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That canadian prime minister. he also has a meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on wednesday. again, live pictures from air force one, president trump arriving back in washington, d.c. tonight. thanks for staying with us here in the cnn news room. democratic senator al franken says president trumps repeated claims of voter fraud have not only democrats but some of his republican colleagues now questioning the presidents mental health. heres what he told jake trapper. >> do you...

Minnesota senator al franken floating that some of his republican colleagues have concerns about president trumps mental health. >> in the way we all have this suspicion that, you know, he lies a lot. he says things that arent true. >> there was an unusual outburst from chuck grassley sunday on twitter. for example, whoever monitors the twitter and white house, tell president trump to f putin, what do you have against election opponents because they are killed, imprisoned, poisoned. he explained...

National security staff then has to try to make sense of, justify, irrationalize, it is a dysfunctional presidency from the top on down. the nsc has only one part of the dysfunction. >> so let me ask you about that, the president may quote, in over his head, senate democrats have begun to question president trumps mental health. let me play you what weve heard from some of them. take a listen. >> is it true that republican colleagues of yours express concern about president trumps mental health?...

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Colleagues are telling him about president trump. >> some will say that hes not right mentally. [ laughter ] >> and then some are harsher. >> that was senator franken on real time with bill maher and hes here right now. thanks for joining us. >> im with jake tapper. >> that was comedy but is it true that republican colleagues of yours express concern about president trumps mental health? >> a few. >> really? >> yeah. its not the majority of them. its a few. >> in what way? >> in the way we all h...

Straight in the senate the former "saturday night live" star is deploying his secret weapon, humor. here he is on what his republican colleagues are telling him about president trump. >> some will say that hes not right mentally and then some are harsher. >> that was senator franken on "realtime with bill maher" and hes here, not bill maher but senator franken. >> im with jake tapper. is it true that some republican colleagues are concerned about president trumps mental health? >> a few. not the...

Today the president said that terrorism is a far bigger threat than any of us can understand. but given his track record of alternative facts can we trust hes telling us the truth about that? lets discuss it with the congressional reporter for the new york times. and together, theyre the author of "a meatloaf in every oven." i found one on my chair today. >> meatloaf or book? >> the book was there. cant wait to read it. thank you for joining us. president donald trump says a lot of things that j...

Threat than any of us can understand. but given his track record of alternative facts can we trust hes telling us the truth about that? discuss with jennifer stein hour, a congressional report are 4 the "new york times" and -- theyre the author of "a meatloaf in every oven." i found one on my chair today. >> meatloaf or book? >> the book was there. cant wait to read it. president donald trump says a lot of things that just arent true. >> youve seen what happened in paris and nice. all over europ...

Things. everyone wishes him well. we cant wish a president to fail. but he needs to think a little bit more about what he says because there is a consistent record here now of things that arent true. and over time it makes it very hard for you in the journalism world to follow up on this. they have moved downstream they become truths, this is not good for our democracy. i spent a lot of time in my career looking at authoritarian governments and governments that were trying to avoid. that im not ...

The white house, coming from the president. and that is -- >> right. and what -- and then coming from fake news outlets taken altogether. pretty soon, you have a population that is numbed and numbed to what the truth is and numb to what a lie is. >> yep. >> and pretty soon, you have the ability for lies to begin trumping the truth. so the more this happens, the more the president says, well, crime is at a 45-year high when, actually, its near a 45-year low. or you have other statistics that are ...