that s right. look the fact that stormy daniels attorney is talking to anyone and even about this alleged affair makes the president s silence i don t want to interrupt you, stormy daniels lawyer is using that to hi advantage saying where s the president on this. he s using this as part of his strategy. reporter: that s right. and we asked the senior official about what is the president s account and silence from all of this. they said the president have asked his advisers what to do. they counselled him to say nothing. to say anything would only add fuel to this fire. the stormy daniels fire as sorted as it is it s not affecting his political standing or his legislative agenda. that is what accounts for the president s apparent silence on all of this, halle. there is one development in all of this though. there was a rumor circulated on