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Member was congress are saying, im not exactly sure. but i think donald trump and his advisors have this supreme self-confidence about themselves and maybe its going to be true. that they dont need members of congress to negotiate. they know what theyre doing. i think they think they have a huge mandate going into the first 100 days and that they dont need any type of compromise or any type of deal making. i think its very naive, but i think thats what they think. >> hallie, do they accept at al...

A question that frankly i hadnt been asked about the evidence in this case. but said she does trust the president, absolutely. she says. and that echoes something you heard from house speaker paul ryan yesterday. publicly that is the answer you have to say when youre talking about the president and house of republican liep. it is significant that republicans publicly are continuing to back the president, say that they trust him, despite the developments that weve seen around this tweet. >> and a...

Theres a very specific terrorist threat that we need to look for and were not sure that hes telling the truth. that makes us less safe. a second really practical reason, were all out here trying to raise kids who tell the truth. and when youre sending your kid to school, you know, to elementary school where he would get in trouble for doing what the president is doing and turns and says, well, the president does it, i mean, hes a role model. >> what do you say that to, senator santorum, especial...

Discussions with spicer. at what point do they become crippling for him dealing with your colleagues in that room? >> thats a good question you asked there. here is the challenge. our conversation with sean spicer every day. weather permitting well have another discussion with the white house to try to pin down details. bottom line is sean spicer says its the words of the president that matter. the credibility issue is with the president, trust the information hes providing them right now. what ...

Whatever he used over the last year. he is going to have to man up on this subject. and say that -- and its not the fbi directors job to correct the president of the united states is the president of the united states is misleading the american public. we have new combat forces going to syria. how can we believe what he says about that. crisis brewing with north korea. how can we believe what he says about that if on this one thing he doubles and triples down. >> not comeys job to clean it up. >...

We are today. were taking the reports that places like the "the new york times," fox news, bbc, multiple outlets have reported this. >> okay. so andre, what is your reaction to that, basically shes saying this was based on the media reports without any sort of hard proof to back up what the president has tweeted. >> well, you know, i dont know where he came from with this. but i feel like if he was willing to put this out there, he must have some information that i dont have and maybe my friend ...

>> do you feel the president has a credibility gap now after he said to reporters that he had no ties to russia, nor did his campaign? he was really very categorical about it during that infamous press conference a few weeks back when reporters asked him about it. >> reporter: yeah. this is clearly the credibility issue on the relationship between the president and his -- the people surrounding him and the connections with russia is one, again, thats been cast a shadow over the current presidenc...

The right spot. >> on what the president says or what comes out of the white house is making a mountain out of the mole hill reporting on it period. >> of course not. i think its the way things are presented, way things are emphasized can -- has bred a little bit of distrust or contempt and its been over a decade that the bias has existed that 70% of the american people believe the media tends to lean left. >> this argument -- >> and it pertains to this case as well. >> doesnt this argument come...

Doesnt have a lot of credibility right now. for -- they knew about the flynn contact and the discussion of sanctions for 2 1/2 weeks. they let the vice president verify flynn. flynn kept saying no. kellyanne conway endorsed flynn an hour or so before he resigned. so i just think weve got to slow down, take a deep breath and get to the facts. >> when you talk about the credibility issue that you describe now with the white house, i know you know vice president pence. hes been on the hill quite a ...

Its not going to fly. >> how are we supposed to see conways role now since shes a liaison? the fact that she said he has the full confidence just hours before he resigned. was she being intentionally misleading or is she misinformed? >> it deepens that credibility issue for conway. its more about the president. whatever conway was told by the president. if the president had full confidence in him by 4:00 p.m. thats not the decisive leader that the apprentice showed us on tv. >> you know what -- ...