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We saw members congress critical. you mentioned the back and forth over the week, the double negative thing and him trying to clarify what happened there. has that apieced republicans who are critical of him and the way he performed in that press conference? >> it does appear that the response from president trump sort of halfway walking it back at various points throughout the week does seem to have quieted down some of the criticism he was getting from fellow republicans. but this does seem to...

Russians do have immense national pride. russia is, after all, the largest country on the planet. 48-times lar s larger than germ. it encompasses 11 time zones. it straddles europe, asia and the northeast. and last week with the summit in helsinki, putin has accomplished his goal. after the press conference after the summit, donald trump gave the most embarrassing performance by an american president i have witnessed or read about. his efforts to talk his way out of his troubles, make him seem m...

Russians do have their national pride. it is the largest country on the planet. 48 times larger than germany and straddles europe and asia and the middle the east. it craves a prominent world space on the world. what did america get from this meeting though? at the press conference after the summit, donald trump gave the most embarrassing performance by an american president i have witnessed or read about. his efforts to talk his way out of his troubles making him seem more absurd. >> the senten...

The president read those words versus bait and then he added what he had written in his own hand, there was no collusion. the misspelling is his. he then continued to follow the script. >> in a key sentence in my remarks, i said "would" 2347d of "wouldnt." the sent should have been i dont see any reason why it wouldnt be russia, sort of a double negative. i have on numerous occasions noted our intelligence findings that russians attempt to do interfere in our elections. >> okay. so far so good, ...

Notes in front of him. members took pictures, tom brennan of the "new york times," whose photographs captured trumps happened written notation, allowing an easy comparison of what was delivered. on the top of page two, these words appear, quote, in saying as i have said before, that i accept our intelligence communitys conclusion about russias meddling in the 2016 election the president read those words verbatim, then he added what he had written in his own handsh there was no collusion the miss...

...thats a lot of ice. go rewards® credit card from navy federal credit union... our members are the mission. >> people came to me, dan coats came to me and some others, they said they think its russia. i have president putin, he just said its not russia. i will say this, i dont see any reason why it would be. i said the word instead of wouldnt and the sentence should have been and i thought i would be maybe unclear on the transcript or unclear on the actual video, the sentence should have been...

As of this evening, president trump has officially completed 18 months in office. white has a lot of competition, this week has been nominated as the most remarkable. since that meeting with russian president putin on monday, we have seen the president walk back comments he made on russian election interference and then walk back those walk-backs. here a friendly reminder of what has transpire over the course of just three days. >> my people came to me, dan coats came to me and some others. they...

Noted by a special master in southern district of new york in that court, and they actually were to believe what we heard from guiliani so far ruled in trumps favor, that this was privileged. so why would they go ahead and voluntarily say we didnt mean it, you can use the tape and evidence anyhow. i dont know if there was some inadvertent disclosure, perhaps if guiliani talked about the tape yesterday and was a little out over his skis, in doing that waived it unintentionally or if they see a st...

Of just three days. >> my people came to me, dan coats came to me and others. they said they think its russia. i have president putin he said its not russia. i will say this i dont see any reason why would be. >> had sentence should have been i dont see any reason why it it it wouldnt be russia. a double negative. i accept our intelligence communitys conclusion that russias meddling in the 2016 election took place. could be other people also. >> is are russia still targeting the u.s.? >> thank y...

>> jeff, your ears as well, you were in helsinki for that summit, youre back in the white house, and as the president tried to clear this up, he was kind of cute about it, i dont say that positively. he says it was -- it should have wouldnt instead of would. he says dismissively that should clear it up. thats only one example of the president trying to backtrack on this. >> what weve seen this past week is the white house war on reality, not just the red herring of the double negative, you had a...