try and convince special counsel robert mueller that his own investigation is a witch-hunt. so let's go to katelyn collins our senior white house correspondent to catch some of this. watching that, how extraordinary to have all of those different intel chiefs standing up. seems almost like bizarro world given what we normally hear from that podium with regard to the russian investigation and to hear director coats say russia is trying to interfere, the threat is real stunning. >> reporter: when the white house brings out these guests at the beginning of the briefing it almost seems as they are filibustering to avoid tough questions that they know are coming from reporters. today quite a show of force with most members of the national security council, most people who regularly attend those meetings coming out to the briefing today, each one taking time to come up to the pod wrum to speak to reporters about the threat they believe is real, is happening, saying democracy is