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Of nuclear weapons against japan. its not the kind of thing any of us have ever heard an american president say. it seemed quite explicit to me. and im still wondering what the reporting is going to show about why donald trump decided to up the rhetoric today. was it an off the cuff remark as it appeared to be in some ways number one, and number two, i think the response will be very telling. in terms of this credibility issue that trump has, which is will the world discount it as trumpian over ...

Gate-keeping function in the oval office. so if you can hire a person like this, or have a connection to them, its better than having a lobbyist. >> theres also a credibility question. we were talking to glenn thrush about this, your colleague earlier, with all of the denials coming from the podium in the white house. this is -- sarah huckabee sanders at the briefing yesterday talking about the whole "washington post" story about don juniors statement. lets play a little bit of that. >> the stat...

This, in a bipartisan way, is to come up with a policy that tells the world you will not meddle in our elections, period. thats not happening. theyre still using this as a political thing. with all due respect to my good friend, the senator, i think hes mistaken and overplaying this in a political way. >> theres also credibility question though, congressman, it comes from jared kushner, and the third revision to his failure to disclosure forms that were initially required for a national security...

We have confirmed through our own john roberts, covering the white house, was in the room during this meeting in june of 2016. so, theres been lots of drip, drip, drip. i want to ask you, with your reportering, is this embarrassing or illegal and has your answer changed in just the last 24 hours? >> i think they see it much more on embarrassing among-- in the white house and among the presidents allies. they insist that nothing illegal took place here, but the problem is, obviously, democrats ha...

Probably not a great idea. >> exactly. you look at the shifting details into great detail there. and thats what what is causing probably the most concern from republicans that you hear about today. i spoke to a number of them today. and what theyre particularly frustrated with, never mind the merits of the meeting. thats one different topic. its just the fact that the white house cannot keep its stories straight. and it provides one distraction after another at a time when the party is trying to...

Intimidate. no matter what, what you do have is situation where a president has floated one thing while knowing that it was never true. whereas jim comey has been consistent in terms of his account. its that issue that the experts have mostly said will come into play on the credibility question. >> i try to look at things the other side. i could not come up with an innocent reading of that james comey tweet and couple it with the fact that we wasnt going to answer and he waited 41 days. i cannot...

That support his preconceived idea that somehow the president was a liar, somehow the president was somebody he did not trust, somehow he had to do things with this particular president -- >> brianna, you hit on an important point here which is that in the court of public opinion, in terms of muellers investigation, this is going to be a credibility question. does donald trump have more credibility than james comey. james comey not only has the memos he wrote ted to back up his account but we kn...

Director if he did not stop the flynn investigation or other aspects of the russia investigation. >> quickly, page, how would the version of the president ever be part of the testimony equation on capitol hill? he would not be called to testify? >> i cant imagine he would. we expect to see a series of tweets while comey is testifying. this is not true. thats not what i said. if they can keep his phone away from him, maybe we wont see that. maybe we get another non answer from press secretary sea...

These contemporaneous notes he kept after his conversation with the president. will he be able to read from them or rely on memory from these notes >> first rely on memory. they will ask him what did you and the president talk about. did you feel pressured by the president. i think his testimony will be very different from what president trump has said about those meetings. the question is who is right? do we believe comey or the president? then we go back to those peoplepeopl its common to make...

>> chris? so as the russian investigations heat up, the head of the house oversight committee is stepping down. why? and who will take the place of republican jason chaffetz. were going to talk to the ranking democrat and committee elijah cummings what his stepping down means, what the investigation means and the new credibility question for the vice president, next. er lexus lc 500 or the multistage hybrid lc 500h. experience amazing.