morning. especially cabinet secretaries. we also asked for them. ultima ultimately, the white house offered a deputy press secretary, and so we declined. let me go to the senator cotton interview. i think the story of the weekend has to do with the white house contact with some of these investigative entities, fbi senate intel. tom cotton not ready to go the route yet. >> no. but a couple steps down that path i thought. he was very vocal on the need for a vigorous, din independent investigation. but they have been asking for a special collect independent committee. i think that's where this conversation is going. i think republicans have resisted. but i think they're sending the signals and senator cotton sent one to you that they realize that optics are going to require an independent investigation. >> it is interesting that he