to bring up? . i mean, he talked about safe zones, yesterday with the foreign minister, earlier this week, rather, brought it up on the calls. >> saudi arabia? >> i'm not going the get ahead of his conversations that he will have. the president has been publicly clear about his desire to address that situation. and some of the solutions that exist. but in a lot of readouts we have had that as part of it, because he beliefs that that has to be part of the solution. john? >> in the interview that the president conducted yesterday with nbc he indicated and confirmed that on three separate occasions he asked the director of the fbi and received assurances from the fbi that he was not under investigation by the fbi. why was the president so consumed lie by this to ask that question on three separate occasions? >> i think because the narrative continued to be perpetuated and he wanted clarity to make sure. i haven't spoken to him about