administration or anyone in the white house? >> absolutely not. i think someone asked the question regarding fitness for duty. it is a natural extension of the fitness for duty assessment now and for the remainder of the presidency. so i followed that with one material or two terms. no one had prompted me or prepped me to ask, or to answer in any such way. >> you've been answering questions for more than 50 minutes which i think is really extraordinary. is that an indication of the president's desire to put all these rumors and questions to rest once and for all? >> absolutely. i think the president encouraged me to come out and he specifically told me. he said get out there and i want you to talk to them and i want to you answer every single question they have. he called sarah and he told sarah, i do not want you pulling him off that stage. you leave him off there until he's ready to come off. so two reasons. one is because the president wants me up here and he two, as