let's bring in caitlyn collins who is covering president trump from paris. caitlyn, just give us a sense before these ceremonies, before the commemoration kicks off of the frame of mind that donald trump is in as he goes through this visit. he did not appear to be in a good mood when he arrived. >> reporter: he didn't, but that could be because of the tension between he and the french president, but there he is there. you can see his motorcade. he just drove past us on his way down to the beginning of this ceremony. it does not appear that he went to the ceremony or to the meet and greet with the other world leaders earlier this morning as you could see them all arriving here in paris earlier today. it appears the president is coming straight from the ambassador's residence where he is staying going straight to the ceremony with first lady melania trump. the president is expected to make remarks later on today. those will be the first formal remarks of the president's trip and the first time we've heard from president trump since the beginning of that bilater

. >> let's go straight to cnn white house correspondent caitlyn collins joining us now. robert mueller has not unveiled any indictments in the russia probe since july. does the president know something is on the horizon? >> reporter: that's the question and that was the question after president trump sent the tweets lashing out as the special counsel as you showed on the screen. president trump says he is not agitated but just yesterday he called this a witch-hunt like no other in american history. so you would have to say he is a little bit agitated about this and that's why he's sending out those tweets after those three days of private meetings with his legal team, going over what it is they're going to say in response to these written questions from the special counsel. president trump there insisting that he has written these questions himself. he said they haven't been submitted yet but he is the one that penned the answers to the question. he said they have not submitted the questions yet, but the expectation is that that would happen in the coming days since pres