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"chicago sun-times." lynn, is this a one-way war? >> journalists have not declared war on president trump or his staffers or his administration. what has happened is that there is a wave after wave of assertions that are either not true or, as "the washington post" said in the story, that you referred to, there is a massive statements that are either unsubstantiated, not true, false, whatever word you want to ascribe to it, so there is more work to do in more real-time, and that is what you are ...

Terrifying and potentially catastrophic, a president who has no respect for the truth or a president who doesnt understand the difference between truth and falsity, who thinks black is white and up is down. theyre both ominous, are they not? >> sean spicer paraphrased that the default position of the press should be a disposition the president is telling the truth unless it can from proven otherwise which is the reverse of the -- >> its exactly the reverse, yes. the default should be to question...

Normal activity what a mess wed be in. i dont know which is more terrifying and potentially catastrophic, a president who has no respect for the truth or a president who doesnt understand the difference between truth and falsity, who thinks black is white and up is down. theyre both ominous, are they not? >> sean spicer paraphrased that the default position of the press should be a disposition the president is telling the truth unless it can from proven otherwise which is the reverse of the -- >...

Presidents claim when word got out last night overshadowed the other headlines. the same can be said about sean spicers defense of it today. it dominated todays press conference. because it contains a number of shaky assertions and mud gi arguments, we thought it was worth playing a longer portion. >> does the president believe millions voted illegally in this election? and what evidence do you have of widespread voter fraud in this election if thats the case? >> the president does believe that....

>> he continues to demand proof of the presidents assertions. >> he believes what he believes based on the information. >> what does that mean for democracy. >> republicans and democrats unified in opposing the presidents baseless claims. >> i would urge the president to knock this off. this is the greatest democracy on earth. youre the leerd of the free world and people are going to start doubting you as a person. >> now the president heads to the department of homeland security today to sign a...

Theres no evidence to support it. i dont like the idea of public officials standing up to make assertions where theres no evidence to support it. i think its important to be consistent. i would have criticized the obama administration for standing up to say the attack on benghazi was because of a video when it wasnt. i tonight think the government should be in the business of saying things that are untrue. and i dont believe our president should be saying that 5 million votes were cast illegal w...

But until the president says it himself, anderson, im not sure this will go away. >> jeff zeleny, thanks very much. presidents claim when word got out last night overshadowed the other headlines. the same can be said about sean spicers defense of it today. it dominated todays press conference. because it continue stains shaky assertions and mud gi arguments, we thought it was worth playing a longer portion. >> does the president believe millions voted illegally in this election? and what evidenc...

It. i dont like the idea of public officials standing up to make assertions where theres no evidence to assert it. i think its important to be consistent. i would have criticized the obama administration for standing up to say the attack on benghazi was because of a video when it wasnt. shouldnt be saying untrue things and right now shouldnt be saying five million votes cast illegally when theres no evidence. but idea of who gets to be arbiter of what is and is not true, theres a reason why so m...

The legislative right. sean spicer assertions, petted online refuted the california secretary of state called it a corrosive lie. many rep reject the claim as well. >> did you feel a need to correct him and does it trouble you that he continues to hold a -- >> i have commented on that. >> i dont know anyone does if there were that many illegal people that voted. he is president. whether 20 million voted, its dont matter anything. he. >> he is now the president and chief, he is in charge of the

Lose the popular vote. >> does the president believe that millions voted illegally in this election? what evidence do you have of widespread voter fraud in this election if thats the case? >> the president does believe that he stated that before. i think he stated his concerns of voter fraud and people voting illegally during the campaign. and he continues to maintain that belief based on studies and evidence people presented to him? exactly what evidence? speaker ryan said there is no evidence....