sanders was saying in the briefing room, she was saying she would side with people who were in the room. well, senator dick durbin was in the room. he said he heard that remark. senator lindsey graham was also in the room. he's not denied the remark was made. as a matter of fact, he told senator tim scott that's exactly what happened. so the white house is choosing to rely on the word of senators cotton and perdue, not from graham and durbin, bipartisan senators who were invited over to the white house to try to craft some way out of this immigration impasse. they just haven't been able to do that at this point. but anderson, it just goes to show you when we try to ask for straight answers over here, it is just extremely difficult. they can filibuster, they can move on to the next question, they can go around us. at one point, sarah sanders described the president's remarks as strong language and not always politically correct. to go after countries, to talk about countries in that fashion, that's not going against political correctness. that is really just being discriminatory towards people coming in from those countries. >> jim acosta, thanks. earlier today, jake tapper spoke