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U.s. person unless the original surveillance had borne fruit. by way of trying to denigrate this process, what theyve told us is the justice department was able to convince a federal judge there was probable cause to believe that carter page was an agent of a foreign power. i reached out to carter page today and he has long denied hes an agent of russia. he simply didnt comment -- >> wittingly or unwittingly. >> its all a big misunderstanding. my point is this all could be -- this is the middle ...

Moynihan, saying youre entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts. this from a white house that once talked about alternative facts. >> its an honor to have dr. kissinger with us. >> reporter: just as president trump was asked once again to express his confidence in secretary of state rex tillerson. >> do you still have confidence in secretary tillerson, sir? >> yes. >> reporter: the white house is in the grips of another week of reality tv-style drama. the president appeared to invent...

Egos went into the west wing that they are all competing. h.r. mcmaster has a problem with bannon and bannon has people of breitbart. hes possibly going to do that. he was the only person not golfing. and he didnt comment. thats guilty, guilty, guilty. >> guy: the leaks are central to this because we joke about it, but a few news cycles ago, seems like a distant memory. but those transcripts with foreign leaders, thats hugely damaging, grossly unfair to the president, terrible for the country. y...

That some of his advisers who are in the military, generals surrounding him are signing on to this as a strategy. >> yes, it did. i found his remarks a little bit confusing. on the one hand he didnt repeat the things that he said before, which seemed to me an attempt to turn the dial down slightly. >> by not using the phrase locked and loaded? >> right. and -- or fire and fury. >> right. >> or whatever. so he didnt repeat those things. he also didnt comment on back channel negotiations when pete...

Why he keeps going in the same direction all the time. i will say i do think some of the new policy moves out of the white house, the immigration restrictions, the leaked document about white people in colleges are both aimed at juicing them back up. >> his comments to the police in suffolk county? >> exactly. in his mind, those comments are aimed at those who are his core supporters. its possible he could bounce back in the coming days. >> in the meantime, ruth, i want to ask you about this, jo...

What would president trump and his personal attorney come out and say? overall, it seemed like this with a good day for them. if you are a counsel for the president -- >> dana: i think they did their best. the other thing they showed was that the president went to his event with the religious leaders and gave a speech that was roundly praised by everyone in the room. he announced a whole slate of judges to be confirmed. the senate said they will probably get that done before the august recess. g...

Here on this front. weve had so much on our plate. can, look, lets go through what the "washington post" reported here. that apparently both dan coats and mike rogers were in some form, the president asked they will, at least with dan coats, were they willing to, i dont know, put in a good word? if they were willing to talk to comey, explain what we know. >> there are two stories. one of which we at nbc news have confirmed. both rogers and coats were asked by donald trump on separate occasions t...

Rising over their nuclear threats. they are aware of the reports but didnt comment further. the president is responding tomorrow with an unprecedented meeting at the white house for the entire united nation. now back to lockup. ♪ perched on the edge of downtown tulsa, the david l. moss criminal justice center, better known as the tulsa county jail, is managed by command staff and a team of sheriffs deputies. their primary task is to ensure the safety and security of inmates. >> if youll gi...

Capabilities of our military, but we certainly -- we certainly recognize that that was a failed missile test. failed almost immediately, just like another recent test. >> but the u.s. didnt have anything to do with it? >> well, i cant comment either way. >> reporter: now, erin, during the obama administration, while talks completely failed, the administration particularly focused on the pentagon, tried to contain north korea by doing just what i asked vice president pence about. and that is to t...

But didnt comment. loose ends and big holes. >> you just heard nunes say hes quite sure no one in the west wing knew he was there, but a former intelligence official says he must have been cleared in and escorted by a current white house staffer and nunes also says he was on the white house grounds because he needed a secure facility to view these documents but there are dozens of these facilities in and around washington. >> lots of questions and very few answers. >> jared kushner under scrutin...