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>> weve seen these reports that trump gave his team just one hours notice before the comey firing. was that enough? >> of course not. you have to have some time to both talk about the message, talk about who is going to bring it out and who is going to be the bearer of the message, and you have to talk about whats going to happen in the second and third and fourth day out as people start to digest these things, as people start to do sidebars and follow-up stories. politicians know that. theyve b...

Anderson cooper even rolled his eyes that kellyanne conway. >> i was on your show last year saying were going out when michigan and how were going to do it. heres what happened today. >> by friday, trump had had enough. tweeting this "as a very active president with lots of things happening, it is not possible for my surrogates to stand at the podium with the perfect accuracy. maybe the best thing to do would be to cancel all future press briefings and hand out written responses in the sake of a...

Is not speed but the accuracy of the investigation, the integrity of the investigation, the competence of the investigation. this is not a race to the finish line. this is a race to have justice done. and to make sure that we have a competent, effective investigation, and i would recommend a special prosecutor who, in fact, would be independent. i think thats important. they need to have confidence in how this is done, confidence in our elective system, to have confidence in our democracy and ho...

They make mistakes, we all make mistakes. >> it is my job to speak on behalf of the president of the united states. he said that to the press briefing one day. howie: they are given information on all the issues and sometimes they are not getting the full story. let me get you in here, margaret. >> thank you. >> about this as a very active president, it is not possible for surrogates to stand in the podium with perfect accuracy? >> let me agree with erin, he was bluffing about no more press brie...

Eyes that kellyanne conway. >> i was on your show last year saying were going out when michigan and how were going to do it. heres what happened today. >> by friday, trump had had enough. tweeting this "as a very active president with lots of things happening, it is not possible for my surrogates to stand at the podium with the perfect accuracy. maybe the best thing to do would be to cancel all future press briefings and hand out written responses in the sake of accuracy" and exclusive interview...

The house have. and to me, its remarkable that the us white house spokesman would not confirm or deny the accuracy of the presidents tweet and statement on friday morning. chris: did comey ever tell you, as he apparently told senators grassley and feinstein as they revealed it today in a public session, that the president, in fact, is not a target of the investigation? >> im not going to get into the specifics of what director comey has talked with me about. what he has said and it was reinforce...

That is president trump is unhappy with communication team. is it common to scapegoat if things go wrong? >> yeah, people can get blamed. i think this president has unique challenges because he is a strong communicator when he wants to be, but when it goes bad he sort of doubles down on twitter and what not as his communication staff bears the brunt of the tough questions and the accusations that they want to tell them the truth because he changes narrative. howie: im moving so fast im susm -- s...

70-year-old man to have to really change his m.o. he was a page 6 guy. he wanted to have his picture in the paper, shaking hands with famous people and what we call bold-faced type names. now with people actually talking back to him, even though hes the richest guy in the room, he doesnt necessarily control their futures. its a new world for him. >> as you know, the president last week on twitter threatened to cancel the daily press briefings just to hand out some written statements for accuracy...

Institutions of our democracy. eugene, from your perspective, how does the white house see this week? >> well, i think the white house is probably still trying to figure out everything that happened this week from the firing to the most recent tweet to todays interviews with the people who are likely or possibly likely to replace james comey. i think what staffers can do a better job of doing hopefully for us in the media next week is getting on the same page to communicate not just to us but to...

Press briefings and hand out written responses for the sake of accuracy. >> full house today. >> reporter: the press secretary was at the podium after a perilous week for the administration. >> time and time again, attempt to parse every word, make it a game of got you. >> reporter: looking to put blame elsewhere, he is frustrated by the communications team saying he may take matters into his own hands. >> sean supervisor, he is an amazing man. >> is he the press secretary tomorrow? >> he is doi...