this program is so important and for the president to do this based on, as you said, his personal obsession and based on wrong information because the part of fisa that would apply to any kind of surveillance of his campaign aides is not this part that we're talking about. so absolutely, people were just mortified over this today. you're right. it does speak to -- i assume he must have been briefed on the importance of this vote. and it raises the question, either he didn't understand the briefing or perhaps he wasn't directly briefed this morning. but it's hugely troubling development. >> barbara, i'm told he was briefed by tom bossert. that bossert, quote, had him in the right place on this bill. he was not in the building this morning but as soon as he caught wind of the president's tweets, in opposition to this legislation, he scrambled the jets if you will to get the president back in line. can you talk about just string together the president's world