edited out, covered up, redacted and make it seem like it s a tougher job for the white house, make it seem like it faced scrutiny the gop memo did not. yeah, i think that s a fair point to make, brian. there s a little bit of irony in the white house and republicans who champion the first memo, saying, giving deaf rane ining justice department, intelligence committee, whether to release the memo given you released the first memos you just pointed out, over the extraordinarily pub lulic and firm objections f the fbi and justice department saying releasing the first memo would be extremely reckless. it is pretty clear trump is in a difficult situation right now. does he release a memo that we can fully expect undermines his argument and his argument is simple, that the fbi was politically motivated in starting the russia investigation, this gop mem h
let s brings in garrett haake at the white house. good morning. is this any sense that we might get word from the white house in a response to this? reporter: well, we certainly will get response at some point today. the president s schedule is clear, no other pub lulic event. the white house set to respond at a time and place of nair choosing. it was only a week ago that the president responded in fairly short order to the north koreans launching a missile that flew over one of the islands of japan president. at the time the president said that that act showed contempt for north korea s neighbor saying all options are on the table. that s the hanging threat on north korea established as recently as the middle of last week. no word yet from the white house on the timing or the manner in which the president might respond or further ratchet up the threats today. national security adviser h. r. mcmaster has been busy