deafening silence from the white house, but also reports that the white house is trying to alter the news cycle to keep the stories out of the head lines. we'll have more on that in a second. but today, after signing a bill to fund the government, which by the way, in the space of a few days he endorsed and threatened to veto and didn't veto in the end, the president was asked three questions. two he answered, one he did not. >> thank you all very much. >> lying about the affairs? >> well, on the way out to marine one, the same story. >> mr. president, is karen mcdougal telling the truth? >> mr. president, any comment on mrs. mcdougal? >> will you watch "60 minutes" on sunday? will you watch "60 minutes," mr. president? >> well, the president also ignored questions at joint base andrews taking the long way to avoid members of the press. this is a president who, as you know, doesn't shy away from speaking his mind about even the most serious allegations against him, including allegations of sexual misconduct.