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Russian diplomats, say that flynn did discuss sanctions. now an administration official says flynn is not certain if he discussed sanctions. a serious credibility problem after the vice president had vouched for flynn. >> they did not discuss anything having to do with the united states decision to expel diplomats or impose a censure against russia. >> reporter: officials tell nbc news pence based his defense of flynn entirely on what flynn told him. and the president will be continuing this foc...

Richard blumenthal described it as trumps abhorrent comments. and abhorrent and demoralizing and disheartening got part of the mix but, in fact, mr. gorsuch never mentioned abhorrent. so then your boss today tweeted this. >> exactly. this is what he tweeted out. senator richard blumenthal who never fought in vietnam when he said for years he had major lie now misrepresents what judge gorsuch told him. what is he saying there at the white house about this? >> well, he is saying that the judge has...

Possible that is why their viewers do not trust the media because of everything we have to talk about in the world, we are going to talk about ourselves? >> that is one way to view it, but the other way to view it is it has political consequence in the current environment. president trump has decided that in fact when he makes a whipping boy out of the american press, the mainstream media and says these people are not trustworthy, he establishes himself as trustworthy, and his twitter account as...

Our readers and perhaps people who work in the white house. some of these deficiencies that theyre going to need to address. >> thank you glenn thrush. i will leave out the boo because i really like you. >> thank you. >> at least for now. im joined now by republican senator ben sasse from nebraska. one of the more vocal critics. senator, i know you want to talk about neil gorsuch and were definitely going to get to that, but i want to first ask you about this administration. and whether or not y...

Press, assembly, religion, those things dont need to be rethought. we need to teach and reaffirming those things. but theres a credibility problem thats spread all across washington, d.c. right now. >> i could not agree more with the idea of making sure that civics is taught more forcefully, also make the fourth estate and the importance of a free press. thats my personal opinion. >> im with you. >> to go further on that, do you think that you can trust this administration with matters on nation...

That it has an enormous credibility problem. the approval ratings, ratings for trust are completely in the tank. and i would think that if i am a reporter in the trump years, i will want to go out of my way to be more responsible and more fair, to realize that maybe i am part of a herd mentality. maybe im a little bit out of touch. and maybe there should be some modesty and my coverage because of that. and jeff is right. there are reporters that behave that way. that is not generally how the med...

Glen. theres a serious point that spicer is becoming a punch line. is there a credibility problem for this white house? >> there was a very rocky start. i do think that sean spicer has relationships that pre-date this particular role that might be a little bit of a cushion. i think he recognized very quickly, very early on that he had some mending of relationships to do. i think its worrisome. i dont think the credibility is entirely shattered or has cratered, no. i do think melissa mccarthy sho...

Says oh, those are just alternative facts. who has a credibility problem here? is it really the media or is it donald trump and the people around him? >> so is this gaslighting? projection? >> its gaslighting. its projection. its distraction above all else. if they can convince americans that everything we say is suspect, then they can act as they please. and thats the scary part. >> your piece in the "new york times" this week is titled "the wrong way to take on trump." i have a copy of it righ...

Need to look at carefully, this attempt to control and distort and suppress information. order went out telling people in various agencies say nothing until it goes through the white house. "washington post" just reported that donald trump summoned the national park service. i want better photos, dont tweet things to make the crowd seem small. steve bannon is telling us we have no credibility and should shut up. this is administration in first week had press secretary come out and berate the med...

Weeks ago, he talked about the importance of his being trusted in his new position by the press. >> he was actually with david axelrod in chicago. i think its worth seeing what he said. >> the one thing whether youre republican, democrat, you have your integrity. im not able to discuss that. but i have never lied and i dont intend -- i would argue that anyone whos an aspiring communicator adhere to that. because if you lose the respect and trust of the press corps, you got nothing. >> he says he...