when he faced impeachment and possible removal from office. the president's advisers are simply flying blind, said one person directly involved in the planning. does that mesh with the reporting of "the washington post," mr. rucker? >> sort of, brian. that's correct that there is no war room. there is no sort of robust operation ready to go. but that being said, white house officials i've talked to have said that they have planned out for a number of contingencies based on what the mueller report may ultimately contain and what mueller may find, and they're going to be ready to sort of execute on that from a public relations standpoint. they have given it some thought. but i should tell you, i was over in the west wing this afternoon spending some time with officials there, and folks were much more transfixed by this college admissions bribery scandal than by the anticipation for the mueller report. there is sort of a strange disquiet in the west wing where we would normally think they'd be on pins and needles waiting for the mueller report, and a