only so much outreach they can do without it looking like that's his number one priority. they would argue inside the white house that they continue to push it. but when they don't weigh in on an issue like this, it's undoubtedly going to raise questions about how much energy they're putting through some of these initiatives. >> your cameraman's done a good job trying to keep the construction out of the background. but i can hear the beeping going on. >> reporter: the old executive office building they're working on. over here, there's huge dirt piles where our north lawn cam position is. they're doing a big underground construction project that's going to last for about two years. we're told some of the telecommunications and whatnot here around the white house hasn't been dealt with in decades. there's all kinds of conspiracy theories that maybe they're building an underground tunnel or something else. we haven't been able to confirm that. they're probably just doing telecommunications and plumbing, the usual stuff.