of legal problems he has. right? you've got the situation where the president is someone that generally does a lot of interviews and sort of is out there. he can't do that under legal advice. >> as people have said before, he's got this really difficult existential problem. if he talks and tells the truth, he gets himself in trouble. if he talks and lies, he gets himself in trouble. there's nothing he can say at this point anymore to get himself out of it. >> here's what's coming. today at the hearing, judge wood said i'm going to appoint a special master, former federal judge. >> independent person will go through the files. >> she also said i don't want to waste a lot of time here. i'm looking at a four-week plan. time is not friendly to trump. time is friendly to prosecutors. >> still to come under intense questioning by lawmakers about his mounting scandals, scott pruitt admits he flat out lies about one of them. that story after the break.