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>> laura: bob woodward has a new book about the trump administration which is sending shock waves through washington. >> did you expect anything different? more on how team trump is responding, lets go to ed henry here in washington. >> the book doesnt even come out until september and 11th and the already washington is abuzz. some are saying bob woodward has credibility problems and some anecdotes are false. one charging that the mr. trump told the defense secretary james mattis about bashar al...

Woodward had a lot of credibility problems. >> alleges in the white house residence on january 27, the presidents then personal attorney john dowd peppered trump with questions about the russia investigation provoking stumbles, predictions and lies until the president eventually lost his cool. dowd said that, dont testify. its either that or an orange jumpsuit. if its decision time, youre going to go forward. i cant be with you. i think the president of the united states cannot be seen taking th...

>> senator graham actually mention it had quickly on one meeting and, you know, that is true. >> reporter: president trump sat down with the conservative daily caller website to call the woodward book a bad book and to accuse the author of having credibility problems. the presidents former outside lawyer john dowd pushed back on parts of the book saying, quote, that there was no so-called practice session of a mock interview at the special counsels office saying he did not refer to the president...

The president as obsessed with the media. it may explain why the president sought out a website to do damage control. his statements predictable saying it may have come from disgruntled employees or just made up. adding, also, its just another bad book. woodward had a lot of credibility problems. heres the thing about that one. when it comes to woodward, history has shown he has credibility and not only that, there are tapes. president trump said himself on the record on tape in early august tha...

To prevent him from signing it. in an interview with "the daily caller," the president said that never happened. woodward also quotes president trump on jeff sessions as saying, "this guy is mentally. hes a dumb southerner that couldnt even be a one-person country lawyer down in alabama." the presidents grasp of foreign policy is also questioned. woodward claiming president trump wanted to assassinate syria and later a solid and james mattis, "lets kill him, lets go on, lets killed a lot of them...

A lot of credibility problems, i would have probably to speak to him, maybe not, he wanted to write a book a certain way. it is just nasty stuff. maybe i wasnt given messages he called. probably would have spoken to him if he called if he had gotten through. for some reason i didnt get the messages on it. >> every question he thinks somebody would ask. >> this is whats interesting. i actually believe, steve kornacki, that the president is going to be upset he didnt get a chance to talk to bob mu...

Cohen is, in many ways, has more credibility problems than even mike flynn, which is saying something, and so the prosecutors effectively wanted to get in and before the 60-day window and everything else coming down the pike, youve got to plead to this without considering -- >> they would not have pleaded to a six-year felony. the idea that he is not supportable, i mean, the fact that there is a search warrant, the fact there are these documents and there are these tapes make him actually a more...

The payments or buying the life rights from ami about mcdougals story. when sarah sanders was asked today if the president lied to the american public about it, she basically just -- she refused to answer. said it was a ridiculous question. i think that would be easiest question of all for her to answer. >> well, i think the american public, even some of the presidents strongest supporters, have got to be questioning at this point. and the idea that mr. trump always tells the truth, i think that...

Was a ridiculous question. i would think that would be the easiest question of all for her to answer. >> well, i -- i think the american public, even some of the presidents strongest supporters, have got to be questioning at this point. and the idea that mr. trump also tells the truth, i think that has been refuted on almost a daily basis and when youve got live video of him saying one thing and then saying another thing, again, mr. cohen has got his own credibility problems, but in this case, i...

Immunity, if robert mueller says i want to hear what cohen has to say, im not worried about jeopardizing the southern districts investigation because its over, he can give him immunity and force cohen to testify before muellers grand jury. so i expect we will hear from michael cohen one way or another in one or more forms before too long. >> preet, do you agree with that? >> i do. overall, given the events of today, the likelihood of impeachment certainly went up. >> because of michael cohen. >>...