>> m.j., you also asked president biden about whether putin is being misinformed by his advisers as a u.s. official told cnn yesterday. what did he have to say to that? >> reporter: i did. i just asked the president how badly he believes vladimir putin is being misinformed by his advisers and this was the first time that the president ak addressed this issue ever since yesterday when u.s. officials declassified information showing that vladimir putin is getting bad information about how badly his army is doing, his military is doing, and how badly the sanctions are affecting his economy. this is what the president told me. >> that's an open question. there's a lot of speculation. but he seems to be, i'm not saying this with certainty, he seems to be self-isolating. and there's some indication that he has fired or put under house arrest some of his advisers. >> reporter: so the clear