thanks for coming. sarah: thank you, marc. because it's friday and it's st. patrick's day weekend, i'm sure you are have exciting plans. we'll take a few questions and then let everybody get out of here. go ahead. > sarah, an attorney for the porn star stormi daniels said she [inaudible] affair of president trump. i wonder if you talked to the president about that. if he knows who might have threatened her or if he has concerns of women accusers being threatened in that way? sarah: we take the safety and security of any person seriously. certainly would condemn anyone threatening any individual but i have no knowledge of that situation and would refer you to the president's outside personal attorney. reporter: did the president have anything to say about that? sarah: i have not spoken to him about that. reporter: a law firm staff saying they're on edge, people are worried, they don't know what's happening in terms of staffing, firing. has the president or the chief of staff made any...

ark short. sarah: pulling out the big guns for friday. serious business. good afternoon. let me start by addressing the blackhawk helicopter crash in iraq. at least from initial reporting, the crash does not appear to have been caused by enemy action. however, this incident is under investigation. this tragic crash reminds us that all our courageous men and women take extraordinary risks every single day in service of our country. american troops alongside their coalition partners continue their efforts to defeat isis in iraq and syria and to prevent its re-emergence. as the president tweeted, our thoughts and prayers go out to the loved ones lost. their sacrifice and service to our country will never be forgotten. looking ahead to next week, the president will be traveling to new hampshire on monday. the purpose of this trip is to further enforce the administration's commitment to combating the opioid crisis. as the president said in his state of the union address, this...

done to take your questions on other news of the day. ark. mark: good afternoon. since i know you are interested in white house personnel issues, we wanted to take a few minutes to discuss the historic obstruction that we have faced by senator schumer and senate democrats in confirming our nominees to enable us to fill out our white house. the senate obviously has the constitutional responsibility for advice and consent. so what that looks like in real life is the president selects the nominee. they undergo an entire f.b.i. background check. they work with the office of government ethics. that's a process that takes a good amount of time. a good amount of resources. only then after cleared through an f.b.i. background check and the office of government ethics is a nominee submitted to the united states senate. when they get to the senate they go through several additional evaluations including meetings with staff, meetings with the members on both sides of the aisle. the nominee then...