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Colleagues. i remember a classic tom friedman, maureen dowd "new york times" cover story about the contentious jim baker/george h.w. bush relationship. george h.w., they quoted him as saying, if you are so smart, how come im president. so it may be something that infects once you get into the oval office. >> part of the briefing on day one. >> absolutely. >> we can laugh about it and this was a remarkable interview in a lot of ways. the thing that strikes me is this idea of im president and this...

Surveillance. frankly, its a big goof. i dont know why theyre going down this road. >> there are calls for dev nunes, chair of the house intelligence committee to resign. the speakers office sent me a statement saying, speaker ryan has full confidence chairman nunes is conducting a thorough, fair and credible investigation. michael, whats your take on that? >> well, i fully expect the speaker to say that. hes not going to throw the chairman under the bus in that regard. but i know that theyre co...

Do that. certainly is making it more difficult for moderates to come on board and other things here. the question of credibility hangs over this white house, much more different than they thought it would be nine weeks in. >> jeff zeleny, thanks very much. back with the panel. gloria, the credibility issue is a huge one. we to go to trump rallies and the folks there are clearly behind him but the poll numbers are low. >> hes still popular with republicans i would have to say. during the campaign...

Think i fox where he said he saw something on brett bayer and he talked about the "new york times." to not report that. >> he has not apologized as general and others have. his question is about credibility. he is trying to sell a major legislative agenda item, the health care bill to congress. he has an approval rating at 37%. that eats away at his ability to do that. that makes it more difficult to do. the question is one that hangs over the white house more difficult than they thought it woul...

Cnns senior political analyst mark preston. you heard the question. whats your take? >> his credibility is certainly in question right now if not in tatt tatters. if you lose the "wall street journal," as you know, you are in deep trouble and for our viewers that dont know how it fits together, the corporate puzzle, "wall street journal" is owned by rupert murdoch, a sister company of fox news, very conservative editorial page so in order for donald trump to get through his agenda, not only is h...

Among -- because its badelj slags among republican members of congress so in terms of credibility -- we are 60 days in. look at that list you presented a few moments ago about the trouble this is president has had. in terms of credibility, if youre a republican house member, why are you going to do potential damage to yourself among your own voters with a bad piece of legislation that, by the way, you may not get forced to take a hard vote on something that doesnt get through the senate then you...

Tough game. >> and specifically head of the conservative conference, he told us hes pessimistic about it. he said that the white house is going to keep making changes and then they in the leadership eventually will dare conservatives to vote against it. his implication was that he would take the dare. and if he does, a lot of people go with him and thats where you get that 27. or the big number nbc had. >> breaking news, we just passed the nine hour mark in the senate hearing for judge neil gors...

And wiretapped him where there is not one shred of fact. >> the wiretap speaks to a larger credibility issue. the president lied about the crowd size at the inauguration, and the electoral college win, wiretapping. how on thursday does he sell the american people a health care bill? how howe does he sell anything at this point? it goes to the fact that he has been attacking people all along. at some point, he needs friends. at some point he needs credibility, and he has wasted that in his first ...

The largest electoral college win in 30 or 40 years, called on it, tried to back off, called on it again, tried to back often this is a credibility issue. how does the president now credibly sell health care reform to the american people, possibly the largest policy debate in the last decade and you have a president of the united states you cant believe? he can make promises about universal coverage, cheap, et cetera, but whos going to believe snim. >> the budget cuts are triggering outcries, pa...

States, whatever the parties are for. the issue of credibility, the wiretap joke, the missed joke, its a credibility issue for the president on the world stage like it is in the united states. you cant continue to lie about crowd size, electoral college, wiretapping and expect the world to believe you. im a republican. i dont believe the president of the united states. and i dont say that to set off a tweet storm. its just the reality. >> to that point, youre not the only republican to say that....