manuel macron to washington. it's his first big state dinner. it matters how it's carried off, how it's planned, what's discussed. that's one of the reasons we're giving so much attention to what happened this weekend. right on the eve of all of these big things we had the president just going off on jim comey, the mueller probe, how all of the media has it wrong, how the media has it unfair. he went at it more than ever in terms of volume. let's discuss the state of play with mark short. assistant to the president of the united states. always good to have you on the show, sir. >> good morning, chris. thanks for having me back. >> good. let's have one quick agreement on one point. you cannot guarantee to the american people that the mueller probe will be seen to its conclusion, is that true? >> chris, how about we phrase the question a different way. how about we look at it as every day there's a different vigil, a prayer vigil on cnn. is today the day that mueller is