to the conclusion that they just don't think they can have the president, despite his repeated public protestations that he's eager to testify, that he's eager to provide testimony to the special counsel, if they're coming to the conclusion that they just can't put the president on the witness stand in front of special mueller or even have him provide written testimony, that suggests something that reinforces some of the more disturbing allegations in the recently released book by bob woodward that the president can't keep to a consistent line in describing the events of 2016 that are being investigated by special counsel robert mueller. >> i don't know if you listened to the one-hour plus speech that former president barack obama just delivered in illinois, but he was really tough on the president point after point after point, going after him. this is really the first time he's delivered a campaign type speech like this since leaving office. i wonder if you want to give us