can record audio and you can quote the principal speaking. but i'm not getting this trend of not allowing cameras in the white house briefing room to show us the press secretary. so this odd answer to this incredibly odd overnight tweet is all cloaked in this odd audio. is it television punishment? do you know what's motivating this? >> sean spicer's been doing this since the beginning of the administration. today got a lot of attention because of all the news about russia and there were a lot of questions asked. but he's been doing it maybe once every week or two weeks since the beginning of the administration. what the reason is? i think they feel tensions will be lowered if the cameras aren't on. that reporters won't be acting out in front of the cameras and asking so many questions or hard questions and sort of -- and there's not that back and forth. the reality is i've been through many of these, it's exactly the