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Been debunked. >> i think its always important to make sure that we dont have illegal votes. we know we have them. we dont check i.d. when somebody comes to vote. illegal immigrants can get a license and automatically be signed up to vote. we should have american citizens voting and know who is walking into the voting booth and i would support anything we do to make sure that our elections are secure that its only citizens voting and if we do an investigation and sounds like were going to im all...

Fraud. the president has peddled a light for months claiming that millions of people voted illegally in the election without providing any evidence. >> the irony is this news of this investigation is overshadows the presidents expected executive orders today on the border wall and immigration and different deliveries on his promises during the campaign. just six days into the trump administration. we have it all covered. lets begin with athena jones live at the white house. athena. >> reporter: ...

The presidency. i actually dont think thats part of this story. this story is the leader of the government, completely undermining, without facts, its not just cavalier, its just, hes citing -- hes saying he has studies that have been debunked. he has no facts. there is no evidence of massive voter fraud. this is the foundation upon which everything is built in a -- in our representative democracy. so, i think this is less about, lets get in the mind of trump voters and how his voters will respo...

Since then, that study has been widely attacked by other academics. people say it has been debunked. but there is that journal article and if donald trump wants to point to something to point to where he might be right, there is an article from 2014 that does seem to give him at least a little bit of credence. >> jenna: kudos for finding that. but there are others that are pointing to pew research, for example, and this is a little bit different, and there is a difference between voting fraud an...

Trade deal years in the making. the president reviving a debunked claim of voter fraud. why he made that comment at the first congressional meeting. >> i believe we have to be honest with the american people. our intention is never to lie. >> facing questions in the alternative facts. the white house press secretary faces questions in the briefing room. welcome back to "early start." im john berman. >> im christine romans. it is 30 minutes past the hour. a swift campaign promise. president tru...

Of images, whether ribbon cuttings on hotels. >> he delivered on promises in campaigns. >> however there, were anonymous sources describing what happened in the congressional meeting. thats how this information about illegal voting came out, this conspiracy theory. by the way, tonight the new york times framing this as a lie in its headline, politico using the word debunked. donald trump is going to wake up if hes sleeping now. hes going to see these headlines and i wonder how hell react. >> go ...

Straight up misinformation or unverifiable claims. it seems to essentially appease the boss. bad poll numbers are called rigged. crowds are treated like enemies of the state and rejected and replaced by debunked claims. confirmed nbc news that trump spent about the first ten minutes of this bipartisan metering last night with congressional leaders at the white house talking about the campaign. im told, nobody brought up the election results. he did this on his own. it doesnt like what i initiall...

Congress you had on just before me, you know, said it quite right, that this is not the kind of thing we want to do, we dont want to be using false data to basically make people question how valid our elections are. its just -- its totally baseless and its very dangerous. >> professor brian schaffner, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you very much, wolf. lets talk a little bit about what we just heard with our correspondents, analysts and commentators. david swerdlick, lets start this...

Widely bedunked claims about undocumented immigrants voting in the election, claims the "new york times" describe as a flat out lie. i want to bring in illinois republican adam king singer. congressman, the rest of the day seemed to go very well, then this. what is the impact of the president not only dwelling on the election but repeating claim wes know have been debunked. >> obviously i think unnecessary is the best way to say it. i thought he had a great day with discussion about his vision a...

Incomplete leak. incomplete leak. >> its a shame because there are legitimate questions about trumps connections to russia, alleged ker ed connections, he there arent any, that members of congress have been investigating. could this be obscured because of this? >> journalists go by what they know and what they can discover and usually with two sources thats credible. is there any reason to believe that this packet of stuff, this so-called dossier, distributed around for obvious political purpose...