he s ready to talk to the mueller investigators, but he will be guided by his personal counsel. cnn crime and justice reporter shimon prokupecz with me now on this. the president says, yes, absolutely, shimon, his lawyers they might tap the brakes there. reporter: that s sort of the message that, you know, we keep getting from different people, certainly from the president and some of his attorneys. and then in private conversations that our reporters had with people close to the president. you know, we really don t know ultimately what the president is going to do. now, naturally his attorneys want to show that he s being cooperative, that he s willing to do it, but that is a key distinction, a key phrase here, you know, it will be up to the lawyers. he s going to take the advice of his attorneys. because keep in mind whether this happens under oath or not, talking to fbi agents, being interviewed by them and answering their questions, you have to be truthful because if not, you cou