Page 662 - Administrations News Today

His answer on saturday was i dont know if i would agree. this is the presidents first real interview since that disaster in helsinki. he has a lot to answer for. this is going to have to be one of the questions hes asked right now. >> david gergen, from your perspective in all your years with various administrations, the wishy-washiness, to use brians term. how dangerous is that for a president to be perceived as wishy-washy, walking back, the need to clarify? >> i think it is very dangerous in ...

The president was answering the question. and i think its some point we just have to believe what the president says the first time. because he said similar versions of this as you said other times, including and yesterday when he was -- monday talking next to vladimir putin he said all that before, too, just not standing on foreign soil next to the russian president. its when the white house tries to clean it up it gets confusing and gaslight us all. he doesnt believe russians despite the evide...

It. theres always this tenseness. but there were outbursts, you know. amy ryan again, she jumped the cue. forcefully asking questions when it wasnt her turn. why does it have to be this way? >> it doesnt have to. april ryan was blurting out a question. she wasnt called on. sarah sanders took it later. there was tension. these things are televised every day. that was not true in previous administrations. so reporters want to make their mark that ratchets up the levels, charles. when "the washingt...

Situation where there are very serious concerns about what happened and democrats, again, go too far in assessing the situation and therefore we cant actually have a conversation moving forward about what to do to fix the problem. if you put politics aside, you put the russian modeling aside, this is about no rebuilding morale inside the intelligence community. i had people texting me who are conservative republican trump supporters yesterday saying i cannot believe that he went out there in hel...

If we continue under this idea if were nice to vladimir putin and try to get along with him personally everything else will work out. he is not interested in a win/win relationship with the u.s. vladimir putin believes that the only way to make russia stronger is to make america weaker. as long as he believes that and as long as thats the way he operates it is almost impossible to have better relations. we have to have relations and we have to be able to talk because there are other issues. he h...

Today. not specifically. but we certainly believe that were taking steps to make sure that they cant do it again unlike previous administrations. this president is taking bold action in reform to make sure it doesnt happen again. but he does believe that they would target certainly u.s. elections again. >> the president and mr. coats have said the red lights are blinking on this topic. >> thats why were taking steps to ensure that they dont happen again. we wouldnt spend as much time and effort ...

Currently not an election today, not specifically. but we certainly believe that we are taking steps to make sure they cant do it again, unlike previous administrations. this patient is actual -- this president is actually taking bold action and reform to make sure is doesnt happen again. he does believe that they would target certainly u.s. elections again. >> reporter: when the president and dni coats who said the red lights are blinking on this topic, do they -- >> no, as i said, thats why we...

About those american citizens we do not stand by those assertions that the russian government makes. >> is it ignorance when you have the state department very clearly saying what most other american administrations, white houses would say? >> im not sure if the white house press secretary is trying to avoid getting ahead of her boss and doesnt know the answer, or does know the answer. what i do know is that the answer should be very obvious to everybody, that that would traditionally be complet...

Sort of a double negative. so you can put that in, and i think that probably clarifies things pretty good by itself. i have on numerous occasions noted our intelligence findings that russians attempted to interfere in our elections. unlike previous administrations. my administration as it will move aggressively to repeal any efforts and repel. we will stop it. we will repel it. any efforts to interfere in our elections. were doing everything in our power to prevent russian interference in 2018 a...

We want him to and only absorb the information and to act on it and so youre almost having a legacy going forward of why is there executive privilege? should that be in place? future administrations. you just dont know. >> good point. everybody stick around. theres more were following including ady policemen ma. should the top advisers hold back the most sensitive information in the intelligence briefings? plus, more on the presidents attempt to clean up what he said during his news conference w...