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We saw this when he was briefed. he didnt tell his aids and his aids went out there and attacked cnn. we were right. he was briefed. it later came out. >> and i think it causes more problems for him. i think in part because he was und undermined a week earlier. so you get this situation where he built a situation for many many years and need to make sure he is preserving it as an honest broker. >> and theres also a credibility problem as well. you can see time and time again his aid is trying to...

Credibility problem. the question is how to fix it. probably, its going to be a change at that press podium at some point and theyre hoping this foreign trip starting tomorrow changes the subject. its certainly a high wire act. >> thanks. just ahead, president trump said flat out he didnt collude with the russians but can only speak for himself, not his campaign. should campaign and staffers be worried? ive been blind since birth. i go through periods where its hard to sleep at night, and stay...

It said, and i said, do you believe him? he said, i have no reason not to believe james comey. james comey might have made unpopular decisions, but i dont think he has a credibility problem. >> i think it is an open question, right? we saw here the president refer to director comey going back and correcting the record. i will say director comey is an honourable man, an individual who has done great service to the nation. but his handling of this entire situation, whether it is from the secretary...

Transition team. ivanka trump also on that transition team. all of these people very much involved you would think in trying to vet folks, in trying to figure out where people should be in the administration. and get the administration up and running in a credible way that doesnt cause problems for the white house going forward. and you have mike pence there who again is in this similar situation. he didnt know. he was told a story and he went out and told essentially a lie about mike flynn init...

>> the thing i find interesting is how he had told the white house about he was being investigated. i mean, come on, now. at some point you say duh? >> donald trump is a good man. >> flynn is facing a growing credibility problem. just last week after the sudden firing of james comey, pence repeated the same thing several times. >> he provided strong leadership and to act upon the recommendation of the deputy attorney general. >> only to be contradicted by the president hours later. >> i was goin...

The room or what trump said. we are waiting on messaging from the white house. >> bret: president trump tweeted out that there were tapes, or suggested their work and saying james comey shouldnt talk to the press. maybe there are these tapes. white house hasnt engaged. >> they havent. if there is a transcript, theres been rumblings, they have a confirmed or denied it. if there are tapes of the oval office conversation, they would be pretty helpful to donald trump right now because its his word v...

Sources. their denial of "the new york times" story today was sent out on background to the pool. so they just -- they have such a credibility problem. they have been wrong repeatedly, the things they said at that lectern in the briefing room. theres really very little reason to believe what the white houses official line is on anything. >> olivia and jason, thank you both. >> thank you. >> heres how the speaker of the house, paul ryan, responded just after the latest news on president trump bro...

The room or what trump said. we are waiting on messaging from the white house. >> bret: president trump tweeted out that there were tapes, or suggested their work and saying james comey shouldnt talk to the press. maybe there are these tapes. white house hasnt engaged. >> they havent. if there is a transcript, theres been rumblings, they have a confirmed or denied it. if there are tapes of the oval office conversation, they would be pretty helpful to donald trump right now because its his word v...

He just seemed sort of -- i dont know -- defeated. and thats not normally what he seems like in there, right? he normally seems punchy, and he gets into it with reporters, and thats not really what the vibe was today. he was also being unusually careful with how he phrased things. it seemed like he was especially cognizant of not walking into any rhetorical land mines. and i just think there is a different tone taking place now the last couple of days with all of these crazy leaks, all of these ...

Anything that comes out of, you know, the white house. but that also extends to the intelligence agencies with regard to certain information that is being shared. >> and it was very funny, chris. today the white house has been saying for a number of days now, you cannot trust whats said on background with these anonymous sources. their denial of "the new york times" story today was sent out on background to the pool. so they just -- they have such a credibility problem. they have been wrong repe...