including from people like john mccain about america's leadership role in the world. i don't know if the shot is going to pull out. you see everybody else around this table including reince priebus, not interesting he's at the table. but what he said, talking about how it is a blessing on behalf of the senior staff to be there and working for the president at a time when there is continued speculation about all of the palace intrigue as you know well. soapy think that this is kind of a very interesting when you look at it from an optics perspective, an interesting moment here from the president. then he's promising that news conference in two weeks related to what he describes as the fight against isis. you might remember, kristin, three weeks ago when they were overseas with the president, the president then also promised a news conference focused on isis. if it happens, many questions we would like him to answer. >> undoubtedly. a lot of big headlines out of that. thank you for breaking that down. i want to go back to pete williams. in just moments, we're expecting a news conference from the attorneys general of d.c. and