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Russia." sort of a double negative. >> all right. it isnt a double negative, but lets make the case, okay? here is what the president said yesterday about dan coats, okay? heres the main line where the president says the truth will be found. "i dont see any reason why it would be russia." thats what made everybody so upset. he says he meant to say "wouldnt." and as long as you take it that way, he agrees with the intelligence community, and its all good. so whats the truth? the truth is found in...

Congressman hurd earlier, do you trust the president to meet one-on-one with vladimir putin or anybody one-on-one and accurately represent the best interests of the united states? >> no, i have serious questions about it. i think the reason why he met one-on-one is because he knew that if he brought in members of his own administration, including people like the secretary of state who i think we have a lot of respect for, that he did not believe that they wouldnt leak. thats extraordinary. its a...

Forward and say that were not going to accept. additionally though, on the issue of tariffs, under 232, the world trade organization provisions, were not allowed to use the national security claim for basic economic sanctions or tariffs. thats what were doing right now and that should not be accepted. were going to have to see what senate does and try to push something in the house. but the comments that come out of the presidents mouth are not helpful to nato, not to international stability, an...

A key sentence in my remarks i said the word would instead of one hundred. percent and should have been i dont see any reason why i wouldnt or why he did it wouldnt be rushing so. just to repeat it i said the word would instead of words. and the sentence should have been and i thought i would be maybe a little bit unclear on the transcript or unclear on the actual video said should have been i dont see any reason why it wouldnt be rushed. sort of a double negative. and just to give you the conte...

Meddling, u.s. intelligence agencies or president putin. president trump said that rather than saying he doesnt see any reason why it would be for russia to get involved, he said instead he meant to say, i see no reason why they wouldnt be. >> people came to me, dan coats came to me and 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. a key sentence in my remarks, i said the word "would" instead ...

Wouldnt be russia. it sort of double negative. so, you can put that in, i think that probably clarifies things pretty good. >> laura: everyone said he was in a great mood in air force one, he started watching the television coverage and said, what question mike what happened? >> first of all, the president has expressed doubt for a long time. last year, he met putin briefly at a summit in asia and he came out and did exactly the same thing. putin said, putin told me that we didnt interfere and i...

Ainsley: the president says he is not necessarily pro-russia. is he not pro-anything. i just want to keep our country safe because we control the two countries 90% of the nuclear weapons. isnt it important that we have a relationship with them? steve: sure. well, yesterday, of course, a lot of the dialogue until that special opportunities for the press in the afternoon with the president, was all about what was he talking about in helsinki? because it looked like he was warmly embracing vladimir...

Some clarification. >> he now says he misspoke when he responded to the question asking he believes regarding russias election middle-income us intelligence agencies or vladimir putin. rather than saying he doesnt see any reason why it would be for russia to get involved he said instead he meant to say i see no reason they wouldnt be. >> people came to me, dan coats and others and said they think it is russia. i have pres. putin who just said it is not russia. i will say this, i dont see any rea...

>> laura: why did the president to use the language he did yesterday that cast some doubt on russias election meddling and then kind of revising that today by saying he accepts the findings of u.s. intelligence agency. joining us now, columnist at the "washington examiner" and fox news contributor, the author and filmmaker of the new film, going to be out on august 3rd, everyone has to go see it, called "the death of a nation." great to see both of you. byron, for people who somehow missed this ...

States in the roosevelt room clarifying what he said with the press conference with vladimir putin in helsinki. a fox news contributor and great new book out trumps america newt gingrich. before he clarified you said of the mistake he said it was the most serious mistake of his presidency. now you have heard him clarify. says he misspoke. the probable with the double negative. what do you think? >> well, if you read the entire text of what he said in the roosevelt room, he goes on at length rein...