a nerve agent of a russian exspy widely believed to be sanctioned and possibly done by the russian government. and the president was given written briefings before this call and he did not follow them. he talked about syria, north korea for our sources did not mention these two topics. so that's what happened yesterday. he was given this information and also given an oral briefing and in the call with vladimir putin, did the call his way and did not follow what his national security advisers had put in writing. obviously that's the president's choice to do. he can say whatever he wants in any call. he's president of the united states. but he did not follow what many of the professionals in the white house wanted them to do. >> chris, you wrote this morning that this feels like a purposeful leak at the highest levels designed to publicly embarrass the president. why? >> publicly embarrass/communicate with them. why? because brianna,