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Your question presupposes facts that have not been confirmed. >> thank you, sean. did the president read the article about that back channel that was based on an anonymous source that said that there was an effort to set up a back channel, that it was the russians who suggested that and that it was to talk about syria. was the president not confirming that was an effort? >> i think what i just said speaks for itself. >> you said the article was based on aanonphours sources. >> it was. >> the fox...

Beginning than the end. he did that thing where he said look that assumes a lot of things, facts not in evidence, we dont agree, lets move on. thats one way of handling it. seemed like at the beginning of sean spicers tour as press secretary he was pushed to do something different like get in peoples faces. what do you think is more effective in the end? >> i would say on the question that you asked simon about the very first question on jared. you know, seans job is not to give jared kushners l...

I gave an answer to jim. the problem is that i think the president, to the question, gets frustrated when he sees fake stories get published, things that arent based in fact. >> thats not significant though. >> with all due respect, when you see instances like that get perpetrated over and over again that is frustrating. i didnt come here with a list of things. you get to decide what is big and what is not. there is a lot of stuff thats been pushed out that is very troubling. when you see the sa...

>> to the issue of russia probe, im wondering, sean, if you can tell us when the president knew whether the president knew at the time that jared kushner was seeking to establish back channel communications through the russian government and if he didnt know at the time, when did he find out? >> i think that assumes a lot. i would just say mr. kushners attorney has said mr. kushner volunteered to share with congress what he knows ab these meetings. >> did the president discuss it? >> im not goin...

Matt, let me start with you. it was smooth and even there for a long time. at the end it started to get a bit more contentious. then it was over. whats your take? >> you know, i think that these white house briefings are great television. the thing the trump administration has to keep asking is are they driving the message they want to drive? sean came out with their perspective on the trip by and large everybody is praising the trip. it was a great trip. then we get into the question and answer...

In the business community. but i think obviously part of -- as i just mentioned that the previous question, part of the reason he is frustrated with the senate rules is because when there is a majority of support on key issues or key people, he thinks its standing in the way of progress that the american people have asked for. >> let me ask you about the fbi director before the foreign trip joe lieberman was the leading candidate identified by the president. joe liebermans out. where does the fb...

Story or, as you said, something to hide. i think until they get this problem under control, peoples imaginations are going to run wild. >> phil, ive worked on the inside of politics for a long time. it seems to me at some point you go to the boss and say, look, why dont you tell them what happened. why dont you pop the boil. do what you have to do. take a bad day. when it doubt, put it out. the longer you keep the fish, the more it smells. why dont you just deal with this thing? >> and there ar...

Decorum is secondary to doing your job. its like when you watched madmen and all the salesmen were disgustingly crude, but they made their quota. thats what were seeing. before we go to break, tyrus has something interesting to see. tyrus? >> thanks, greg. being the white house press secretary a ridiculously tough job. and the other day at the gym spicer and i were working out, and i asked him, could i fill in for a day? he said, if you finish this spot for me -- what it is. lets keep this short...

Its like when you watched madmen and all the salesmen were disgustingly crude, but they made their quota. thats what were seeing. before we go to break, tyrus has something interesting to see. tyrus? >> thanks, greg. being the white house press secretary a ridiculously tough job. and the other day at the gym spicer and i were working out, and i asked him, could i fill in for a day? he said, if you finish this spot for me -- what it is. lets keep this short and sweet. first question. yes, john ro...

Your job. its like when you watched madmen and all the salesmen were disgustingly crude, but they made their quota. thats what were seeing. before we go to break, tyrus has something interesting to see. tyrus? >> thanks, greg. being the white house press secretary a ridiculously tough job. and the other day at the gym spicer and i were working out, and i asked him, could i fill in for a day? he said, if you finish this spot for me -- what it is. lets keep this short and sweet. first question. ye...