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Randy k reports. on board air force one president trump quick to defend congressman jim jordan telling reporters i believe him. i believe him 100%. the ohio republican is facing allegations that he ignored years of sexual abuse by a team doctor when he was assistant wrestling coach after ohio state university. jordan has denied that. its unclear what evidence, if any, the president has seen, but that didnt stop him from dismissing the accusers saying simply i dont believe them at all. this is ...

Pfleger in this anti-gun violence march. its summer weekend. so far all of this is working out okay. it is peaceful. were going to continue to monitor it, continue to bring you the developments. a peaceful march. people are negotiating, talking with police officers as they continue to try to make the point here, call attention to the gun violence and also to the streets and conversation in chicago. congressman jim jordan denying accusations that he looked the other way on sexual abuse claims w...

Let me point out there were nine wrestling coaches, but he seems to be the one theyre aiming at. why is that? dr. strauss was a coach for hundreds of others. it wasnt just for the wrestling team. it was for all athletic programs. why arent their hundreds of accusers like there were at michigan state. >> we will see if there are more accusers. i have to wrap this up, jon. last world. do you think its a political smear or campaign sth. >> thats what that itre saying that. were seeing that -- >> on...

That didnt stop him from dismissing the accusers, saying simply i dont believe them at all. this is hardly the first time trump tried to defend. after trump nominated his white house physician rear admiral ronny jackson to run veterans affairs, jackson was accused of multiple drunken episodes overseas, even banging on the hotel room door of a female employees. jackson said the allegations were without merit, but ultimately took himself out of the running. trump still publicly supported him. >> h...

Ago. heres what jordan said. >> its fall. i never saw, never heard of, never was told of any kind of abuse. conversations is a lot different than coming up and talking in conversations. if they had, i would have dealt with it. what bothers me the most, is the guys are saying this thing, i know they know the truth. i know they do. >> joining me now to discuss this, cnn political commentator and former senior adviser to the trump campaign jack king and democratic strategist john summers. thanks fo...

Somebody like that is not afraid to take on anybody. a doctor who has been dead for 13 year, jim wouldnt have gone to bat for this guy if he felt he was guilty. he would not have covered it up. his two accusers have criminal records. theyre not very reliable witnesses from my point of view. but i know jim jordan well, and i can tell you he would not hesitate to turn something in that was going wrong that he had control over. jim door dan just doesnt -- hes not that kind of guy. >> what do you ma...

Conversation conversations. >> conversations in the locker room are different than someone coming up and talking about abuse. >> deploying the locker room defense. denying mounting allegations that when he was an assistant wrestling coach at ohio state university, he ignored sexual misconduct allegations against the team doctor. back in the 1990s. five former wresters have come forward to contradict him. one of the committee to defend the house of the president. worked hard to try to derail the ...

I know they know the truth. >> lets bring a democratic strategist and republican national spokesperson with us. welcome to you both. kailee, with you first. four of the accusers have spoken with nbc news. "the wall street journal" has spoken with a fifth. do you think the allegations should be taken seriously? why would jim jordan say all of them know the truth? why would they all be lying? >> well, because he knows the truth which is that he did not know about the allegations, and if he did, he...

And don, i want to point something out. no one is looking at the accusers saying youre lying about what happened to you. our heart goes out to anyone who is a victim. theyre saying the pay youre painting representative jordan knowing about it and not reporting it, thats not accurate. thats what were pointing to. i would noelt the several people who have come to congressman jordans defense, teammates, staffers, a woman who is a widow. her husband was on the wrestling man. her husband was a milita...

Justice department, the russia investigation. you have all of these accusers now stepping forward from ohio state, former wrestlers when he was an assistant coach out there, saying they had talked to him about this team doctor and his potential abuse there. the president is standing by him. what is the attitude on capitol hill about jordan and what this may or may not do for him in terms of his standing there? >> i think theres a lot of concern. you know, i think theres worry among house republi...