end of 2017, and of course, here we are. >> the white house, sarah sanders was asked directly about roger stone's chance at a pardon, explain what she said? >> reporter: that's right. and there was some tap dancing going on around this question. take a listen to this as some of my colleagues in the briefing room pressed sarah sanders on whether or not roger stone could actually receive a presidential 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 answered that question earlier today. >> you said, i'm not aware of that, when asked if the president had ruled out a pardon for roger stone. so, does that mean he hasn't ruled out a pardon? >> i'm not aware of any conversation regarding that or a 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