and whether or not he told mr. icahn what he was planning? sarah: i am not aware of the recent conversations between the two of them. i will have to get back to you. thank you. i'm going to let these -- [inaudible] i'll let these guys take a break and if they want to say anything, they're welcomed, certainly to make a quick comment before we leave. reporter: can you talk about morale? sarah: i would not agree -- i think we are in a great place. we have an incredible story to tell. it's been an historic first year and we're focusing on things president trump campaigned on. we're excited what we've done and where we're going and we're continuing to work hard for the american people. i'm going to let these guys take a break. [inaudible] reporter: third briefing you have not taken from cnn. do you expect the justice department to enforce all subpoenas, sarah? > thanks for being here. > thank you. >> we thought you would have questions for us.

they want to know if someone in the trump administration provided mr. icahninformation that the steel tariffs were on their way. those tariffs today cost the president his top economic advisor gary cohn, which at one level is another one out. but i'm also interested in really knowing why he left and what the consequences are of him leaving and how nuts this whole process has been in the white house. joining us now is someone who knows. stephanie ruhle the host of msnbc live. you know more about this than anybody else i know. >> i know some and president trump who loves to say i and i alone is going to have to look at the stock market because dow futures are now down 400 and that is because gary cohn, his economic advisor said sayonara. after he got taxes done, early january gary said to the president. could he do something at state and could he do something, a cabinet position and trump said how about infrastructure. has gary rolled out a plan? no. >> it's a punch line. >> no, we're dealing with the president of unforced errors that gets distracted and change

and whether or not he told mr. icahn what he was planning. >> i'm not aware of a recent conversation between the two of them so i'd have to verify and get back to you. i'm not aware of in irecent conversations. thanks, guys. i'm going to let these -- i'll let these guys take a break and if they want to say anything, they're welcome certainly to make a quick comment before we leave. >> can you speak to the morale in the white house after friday it was said morale has never been lower? >> i definitely would not agree. we have an incredible story to tell. it's been an historic first year and we're continuing to focus on the things that president trump campaigned on. we're excited about what we've done and where we're going and we're going to continue working hard for the american people. thanks. i'm going to let these guys take a break, thanks, guys. >> sara, this is the third briefing you have not taken a question from cnn. do you expect the justice department to enforce all subpoenas, sarah? >> all right. jim acosta there

but now carl icahn is back in the thick of it again because it turns out mr. icahnoff $30 million in stock in a company's who price would tank if the government announced a steal tariff. he sealed off the $31.3 million of stock before president trump in fact announced his new steel tariffs. we reported on that last night. now a non-partisan watchdog group asked the securities and exchange commission to investigate for insider trading. they want to know if someone in the trump administration provided mr. icon with information that the steel tariffs were on their way. those tariffs today cost the president his top economic advisor gary cohen, which at one level is another one out. but i'm also interested in really knowing why he left and what the consequences are of him leaving and how nuts this whole process has been in the white house. joining us now is someone who knows. stephanie rule the host of msnbc live. you know more about this than anybody else i know. >> i know some and president trump who loves to say i and i alone is going to have to look at the stock mar

i certainly hope that mr. icahnwho is a well-known global businessman and knows how to do his business, has dotted the is and crossed all the ts, but the appearance of this and the timing of it i would say is unfortunate. >> we want to stress there's no known connection to any type of ethical issues, but your point is it raises questions. >> it does indeed. it's all part of the fabric of our relationships both inside the country where we have less and less trust with each other, and really to this tariff point, our relationships globally. as people see this kind of activity, it's very concerning and it's part of that concern we ought to have about how we appear overseas. >> i want to also get your reaction to what we heard from russia's president vladimir putin yesterday in his state of the nation address. he touted his nuclear weapons arsenal. he said that they have nuclear weapons that are difficult to detect. he boasted that he had a cruise missile that could essentially reach anywhere in the world. megyn kelly p

icahn is a famous rich person and investor. once president trump won the election, he then named mr. icon to be a special advisor to the president on regulatory reform. you see that title in the headline of the press release. that title did not last long. carl icahn would claim that that press release never had been issued. he never had been given that title. when it emerged that these regulations he had been advising the president about were regulations where he personally had hundreds of millions of dollars riding on the white house decision on those matters. that caused him to leave the white house and pretend like he had never been there in the first place. well, now center for american progress and "the washington post" say once again carl icahn appears to be financially inbred with the trump white house. two weeks ago, mr. icon apparently had the foresight to sell off more than $30 million of stock that he had just been sitting on for years. was millions of shares of stock in a company whose stock price would definitely tank if the u.s. government announced tariffs on steel. wel

> the president's close friend carl icahn said he sold stock before the president made his announcement. can you tell us the last time that the president spoke with mr. ikahn and what they were planning to do? >> i'd have to verify and get back to you. thanks, guys. i'm going to let these -- hold on. i'm going to let these guys take a break. if they want to say anything, they're welcome certainly to make a quick comment before we leave. >> can you speak to the morale in the white house? >> i definitely would not agree. i think we're in a great place. we have an incredible story to tell. it's been a historic first year. we're continuing to focus on the things that president trump campaigned on. we're excited about what we've done and where we're going. we're going to continue working hard for the american people. thanks, guys. i'm going to let these guys take a break. thanks, guys. >> do you expect the justice department to enforce all

president's close friend carl icahn sold stock to a company related to this issue before the president made his announcement. can you tell us the last time the president has spoken with mr. ican and told him of what he was planning -- >> i'm not aware of a recent conversation between the two of them and i would have to verify and get back to you. i'm not aware of any questions. thanks guys. i'm good go -- i'm going to let these guys take a break and if they want to say anything, they are welcome to make a quick comment before we leave. >> speak to the moral of the white house -- [ inaudible question ]. >> i definitely would not agree. we're in a great place. we have an incredible story to tell. it is a historic first year and we're continuing to focus on the things that president trump campaigned on. we're excited about what we've done and where we're going and we're going to continue working hard for the american people. >> just a real quick -- >> i'm going to let these guys take a break. thanks, guy. >> sarah, this is the third briefing you've not taken a question from cnn. >> that is sarah sanders. back with me ken delanian and john harwood and katy tur. and we'll ge