tapes, issues. they have been unable to provide an answer. part of what made it stick is when the n the president s business life prior to coming into politics he had at times regarded conversations so there was a predicate to suggest he had an interesting in recording tapes. that s where we started. today he finishes it by suggesting that he did not have, did not record, does not possess tapes. it does have a legal tone that makes me wonder if it was passed through the white house counsel s office before it hit his twitter feed but there was a deadline set by a house committee wanting proof of tapes or some kind of response from the white house officially, that deadline coming up tomorrow and so the president meets the deadline, answers the questions and as some in the white house suggest, he might be responding to the promise of giving us an answer. so it has been a long twisted road on the suggestion of recorded conversations.