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Be to cancel press briefings and hand out written responses for sake of accuracy." forget about canceling the press briefing, its a threat theyve talked about in the past and hasnt happened. but its already been hard for the president and his communications team to be on the same page. my questions pretty simple -- why is it so hard? >> well, its so hard -- i mean, when he says hes an active president, what it means is stories shift, and they shift very rapidly. i mean, the vice president of the...

Accusations -- >> do you mind if i -- i think in this case, it is interesting how the story has changed. he made those comments several times over several courses of action. and to say the director of national intelligence, who stated unequivocally, what his position was on multiple occasions before today, and now suddenly is saying, i wasnt sure about it, that -- the burden seems to be on him, not us. >> he wasnt saying he wasnt sure, he was saying he wasnt [ inaudible ], but moving on to the -...

Dinner between the former fbi director and president of the united states? >> im not aware of that. >> one follow up, what can the administration do better when it comes to communication? today the president tweeted out that he felt from behind that podium its not always possible to present the information with perfect accuracy. >> so, look, i think we come out here every day and try to do the best job we can communicating with the president what hes donend the accomplishments hes making on the ...

We know in the past theres an indication that quotes arent necessarily for accuracy. the spugs the president is recording conversations with the fbi director is mental news today and has a lot of people raising their eyebrows wondering, does this really exist? it came amid conversations about a conversation on january 27th amid a trump investigation into the campaign. comey asked during a couple of times whether he would be loyal to the president. this came after "the new york times" report that...

That is a reaction to the fact that some of the comments we heard this week have contradicted what we heard from the president yesterday. this one, maybe the best thing to do is cancel all future press briefings and hand out wring responses for the sake of accuracy. and from james clapper himself, and everyone with knowledge of thetapping situation, there is no collusion, when does it snend. >> -- end? >> we asked if there was tapes of the conversations, i have not gotten response or reaction to...

The president has tweeted something not on point or alk rat. we will be asking shaun spiezer about it. that will raise the question, if it was, was it during the dinner? the phone calls? we dont know. the historical parallels certainly go back o that knicks onnian moment. >> it does. the president also in those tweets and he had a bunch of them this morns. one tweet saying this and well but put it up on the screen, as a very tesch president with lots of things happening, its is not possible for ...

You and peter alexander have some new information. >> reporter: this is the way that the white house can speak to the american public. let me read you what the president tweeted about the press briefing. he said as a very active president with lots of things happening it is not possible for any surrogates to stand at podium with perfect accuracy. maybe the best thing to do would be to cancel all press briefings and hand out written responses for the sake of accuracy. lets take the tweets initial...

Dont do what flynn did lying about your contact when you lie under oath. thats the crime. its not talking to the russians. brian: this is what drives him crazy. the trump nexis. the lead editorial, seven different links to russia, which are all tangential and rumored. steve: geraldo, the president has been tweeting in the last ten minutes. sent out two new tweets. said the fake media is working over time today as a very active president with lots of things happening, he goes on to write. it is n...

Context and conversation in that dinner and in the telephone conversations to be classified. one other thing the president tweeted out this morning, quote, maybe the best thing to do would be to cancel all future press briefings and hand out written responses for the sake of accuracy. that was talking about the fact that there has been an evolving story in this white house, among the press operation, the vice president and president as to why james comey was fired. i am told that the president r...

Today. "as a very active president with lots of things happening, it is not possible for my surrogates to stand at the podium with perfect accuracy." here was sean spicer on that. >> and i think sometimes we dont have an opportunity to get in to see him and get his full thinking. in those cases, we do our best to follow up with you. but i think that there are times when you, more than not, read a story when someones trying to pull apart one word, one sentence, and say, aha! and make it a gotcha ...