that's why one company, daske, is rolling out an employee stock program. >> to our knowledge, this is the first time a company, any carrier in the united states, has done this specifically for drivers. >> reporter: ceo and president don daske, who began building a trucking empire in 2008, took the company public earlier this year with a goal of offering his drivers an ownership stake. >> we think in order to grow, we need to do things a bit differently. and a stock plan for drivers is a way to think out of the box, to help our drivers, at the same time attract the drivers we need in order to grow. >> reporter: daske, which owns many trucking fleets, is the largest operator of flatbed trucks in the u.s. it's a small cap stock, but one with big ambitions, to double in size through acquisitions over the next three years. through the new plan, drivers and other employees will get grants after a full quarter with the company. he does that incrementally over five years. the initial reaction from company drivers? >> it's not normal. for somebody to give us ownership of the company, legitimat

but i don't think it would be a bad question to dask. i think loyalty to the country, loyalty to the united states is important. you know, i mean it depends how you define loyalty, number one. number two, i don't know how that got there. >> mm-hmm. >> because i didn't ask that question. >> mm-hmm. what about the idea that in a tweet you said that there might be tape-recordings? >> well, that i can't talk about. i won't talk about that. all i want is for comey to be honest, and i hope he will be, and i'm sure he will, i hope. >> joining me now is john dean, former white house counsel to president richard nixon, who knew a thing about taping things in the white house. john, i can't tell if this is a distraction or a fib or a bluff, but your reaction to the pointed non-denial both from sean spicer and the president himself about taping people in the oval office? >> it is very hard to believe that he's actually got any kind of formal equipment to record in the oval office. the only thing that occurred to me was if he's capable and understand