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Guiliani did and others, look, theres nothing to be gained as a result of voluntarily making yourself available for an interview because all it does is lay fodder for a claim that you werent forth coming or you made a false statement or purgered yourself. thats the presidents prerogative as it would have been-- >> he could have forced the issue? >> he could have, but we all understand that would raise constitutional concerns that would have had to have been litigated and the greater public inter...

Remained silent. not only has he not commented on the report, he has not yet tweeted. with me now is brian stelter, cnns chief media correspondent and anchor for reliable sources, also cnn political correspondent sara murray. brian, how surprised are you that the president has refrained from uttering a word, tweeting a single letter? >> maybe a little surprised but i think it shows that he is getting good counsel, getting good advice in this moment. the right thing is to wait until we have the f...

No. we can say it is insane and its lacking sanity. but more than that, it is lacking humanity to be picking a fight way person who is not here to fight back, whose families and friends and loved ones are here. and its just so -- its so unseemly, its so infantile. its so -- its so ridiculous and so unamerican. its undignified. it cheapens the power of the presidency. surely theres other things he should be doing with his presidential time. if not, you know, why dont you do us all a favor and pic...

Meetings, no activities other than a rare visit to church so president did what me could do. he tweeted. is it really that simple? >> i think it is. we talked about this many many times, where people try to figure out why hes acting in a certain way, sometimes a distraction and sometimes just him venting. we often never really know. there are such a number of people saying he essentially was bored and was not home alone but home without activities. he did not go golfing, as you noted. he didnt h...

I talked to a few people close to the mccain family in light of this and thavl rr gone from visceral anger to why are you so obsessed with us? theyre confused about why the president keeps bringing this up. it could be the funeral when all of establishment washington was giving john mccain the closest you can get to a state funeral and he was stuck in the white house going golfing. that was a personal slight to him. >> i dont know what youd call it. >> he viewed john mccain as a political foe an...

Small circle that could, could, potentially speak truth to power. whos around on the weekend, whos within his reach, who he trusts, whose word he would take? >> i would say throughout the presidency, white house aides have always been freaked out by these kinds of weekends where trump is not traveling to mar-a-lago or bedminste arer, h not golfing, had no public events. this always terrified them, hed do what he did this weekend, watch tv, tweet, and respond in realtime. i would say its a little...

>> i would say throughout the presidency, white house aides have always been freaked out by these kinds of weekends where trump is not traveling to mar-a-lago or bedminster, hes not golfing, he has no public events. this always terrified them, hed do what he did this weekend, watch tv, tweet, and respond in real time. i would say its a little bit different this time because increasingly theres just fewer and fewer people around him in the white house who he trusts. i would say he still really li...

Whos around on the weekend, whos within his reach, who he trusts, whose word he would take? >> i would say throughout the presidency, white house aides have always been freaked out by these kinds of weekends where trump is not traveling to mar-a-lago or bedminster, hes not golfing, he has no public events. this always terrified them, hed do what he did this weekend, watch tv, tweet, and respond in real time. i would say its a little bit different this time because increasingly theres just fewer ...

Kelly, who suggested that the committee cannot solely depend on cohens testimony. >> thats right. looking at what the chairman is saying is that he hopes that the public will be able to evaluate much more. the freeze is go the president is golfing with professional player justin johnson. now to adam schiff. chairman of the intelligence committee. how does the public evaluate what michael cohen says when the president points out discrepancies in his testimony. the president and cohen, his former ...

Serious blow to a relationship that is already showing considerable strain. sarah westwood is following president trump who is spending the weekend at his mar-a-lago resort in florida. sarah, the president obviously has a lot at stake here. how is he reacting? we know he commented on it yesterday. any new reaction today? >> reporter: well fred, the white house is still largely staying silent on this missile-related activity in north korea. president trump here in florida today is golfing as comm...