week ahead. >> and the president has said he will make an announcement on this. >> making a joke of something so serious. one senior administration official sells cnn that trump has actually been amused by all the reporting of the tapes. that official saying the fall out from the tape story led to the appointment of robert mueller. the president is about to make his first public appearance since his tweet about the tapes and that is moments from now as we await the president and some comments we expect him to make live. he finally did come out and he answered the question. but he did it because there was a deadline from the house intelligence committee and raised perhaps more questions. >> hi, erin. that's right. we have more questions. that does not mean we're getting more answers. the deputy press secretary during that off camera briefing repeatedly said things like the president's tweets speaks for itself or the president has been very clear about this or that