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Institutions in the relationship between the press and government in american -- in american politics. >> and you and i were both on tv this morning when this tweet came through. but donald trump responded and said in a tweet this morning, as a very actsive president with lots of things happening, its not possible for my surrogates to stand at the podium with perfect accuracy. yes, it is. >> but also, perfect and accurate? i mean, come on now, people make mistakes and you walk in and say im sorr...

It is also key to allowing there to be transparency at the highest levels of government. whether thats the president of the united states or the people who work for him. so any suggestion that press briefings would be canceled is, of course, something that correspondents association would object to. >> i want to walk through the importance of accuracy. were talking about a white house that talks so much about the slanted media and fake news. lets just walk through this. in that exclusive nbc new...

American people first by accepting the recommendation of the deputy attorney general to remove director comey as the head of the fbi. >> accepting the recommendation from the vice president, that of course, before that interview with lester holt with the president says i already had my mind made up. it seems as if the vice president was sent out with incorrect talking points. is there anything he can do about it? >> top officials at the white house are pushing back against that criticism. they s...

Questions about a president potentially taping a sitle fbi director without his knowledge, but well get to that later, pete, thank you. lets go to kristin welt welker he thought the interview would put things to rest, it has done the hop sit. tell us more. >> it is not unusual for this president to wake up and start tweeting, but today really, remarkable. lashing out at a different host of people and entities. he say he better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before leaking to the pr...

Accuracy of our investigation. >> did you decide your path is clear that for instance a subpoena to flynn wont -- >> were very comfortable. >> he understood we needed to deconflict. >> the president said in this yesterday he was not tarrgeted n this investigation. >> we cant comment on that. thats a conversation that took place supposedly between director comey and the president. our job is to make sure to follow the intelligence where it leads and hopefully make a determination. >> i would just...

Connection is diminished. but tissue is still here: and the fact that michael flynn wanted to change the sanctions for russia because president obama said that russia was working on our elections trying to change the shape of our elections, for him to go and want to change the sanctions and talking to a russian ambassador about this, thats saying something. and this goes beyond just 2016. it goes to 2018 elections and 2020. michael flynn is the hot potato no one wants to touch right now because ...

That i think we can all agree as jimmy kimmel said in his original segment, is something that is a right. a baby should not have no access to the care it needs because their family cant afford it. >> appreciate both of you. ladies, thank you. coming up next, just in. the white house re-thinking the u.s. strategy in afghanistan. might that result in a u.s. troop surge? we will talk about whats next for americas longest war. and does fbi director james comey need to correct the record? all the...

>> im sorry? >> i thought you said that you advised on -- >> director comey did before the house intelligence committee announced that the fbi initiated an investigation in july of 2016. >> what did the intelligence agencies do with the findings that i just spoke about that the guardian wrote about? >> im not sure about the accuracy of the article. so clearly going back to 2015 there was evidence of russian activity mainly in information gathering where think were investigating voter registratio...

>> i thought you said that you advised on july -- >> no, director comey did before the house intelligence committee announced that the fbi didnt initiate an investigation in july of 2016. >> well, what did the intelligence agencies do with the findings that i just spoke about that "the guardian" wrote about? >> im not sure about the accuracy of that article. so clearly over actually going back to 2015, there was evidence of soviet or russian activity mainly in information gathering mode where th...

Early as july 15th? >> ill sorry. >> i thought you said, that you advised -- >> no. director comey did before the house intelligence committee announce that had the fbi had initiated an investigation in july of 2016. >> well, what did the intelligence agencies doh the findings that i just spoke about, that the guardian wrote about? >> im not sure about the accuracy of that article. so clearly, over, going back to 2015, there was evidence of soviet, russian, excuse me, freudian slip, russian acti...