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Mccarthy said "swear to god." then paul ryan continued "this is an off the record, no leaks, all right?" then he added, "this is how we know were a real family here." speaker ryans office says this was just a joke and today mccarthy also says it was just a joke. >> because if you listen to it, it says everybody laughs, so you know its a joke and thats all there is to it. no one believes it to be true. >> last hour i had a chance to speak to the reporter who broke this story, the "washington post...

In that statement. so, yeah, no, i agree with what you are saying, which is he was a very early person to take notice of this maybe strange affinity that trump had for putin and he makes this remark, which frankly, when you listen to the tone in his voice, he says it seriously. if it is a joke, it is very dead pan. and he doesnt say at the end im telling the joke. he says swear to god. the words are the words, you know. >> and it cuts both ways. i think kevin mccarthy is a man known to make ligh...

Speaks. he was expressing his personal affinity for michael flynn, not asking mr. comey to drop any investigation. stephanie? >> were going to bring my panel in to look at this. jason johnson, politics editor at theroot.com and politics and journalism professor. and we have a republican who served floridas 13th district. also joining us justice and security analyst matt miller who also served as chief spokesman for the justice department. and im going to say hes a cla clairvoyant because last we...

In morning to either of the big stories, coming out of the kremlin or the news over the comey memo. you have something about what the white house is saying with the presidents conversation with jim comey. >> reporter: the white house putting out a statement saying this is not a truthful or accurate portrayal, james comeys alleged memo about this conversation that took place. they insais that a the no time has the president asked anyone one including mr. comey to end any investigation. when i spo...

Right? do we all love general flynn? tough. tough and smart. they might not like him that much because hes a little too tough. >> donald trump is sometimes described as being extremely described as being extremely loyal. when it came to aides like newt gingrich and giuliani and christi, one man stands apart. general flynn. he started showing up prominently in his orbit and quickly ended up on the short list for vice president. she worked at the justice department and the top spokeswoman during j...

The president. i want to get what ur thoughts on whats happening in the intel. the president is saying this conversation with jim comey -- he was expressing personal affinity for michael flynn. should anything that the president says to the sitting director of the fbi be considered off the cuff or is there a higher bar? >> i think theres a higher bar. you would have to weigh it with a bunch of different facts. ill tell you what im most worried about right now, amidst a lot of things to be worrie...

This case, but of course the implications of that are, what is to prevent him when he has truly sensitive, truly damaging information, and hes in another one of these situations, whats to prevent him from blurting it out then? that seems to be the defense theyre offering here. i dont know if its much to hang your hat on, but that is what im hearing. >> the national security hawks are not going to give the president the benefit of the doubt here, is because its about russia. and they are very sus...

Honest. today is 44% versus 66% in november. what does this mean in the ability to hold on to the trust of his base, bakari? >> first, poppy, the president went not white house with the trust deficit with more than half of america. i have not seen a white house in all of my years erode the remainder of the trust so quickly. whether it is kellyanne conway or sarah huckabee sanders or spicer. their affinity for the truth is distant. when you look at the interview the president gave yesterday, i re...

Ukrain for which we sanctioned them. this has not been addressed. they have not given back crimea. so theres no reason -- also i have to add there were images going around online contrasting the laughing, back smacking contrasted with the douer expression trump wore when meeting with one of our closest allies, angela merkel. i dont quite understand why his allegiances lie the way they do but i think a lot of it is a broey, strong man affinity. >> something tells me the news will force the conver...

The laughing, back smacking contrasted with the douer expression trump wore when meeting with one of our closest allies, angela merkel. i dont quite understand why his allegiances lie the way they do but i think a lot of it is a broey, strong man affinity. >> something tells me the news will force the conversation. our thanks tonight to ambassador, and coming up after anothinger break i ask a member of the senate judiciary committee the one question she would ask james comey. d to be. so i liked...