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And extent to which the trump team was engaging in conpir toerl behavior before president trump took the oath of office. >> even the russian ambassador kislyak was taken aback reportedly about this proposed back channel by way of using a russian interest and we heard from general mcmaster of the nsa who said back channel communication with a number of countries is, you know, is pretty normal. you even said there were already, you know -- theres support system in place, why not use whats already ...

General, would you be concerned if someone on the national security council or in this administration. >> we have back channel communication s with a number o members so generally speaking with back channel communications, it allows you to do is communicate in a discreet matter so it does not expose you to any content of communications or anything. >> you are listening to general hr mcmaster there. hes also traveling with the president. well, i want to bring back that panel now, lets talk more a...

But he also did not sign the -- when it comes to climate issues and people wonder what hes going to do on the climb report. he said hes going to make but you know, another thing he didnt do on this trip overseas that has caused a bit of questioning behind the scenes, why he did not hold a press conference. thats very irregular when it comes to these trips abroad. our sara murray asked the trump team about this. listen. >> reporter: obviously how come the president didnt come oil and do a press...

Tower back in december. second, omission to be expected from the president. we know national security adviser, hr mcmaster, was asked about it directly while also there from italy. no comment on jared, he did elaborate further on the purpose of back channel. as it pertains to that paris, climate agreement refreshing our memory on the president saying to the pope, i will think about what you said and his parting words. the pope apparently bent his ears on the importance of a commitment to climate...

I think that story is over. but somebody like coats. >> coats, rod rosenstein, general mcmaster. they want to serve their country. they want to try to temper this man. they want to try to do a good j job, to help this republic. yet every single day their own retations they have fought every day of their life, day in and day out, meticulously from the time they targeted at school could be thrown away in one day by donald trump, this reckless, reckless president. im sorry, we always joke about thi...

Jerusalem earlier today. overnight the reports were coming in. of course there is a cia station here. there are analysts here. a large contingent would be based in israel, a station chief and other officials from the intelligence community feeding information up through the deputy national security adviser dina powell who is here as well as general mcmaster, h.r. mcmadder the national security adviser. they would bring the latest intelligence. as you know there has been so much shared by the bri...

Learning new details about who he is. i want to bring a point about president trump, he made a remarkable statement, speech in saudi arabia. it was a rhetoric return. he did not use the kind of phrases that hes used during the campaign, he said that islam hates us. its going to be an interesting test whether he can hue to this new line thats coming out hr mcmaster and james mattis or whether well see the old donald trump lashing out. >> sean henry, we have 35 seconds to play with, do you rush ou...

Trump chooses out of nowhere to kind of shush and silence the combined press corps so he can speak up and make a. well air that and then you can talk about it on the other side. >> all right. >> cooperation is terrific. >> just so you understand, i never mentioned the word or the name israel. never mentioned it during ta conversation. theyre all saying i did. so you had another story wrong. never mentioned the word israel. >> for the record, none of us were saying he did. his national security a...

Today. hes in april. hes -- and trump chooses, out of nowhere, to kind of silence the combined press corps so he could speak up and make a point. well air that and then you can talk about it on the other side. >> just so you understand, i never mentioned the word or the name israel. i never mentioned throughout the conversation. so you had to know the story. never mentioned the word israel. >> for the record none of us were saying he did. his national security adviser, general mcmaster came out,...

President said that? he just talked about the intent. how significant is that? >> its really significant and for two reasons. the first is just as you know, poppy, this is an administration that if they can find any way to cast doubt on a story or poke holes in any of its claims, they always prefer to muddy the waters as opposed to appearing to confirm -- >> hes not doing that. >> and sean spicer his initial at the same time did not contest the basic facts. its significant for a second and perha...