been hearing in the last three weeks that he has become even more vociferous about the need for this investigation to go away and to the point people in the white house talking about it being an unstable place and at the level of instability is caused by his rants and rages, particularly about this damn spot that won't go out. that he seems consumed by where this investigation is going. it involves his daughter. his son-in-law. his son. himself. and he feels, apparently, that he's being closed in on. and it's affecting the whole temper of the white house and the question of whether the white house itself is a place of stability. >> it was interesting, caitlyn. yesterday in that 15-minute off-camera discussion the president had answering questions to reporters, he described all the actions which others might describe as attempts at obstruction, he described it as fighting back.