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Speech, what do you want him to say? >> i need him to follow up his words with deeds. there needs to be durability in terms of what hes saying. if he wants to fight extremism, put money in the state department budget so they can do that on the ideological side. in addition to that, the president absolutely must do more in the homeland to make sure he doesnt make a distinction between american muslims and the rest of america. and i think if he can do those two things, hes on his way to showing th...

Presidential campaign, flynns consulting firm was paid more than half a million dollars by a turkish owned company. cummins said later pence told him he had no recollection of receiving the document. >> when i asked him about it later on, he said -- he just a fog and doesnt remember getting it. i find very interesting is how he had told people in the white house about the fact that he was being investigated. i mean, come on now. at some point you say duh. >> pence who was often acting like a don...

Second to the points just made, the president has a credibility problem with muslims. so he has to convince muslims in this speech not just american muslims but muslims in the room and muslims around the world who are watching, that he can distinguish between violent extremism and the religion of islam, and that is going to be very hard to do. lexicon is going to matter, his tone is going to matter but he has to back it up not just with words but in deeds. so i look to what happens after this sp...

No, no, im asking rhetorically. >> there seems to be a lot more evidence here. look, rod rosenstein looked at the evidence and hes the one that appointed the special counsel. the white house last week was singing his praises to how credible he is to now suddenly be questioning whether he should have done this. >> when it comes to the firestorm, the smoke gets billowing and billowing sometimes with help and youre not really seeing the facts that clearly. i think mueller being quiet and having not...

>> the vice president fully supports the presidents deigs is to ask for flynns resignation. also receiving a warning about foreign ties in a letter last november from dem krocratic congressman. zb zbli sent him a letter warning him of it. >> reporter: the payment he received for a speech in moscow that was highly critical of the united states. during the height of the presidential campaignful cummin said he had no recollection of receiving the document. >> when i asked him later on he said he ha...

Questions asked of them at briefings and read newspapers. this is not a one-sided song here they are hearing they have a credibility problem, this is coming from surround sound across washington from friendlier place, conservative voices and other things. saying they have a credibility problem. they hear it from capitol hill. it manifests in the legislative agenda. you talk to people in speaker ryans office and leader mcconnells office and they have reminded the white house credibility is essent...

Obama. >> i do remember raising that issue. >> i think there seems to be a lot more evidence here. i mean he looked at the evidence. he appointed the special council. he was singing his praises. >> i think the smoke gets billowing and billowing and youre not really seeing the facts that clearly. and having a clear plan here and he is a very methodical guy could help distinguishing what is smoke and what is fire! do you have the sense that the white house has a credibility

More and more saying i dont know. let me ask about that. i dont know the answer to that. the reality is because the president changes his mind and sort of gives a different thing. they know they have a credibility problem. the question is how to fix it. proenl probably it will be a change and they are hoping this changes the subject. its certainly a high wire act. . just ahead, president trump aid he can only speak for himself, not the campaign. should campaign be concerned? thats ahead.

Problem? >> sure. most here know they have a credibility problem. they can tell it in the questions that are asked of them. they can of course read newspapers. its here and they have a credibility problem. this is coming from surround sound from across washington, from friendlier places, conservative voices and other things saying they have a credibility problem. they hear it from capitol hill. it manifests itself. if you talk to people in leader mcconnels office they reminded them the credibili...

Quote highly critical of the united states. during the height of the presidential campaign, flynns consulting firm was paid more than a half a million dollars by the consulting company. he later said he had no recollection receiving the document. >> when i asked him about it later on, he said he doesnt remember getting it. >> reporter: pence, who has often acted as a trump translator dating back to the campaign is facing a growing credibility problem. just last week, when he was dispatched to ca...