those denounced in the moment. this is a white house that is still reeling. it's gone to the president, as well. according to our reporting, he's been far more subdued the last day or so. he's distracted. angry behind closed doors about what happened. particularly on the cohen matter. he was able to sort of maintain at the rally. he didn't speak about either man while on stage in west virginia. but today, of course, we saw him start venting. he started on twitter. including the tweet about if you're looking for a good lawyer, don't go to michael cohen. i think it's one of his better efforts of late. and then, you know, he continued on ward. we have the moment of sara sanders the repetition of the president didn't do anything wrong. he's not charged of a crime. the issue is with our reporting there's not much of a battle plan there yet. they put together some talking points. they barely circulated them. rudy is golfing in scotland. relatively m.i.a. today compared to what he usually is when he's trying to hit back against something threatening the president. they're still reeling. >> peter, your paper was fresh reporting tonight that this was a consequential event yesterday.