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>> my 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 have great confidence in my intelligence people, but i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. >> that is the president of the united states directly contradicting our nations intelligence agencies. but wait because a day later back at the whi...

The molestation to the coaches. and the cost of the planned military parade in washington for donald trump is $12 million. the price tag is drawing criticism because it is now as much as the now canceled military exercises with south korea which the president called tremendouslily expensive. -- tremendously expensive. the number is a planning figure and cost estimates could change. the parade intended to coincide with the 100th anniversary of world war i is scheduled for november 10th. presi...

And west of st. louis this afternoon. the northeast is one of the nicest places this weekend. upper 70s in boston and lower 80s for new york city by this afternoon. guys. thank you. president trumps would not be flip on russian interference got attention on the late show. >> should have been i dont see any reason why it wouldnt be russia. sort of a double negative. ♪ schoolhouse rock ♪ >> double negative whats your function. >> a desperate way not to side with the russians. >> double negat...

Would/wouldnt flip on russian interference got nostalgic treatment last night on the "late show." >> instead of should have been, i dont see any reason why it wouldnt be russia. sort of a double negative. >> your favorite schoolhouse, schoolhouse rock! ♪ double negative, whats your function ♪ ♪ a desperate way to not side with the russians ♪ ♪ double negative, hows that function notice confusing the people with sentence construction ♪ ♪ the president isnt in putins pock ticket snot...

The united states knows what you did but more importantly, we know what youre doing. you must stop. if you do not, there will be consequences. instead i think the real news -- its not he doubts our intelligence community, that he has this strange fondness for vladimir putin. real news coming out is the fact that this white house, this president, this administration, takes us for idiots. they take us for im businebecil. it was sort of a double negative. he wasnt responding to the question. we can...

Walk-back. but you can see, deep within the presidents dna, his first answer is usually what he believes. when he was put on the spot standing next to putin monday in helsinki several times to condemn what putin did, to accept it, to blame him, to tell him not to do it again, he refused to do it. the child-like stubbornness we see from this president who refuses to follow what his advisers tell him to do. when he sees the coverage, so negative, reflected back to him, then he realizes, okay, weve...

>> if he says that, i would accept that. i will tell you, though, it better not be. >> that would just be a few of the times over the past few days that the president used the word "would." not including the one time he said what he said but then said he didnt mean to say what he said. we wouldnt want to play that one, after all, it would be out of context now. >> i said the word would instead of wouldnt. the sentence should have been i dont see any reason why it wouldnt be russia. sort of a dou...

Deep inside him where he just refuses to really be tough on vladimir putin, election. >> it wasnt just this double negative controversy. watch the entirety of president trumps press conference with vladimir putin. to say, well, i just misspoke on this one point is utter nonsense. malcolm, i want to play for you a bit more -- we showed you earlier -- about what president trump said about vladimir putin in his interview with jeff glor of cbs. take a look. >> if you believe u.s. intelligence agenci...

Legitimate news outlet, but theyre unwilling to actually tell their audience what the audience may not want to hear, the more dangerous it is for our democracy. >> do you think theres a possibility politically that people who are conservative or generally pro-trump still dont really like, get or want to think through what has now been four consecutive days of either inexplicable, or only explained by really bad reasons, sucking up to putin? >> oh, absolutely. i mean, its like acrobatics. every d...

I have president putin, he just says its not russia. i dont see any reason why it would be. i accept our intelligence communitys conclusion that russias medaling in the 2016 election took place. could be other people also. theres a lot of people out there. i said the word "would" instead of "wouldnt." it should be "i dont see any reason why it wouldnt be russia." sort of a double negative. so you can put that in. i think that probably clarifies things pretty good by itself. >> fast forward to a ...