black and white saying, yeah, he helped dictate it it's just a reminder of -- we go through this process in washington where he do the reporting and we go to the white house, we go to the administration and we engage with them and we have a back and forth and then the next day sometimes the very same people who were telling us yeah, we're fine, i'll confirm that for you, turn back around and say fake news, phony media. this isn't going to be a surprise to any reporter in washington that this is how it's operating right now. >> and take a look at what kevin mccarthy, the man who would be speaker, had to say when confronted with all of these lies. >> mr. leader, are you bothered by the fact that the white house lied about the president's involvement here? >> look, the one thing i have found, this has gone on for more than a year, millions of dollars