pardon from president trump. it sure sounded as though over the last few days roger stone is campaigning for one and here's how sarah sanders andswered tha question earlier today. >> he said i'm not aware of that when asked if the president has ruled out a pardon for roger stone. is does that mean he hasn't ruled out a pardon? >> i'm not aware of any conversation regarding that or need for it. >> sarah, just to follow up, can you guarantee that the president won't pardon roger stone? >> again, i'm not going to talk about hypotheticals that are just ridiculous of things that i haven't talked about. >> reporter: and anderson, so you saw there, sarah sanders was trying to turn to me for a question there in the briefing room but never really ruled it out. and i think that basically indicates that this is a live option for the president. when i was able to ask sarah sanders a question, i asked her whether or not, you know, these aides, these associates of the president who are pleading guilty, who are being indicted in this russia investigation with this growing list of people in that category, are they concerned that the trump