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Missing. i never paid that much attention to that. sean spicer later said the president was joking. im not clued into his sense of humor well enough to know that. you say that witnesses have been asked if trump was advised to make that statement about clintons e-mails from someone outside his campaign? >> right. >> what does that mean? >> it means, was there somebody who was not necessarily in the direct orbit of the trump campaign. could it have been somebody who is in contact with somebody in ...

Is in contact with somebody in the campaign? was there someone who directed him to say that? was it, the questions that theyre asking, was this ad-libbed? did somebody say, you know, he needs to say this? did he decide on his own that he wanted to say this? where did this come from. whats really interesting to me, as you know, because you pay attention to this closely, that got everyones eyebrows up when he said that, what does that mean? anytime we raise something like that the white house will...

The new director he appointed has testified in front of congress. hes been defensivdefensive. he had a two or three minute answer he ad-libbed by saying the fbi i know is very dedicated. the fbi people i know do their jobs well. so hes been a real cheerleader for the agency in the short time hes been there. it is a politically fraught moment, youre right. but the president is trying to draw this little distinction. even though apparently, at times, he cant help himself. >> youre referencing thos...

Were prepared. he put that in there and ad-libbed after that, even though who did not support me, there were a few of you. i harken back to that passage. he means it. people will benefit from tax cuts who did not support him. when i travel across the country, i dont ask the people who they voted for. when i went to a manufacturing plant in virginia, i didnt say raise your hands if you voted for trump. you are right about the optimism. >> laura: it hasnt clicked yet. >> well, people are nervous. ...

The speech, the two versions were prepared. he put that in there and ad-libbed after that, even though who did not support me, there were a few of you. i harken back to that passage. he means it. people will benefit from tax cuts who did not support him. when i travel across the country, i dont ask the people who they voted for. when i went to a manufacturing plant in virginia, i didnt say raise your hands if you voted for trump. you are right about the optimism. >> laura: it hasnt clicked yet. ...

Its ironic here. give it to trump, he doesnt try to delete his tweets or his complete 180, that he continually makes on things. that is exactly what he said to president obama in 2013 on twitter, presidents should not be telling the washington redskins to change their name. our country has far bigger problems, focus on them, not nonsense with the humanitarian crisis in puerto rico, health care failing, trump decided to do exactly that. did he do it on purpose? or he just ad libbed and didnt thin...

>> rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself. >> that was not ad-libbed. is trump reckless? >> and the surprising turn of events on capitol hill. republicans are now suddenly there. guess what. obamacare may be going away. their experience is coveted. their leadership is instinctive. theyre experts in things you havent heard of - researchers of technologies that one day, you will.

Agreements popular with this crowd. finally people will be somewhat braced. whether you get a standard, typical american president speech, turned out certainly more critical of the united nations and the iran deal than barack obama would have been but basically okay from that perspective. or like vintage campaign donald trump going on a tirade, awkward but not out of the question. >> and the basically the speech has been written for days. something we havent seen. delivering a classic campaign s...

Yesterday almost a retraction or at least a change in his assessment of what happened. >> what we saw on saturday, the presidents initial statement and what we saw yesterday were the way the president really feels about this, that both sides are to blame. on saturday he had a written statement that he was a part of but he ad-libbed when he said that many sides are to blame for this andç it ignited a firesto, same thing happened yesterday. i think the outrage really comes from the fact that the...

American politics. >> its a layup. yeah. anything on many sides, there had been speculation whether it was ad-libbed or written. do you know? >> i dont know in specific. i do know in private this is what donald trump has talked about with aides. and i think what the issue is -- i think fundamentally this white house doesnt see the white nationalist movement as a problem. they see it as a legitimate expression of a constituent group. the same way black lives matters is an activist group. they don...