in other words, continue this fight. that's up to the white house now. and we'll see what they do. >> you think there's a chance -- i guess it would be considered settling out of court. >> absolutely. the sensible resolution here is simply for the white house to say, look, okay. we made our point. but here's your press pass. let's go forward. instead, they could say well, the judge said we need to set up a procedure. we're going to set up a procedure, and we're still going to try to take your press pass away. >> one of the important things we have seen come out has been the number of news organizations that have come forward in supporting cnn's decision. is there any indication that that support, those friends of the filings have weighed on the judge at least in how he's decided this initial step? >> we didn't hear a lot from him about that in court, but it is quite possible. c n cnn's out with a statement thanking all the other news outlets for standing up not just