the president would have for the members of congress would be let's get to work. you've had a nice long break here, and we've got a lot of things to do. we've got some big commitments to the american people that we need to fulfill, and we need to do some really big and bold things throughout the fall and hopefully they'll get on board and be part of that process. >> the letter as reported suggests that some of the rational did have to do with russia, but the president initially talked about hillary clinton and i'm wondering whether you can square those two for us. do you think his -- do you think there's now an inconsistency that needs to be addressed and would you like to address it from the podium. >> i'm not sure i'm following fully your question, but as i said earlier in reference to the letter and the comey firing, we have discussed that extensively of the in fact, i've done that many times from this podium. and i'll refer you back to ty cobb's statement that i read