of -- which in russia means outside economy banks and they do foreign investments to benefit the