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You think of the huge controversy we had for weeks after george w. bush had 18 words in his state of the union that was incorrect about uranium being purchased in niger. that was a big deal. and it really hurt the credibility of the bush administration. so, you know, they have this credibility problem, and its because it has accumulated so much, so quickly. >> we do this reporting day in and day out, when we need to correct the president or contextualize something he said or when were revealing ...

Credibility problem. >> yeah. look, weve been told by trump supporters for a long time to take the president seriously but not literally. i think the poll suggests a few more people, a few more percentage worth points of people are saying, can we ever take him literally? my "washington post" colleagues have documented thousands of instances where the president has either mislead or provided false information. you combine that with the way he handled senator mccains passing, with the way hes hand...

I am joined by republican congressman. you can play ball. i saw a clip, i asked on twitter today who is the ball player in congress, and you can genuinely hoop. >> that is very true. >> i like it. >> we will play some time. but i am ready for your questions. >> okay. first of all, michael cohen stood up in a federal courthouse a few weeks ago and he said under oath and there is reason the guy has credibility problem but he said under oath that the president of the united states directed him to c...

And look, even something as simple as calling it a senior trump official. really? what does senior trump official mean? and the fact that its in the "new york times," who dropped their standards again as it relates to trump to publish an anonymous letter, something that is very rare, highly uncomfortable. unmono-. -- uncommon. this is the same newspaper that dropped its standards in the 2016 election to openly take on trump because they said it was so important. theres a credibility problem with...

Honorable, nor do i think -- theres some question about legality in this. depending on what their job is. and look, even something as simple as calling it a senior trump official. really? what does senior trump official mean? and the fact that its in the "new york times," who dropped their standards again as it relates to trump to publish an anonymous letter, something that is very rare, highly uncomfortable. this is the same newspaper that dropped its standards in the 2016 election to openly ta...

>> laura: bob woodward has a new book about the trump administration which is sending shock waves through washington. >> did you expect anything different? more on how team trump is responding, lets go to ed henry here in washington. ed? >> the book doesnt even come out until september 11th and already, washington is abuzz and breaking tonight, the president is fighting back charging that bob has a credibility problem and that the accusations are false. one charging that the mr. trump told the d...

Look into it. shan, is this a problem now for attorney general jeff sessions because he previously said under oath that he pushed back on this idea? >> it certainly seems to be a potentially big problem for him. i have to say that it certainly strikes us now that its propostrouse that trump thinks sessions should not have recused himself. now theres a credibility problem with him. he might have to lawyer up. he might be able to say his recollection was fuzzy. his original testimony, he was tryin...

The fact that people who are nearest to him, in his closest circle, have recorded conversations with him. i think the fact that he has been caught in a lie by "washington post" well over 1,500 times since he was inaugurated demonstrate that there is not only a credibility problem since, i think, c-word is what the republican chairman said, theres chaos, theres collusion, and theres a credibility issue. and so theres nothing well oiled about that particular machine. >> oh, wow. so -- >> a little ...

Rnc chair said. i think its really difficult to have any type of, whether its well oiled or well running, either way, its hard to have a machine, when everyone in the machine is departing. its hard to have a machine when people are writing tell-all books who are part of your administration and doing what you do best, recording conversations. its hard to have a well-oiled machine when theres a dark cloud of, not just chaos, but collusion and investigations and even potential impeachment hanging o...

Enough republicans to impeach. its an academic conversation and it could end up rebounding to trumps advantage. >> there are people left out of this conversation. you have people who wanted to get rid of donald trump as president since the moment he won election and people who chose to vote for him because he said they would advance their agenda. that latter group is extremely happy, pleasantly surprised with how well things have gone. the first group it doesnt matter what the details are they j...