aware of what was going on in the drafting of this statement. it might have seemed like an ordinary day but of course viewed in light of the mueller -- mueller investigation, where do you think the mueller investigation is? and what happens to such a -- a large effort when something like this comes along? >> brian, it merits repetition. that meeting back in june 2016 was direct evidence that the trump campaign knew in advance before attending the meeting that the russian government was attempting to interfere in the 2016 election. and by participating in that meeting at the highest levels of the trump campaign that is leading mueller to look at whether there was foreknowledge that the campaign willingly participated and in fact agreed to attend the meeting and agreed to discuss the interference. i think for the president then to lie about it just shows that he is covering his tracks. the fact that adoptions were discussed at that meeting doesn't render his explanation