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President. but yesterday he had this to say. listen. >> so let me be clear, mr. president, how can you drain the swamp if youre the one who keeps muddying the waters? im not saying youre a liar. youre president, youre busy. im just having a devil of a time figuring out which news is fake. lets just say your own words on lots of stuff give me, shall i say, lots of pause. >> thats a big deal. >> your own words on lots of stuff give me lots of pause. that is from fox news, amie. >> ive heard the sa...

Charlie dent, a republican, granted a retiring republican. do you agree with him that congress should have an oversight role? >> not at this point. i think we need to know a little more about what happened. congress needs to take care of the oversight its already got to take care of, which its notes inly not necessarily doing the best job of. i think we ought to have a little time to seek thorough standing of it. >> let me ask you this question. do you think that this white house has a credibili...

You have to be worried right now. >> what i dont understand, what was wrong with the version that rudy guliani came out with? what is the next fix going to be? >> thats the question. none of us know what the real story is. i was it story 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6? no. today the president said no. this is a credibility problem for the white house. if you stand up there and say absolutely not, the president did not pay this back. whoopsy, turns out he did, what else is she not in know about? as someone tha...

Diplomatic failure on our hands of the first order. >> last night the white house released a statement that said iran has a robust nuclear weapons program. obviously they quickly own lawn change it to have. i want to play that. >> how does a mistake like this get made and do you believe the white house has a credibility problem around the world with this statements like this? do you take this seriously? >> absolutely which is why we immediately corrected it. the biggest mistake is the fact that ...

Clandestine nuclear weapons program. obviously they quickly only online changed has to had. sarah sanders was asked about that. i want to play that for our viewers. >> how does a mistake like this get made and do you believe that the white house has a credibility problem around the world with its statements like this? do you take this seriously? >> absolutely. which is why we immediately corrected it. but, again, i think the biggest mistake is the fact that the united states ever entered into th...

There was no question about collusion but arent these questions about collusion? >> once again, im not going to get into a back and forth about questions leaked or anything having to do with the special counsel and i would refer you to the presidents attorney. >> reporter: and does this list factor at all into whether or not the president will or will not speak with the special counsel? >> once again i would refer you to the presidents outside counsel. >> reporter: in terms of that, the presiden...

Republicans feel are very, very good and a of the how of the republicans wanted to high height some regulatory relief measures he has instituted. and thats their right to do that. i dont take issue with that. at the same point in time i think there were some democrats who spent too much time railing and not probing for acuity of some answer there is. >> you are getting at what i think the credibility problem with congress right now. essentially it feels as if people only get outraged when somebo...

About the russia investigation and his apparent effort to get the former fbi director to drop his inquiry into then national security adviser michael flynn, which he denies. today the white house unleashed its response. >> what fbi director comey has done is basically decide, as he put in his own book, in the beginning, that he is driven by being prideful, driven by being overconfident, driven by his own ego. >> james has a lot of editorializing in these memos. at no point in them and frankly in...

In his testimony last year before congress both in march and in june after he was fired does he allege that the president asked him to do anything inappropriate. when you look at james comey, he has a real credibility problem. >> and the democratic national committee has launched a surprise legal attack on the president, fieling a multi-million dollar lawsuit in federal lawsuit saying the dnc was a conspiracy by the trump campaign, russian officials and wikileaks to disrupt hillary clintons camp...

To go through these mem oez and fact check but when you look at james comey, he has a real credibility problem. he has a story in his book about john kelly, the chief of staff, you asked him about it and he couldnt get the story straight. there are a number of issues for which whether it is the memos ort testimony or book where he doesnt have a straight story and real credibility and judgment problems being raised about him. >> i think comey would say that at least the part in the memos where pr...