president's written answers, covering some the same ground that cohen was. but was the president being truthful? his lawyers say he was. we don't know what the exact wording was. he could release them, he hasn't. keeping them honest, it's well documented the president falls well short, pointing to a presidential tweet this morning. "did you ever see an investigation more in search of a crime," the president tweeted. at that moment, we now know that the president already knew about cohen pleaded guilty about lying to congress. tweeting is easy, truthing, that's another deal entirely. there's much more to report on this. pamela brown joins with us more on the putin penthouse angle. so explain what we know about this, was this an absolute plan, was this just something they were floating, the organization? >> it was an idea that was considered, we've learned, as