rucker, white house reporter for the associated press jonathan le mere and two attorneys are with us tonight. a 25-year veteran federal prosecutor, joyce vance, who spent almost eight years as a u.s. attorney, among the first five u.s. attorneys appointed by president obama. and jeremy bash is back with us, former chief of staff at the cia and pentagon. former chief counsel to the house intelligence committee. phillip, i'll begin with you largely because of the work again tonight of your newspaper on this eventful, emotional day. your paper prints this game changer story and i'm guessing you find the president's personal attorney's reaction notable as well. >> and you hit the nail on the head when you said the white house and actually not the white house, the legal team, the president's legal team is not actually denying the details of this story. rather there's an attack on the leaks, and i received in the last hour a very detailed list of talking points that have been produced by the