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And chances are there will be nothing there. that leads to a majority credibility crisis that the president of the united states has and a crisis that will be a long-term problem for him. >> thats one consequence, the credibility problem. do you believe there should be the repercussions, whether it be before that march 20th hearing is to begin or not if the president does not reveal evidence or at least address it at a minimum? >> well, i think that we first have to allow the facts to take us to...

Tangible evidence? >> i think you cant expect that march 20th hearing to be pretty sensation sensational. james comeys going to be appearing before these lawmakers who have had questions now for weeks just building up waiting for that moment, but right now, president trump is pretty much in a lose lose situation. if it comes out that essentially fabricated this claim that obama ordered a fisa on him, there would be really damaging to his credibility to make allegations about anything in the futu...

Supporters, he has a credibility problem. they know and they laugh. even though they support him, if he doesnt like a news story its fake. if he doesnt like bureau labor statistic numbers because its obama, all of that is trump, they accept it. its about whether or not every month when these numbers come out, we remind him of that. he can ever grow his base past 40% of the country. >> it reminds me of during the campaign, i always felt his supporters didnt always believe what he said, but they l...

Reflect -- it would make it look like things are worse than they are. it would make things look worse for the trump administration. theyre happy with the change. these are good changes. you do see a decrease in the unemployment rate. you do see this huge influx of jobs or increase of jobs. those are good things. the problems with the structural problems remain and people should pressure -- >> but a.b., to the other point, here we are dealing with unemployment numbers that the president once desc...

On sunday that he has asked the house and senate house intelligence committees to use their resources and processes to examine the facts and come to a conclusion. chris? >> talking about whether things are true or not, let me ask you something about something yesterday. you seemed to acknowledge that the president was wrong when he tweeted that 122 prisoners released by the obama administration from gitmo returned to battlefields. by the bush administration. will he retract or even apologize for...

>> one at a time. i said that the president made clear on sunday that he has asked the house and senate intelligence authorities to examine the facts and come to a conclusion. chris. >> since youre talking about whether things are true or not. let me follow-up on something yesterday. you seemed to acknowledge that ta president was wrong when he tweeted 122 prisoners had returned from gitmo -- by the bush administration, will he retract or even apologize for that given that he also called it a te...

fraud or the wiretapping, does the president have a credibility problem? >> look, i said yesterday -- i think trey asked the question, that the president meant the total number of people. and that -- hold on -- >> he said the obama administration. >> i understand that. im actually explaining it. thats the way you asked the question. just -- he meant that the total number of people released from gitmo was 122. what the president -- and just to be clear, there is a big difference under the bush...

>> sandra: ah, we were all listening. of course he is asking the doj to dispute those allegations. a funny moment coming from the fbi director. >> yeah. i dont actually think theres much funny about this. i think jim comey has a huge credibility problem. im glad the house and senate intelligence committees are looking at this. because all the reports that i have seen on the fact that it was understood that there were wire taps and people being monitored by the government. all of a sudden everyon...

Saying there was no court order from a foreign intelligence act or pfizer as we know it to wiretap trump tower. james clapper went on to say that if there had been a court order, he would "certainly hope he would be aware of it." he added that while he does believe the russians modeled in the election, he has seen no evidence that the trump campaign colluded with russia. even conservatives who are not defending trump when it comes to these wiretap allegations against the obama administration, ar...

With, what was the rationale behind it? i didnt say it. i already told you i have never said that before. i wouldnt say it to you today. i had no basis to say that. if the president or the white house does, theyll lay it out over the next few days and well all be very interested to see what exactly it is they were talking about. >> are you concerned that the president has a credibility problem? you know, we can go back to the birther business, three to five million illegal votes. now this wire t...