would i accept a pardon from president trump. >> okay. now we know that his lawyers did, at one point, okay? so that's an issue. but then the president said it happened to him directly and he weighed in on it publicly on friday. here it is. >> michael cohen lied about the pardon. it was a stone-cold lie. >> okay? then the tweet came out an hour later, john dean, right, when he said, he directly asked me for a pardon, i said "no." this is obviously hugely significant if it happened. why not just give the details to back it up? this should not be hard, john. >> it should not be hard. erin, i've seen a press room under fire before, in my time, but i've never seen one as non-responsive as this one. it's really quite remarkable. she goes out there and she's either unprepared or afraid to get out on a limb, because he's going to change his position, as soon as she takes a position.