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Comey memo is true? >> well, the constitution, obviously, protects the freedom of the press, and the president is not any person. he is free to hate the press, but he is not free to use the levers of government to punish the press, especially if he is punishing the press because he doesnt like what they write about him. thats the core of what the first amendment protects. if there were ever prosecution against a journalist i can assure you that among the exhibits the defense would put in in defe...

Sources in effect on camera. they put out a statement disputing the accuracy of the portrayal in the memo. spicer basically said the president has been very clear in denying this story but the truth is we havent heard a word from the president. notably havent heard a word from the president on this topic even on twitter. >> julia, i want to ask you, too, are you picking up any sort of decrease in the vigor with which theyre pushing back on the whole bucket of russia questions? >> well, i candont...

Lot of kind of bluster but not a lot of real power in the senate at this point to block anyone. >> we have been given the two-minute warning. were keeping an eye there. this white house press briefing should begin soon. i want to ask about the wreefing were expecting. president deputy attorney general, here e we go. sean spicer at the podium. lets listen in. >> before we get started, i want to bring homeland security back up here to discuss the administrations response to the ransom hacking and ...

Is that just more bluster? is that more saber rattling? or is this the real deal and something to really fear now? details on that ahead. and president trump is taking the stage at the peace officers memorial service. youre looking right now live at vice president mike pence. he will be introducing president trump and he will be making remark at this memorial service for fallen law this event is on capitol hill right now. well bring you the presidents remarks live when they begin. se insurance...

Point in the general development of the nuclear program. when you hear the threats then, it sounds like from north korea and the really what north korea is say iing you see that is hyperbole about how far this missile could go. >> its worth keeping in mind that north korea has been able to hold south korea, u.s. forces in south creer at risk and also forces in japan. so its certainly had a way to threaten both neighbors and the united states. on top of that, it seems to e me that the main signif...

Pulled out from them. listen to what people are saying about the president. he watches cable news. phil mudd, one of our contributors at cnn, former cia official. he saw the tweet about the recording system and threatening comey. this was his take. >> you cant take this seriously. you feel like you got to give the president of the united states a pacifier and a rattle and put him in the crib. if you think youll intimidate the former fbi director and dozens of people in the workforce who are cond...

Of federal protections. is that off the charts, do you see that as reasonable? >> i think its probably off the charts. i think president trump sometimes tends to be full of bluster. i dont think he really intends to threaten the former director of the fbi. but putting pressure on a potential witness either in a congressional hearing or in a department of justice investigation, that can be obstruction. >> all right. page, david, thank you so much. appreciate it. james clapper will weigh in agai...

Luster with the great giants and senators in the past, and with truly bipartisan democrat/republican let them investigate, i think maybe bring the house in too. but watergate was a lot -- the investigation that was driven by the house of representatives and by the committees. so i think theyre capable if they can get off this circus of partisanship which they seem addicted to tragically. >> now with cnn commentator david axelrod interview with senator jerry brown. david axelrod is with us now. y...

>> no detail yet, but that it is looking like north korea launched something, but the early report is that it is off of the west coast of the country and they had launched a kn before, and so this is not unprecedented. there is recent intelligence assessments that they were maybe preparing for another launch, but frankly, we hear for it all of the time, and every week or other week from the pentagon or the intelligence officials that they are maybe preparing for one. we dont know whether yet it ...

The russia thing had a lot to do with it. >> david, you have a very revealing sbrooufl coming up we will california governor jerry brown on the parvegs xe files. let me play a little bit. le. >> i do think that comeys public statements about the e-mails and hillary was a very bad -- and unprofessional. i think comey has serious problems. >> what about the timing of it? >> no. but thats the other point that, he asked for resources to investigate the russia-trump connection. so yeah, that smells. ...