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Investment going into mexico. toyota is also building a plant outside the border for tacomas. like so many things the president takes credit for, its only part of the story wrapped up in a little hyperbole and perhaps a lot of exaggeration. >> got it, christine. thank you very much. look, the president trusts his instincts here. he thinks its one of the reasons he got elected. but hes way out ahead of his skis in terms of the numbers already, as christine lays out, that just arent true. >> were ...

Russia. i have nothing to do with russia. everybody knows it. that was a democrat hoax. >> described investigators as 13 hardened democrats. some big crooked hillary supporters, and zero republicans. >> zero republicans except for the two men in charge of the whole probe, one of them appointed by trump. my next guest says this kind of misleading material is the whole point. tony schwartz co-authored "the art of the deal" and says trump is using the attacks not by appealing to truth or logic, but...

Malstrom that connects them to criminalality. we have to take a step back here. this is the week that we know with increasing certainty that were entering the last phase of the trump presidency. he said it feels like a simple statement of the truth. he has said i dont know if theres a believe ability of high rampant criminalality. >> if you didnt mention this individual that nobody in the planet would see it. theyre a failing publication that nobody reads. >> martha: you know as well as i do tha...

The southern district of new yorks prosecution or investigation into mr. cohen. it doesnt directly involve ms. daniels. she remains, i suppose, relevant by being present today. >> one of the core issues as i understand it, danny, attorney/client privilege. president trump weighing in on this via his favorite mega phone, twitter. he did this yesterday writing, attorney/client privilege is now a thing of the past. i have many, too many lawyers and they are probably wondering when their offices and...

Hyperbole, saying the fbi is using a hit or attack on the country, is undermining what serve not just him but the entire country. thats dangerous and should not be tolerated. >> what do you think this book is supposed to do, can do, might do for what really matters about this. this is not written 20 years later. even clappers book, looking at his 50-year career. were in the midst of a probe. what are the expectations in. >> one, on the comey side, this is a picture that will be completedly direc...

Christina, theres a saying reporting live from the gutter. james comey saw a lot of important things. what do you think about him speaking so bluntly about something that is probably not as important and is in the gutter? >> no, i think his detractors will say hes got a book to sell, and hes possibly using hyperbole and this just further discredits him. for some people, trump is like tar, right? any interaction with him, you somehow get pulled down to his level. he does not rise to the occasion ...

Everything in my power to resolve to mr. trumps benefit. if you do something wrong, im going to come at you, grab you by the neck and im not going to let you go until im finished. does that sound like a general attorney client relationship with you? >> its hyperbole, but hes not in person that guy. hes a gentle soft-spoken guy, very likable. but he says to you i like everybody until they cross not me, my kids, until they cross my guy. its personal with him. thats whats so different. its personal...

You have to slightly ask or id ask myself what has donald trump done for michael cohen in return? he didnt make him ceo of the campaign. he hasnt brought him to the white house, but michael cohen, you know, craves -- you know, he wants to be known as the number one loyal guy to trump. what is that about? >> and to your point hes referred to himself as trumps conciliary. hes described himself, it means that if someone does something mr. trump doesnt like, i do everything in my power to resolve to...

Several weeks, nobody has been tougher on russia and vladimir putin than this president, isnt there some hyperbole? ronald reagan said tear down this wall, john kennedy put up a blockade around cuba, carter boycotted the 1980 summer olympics in moscow. obviously there have been presidents over the course of the last several decades tougher on this president. given the fact this president up until recently wasnt willing to criticize vladimir putin by name. we all saw that over the weekend and too...

Donald trump -- whats the phrase, truthful hyperbole hes known for. im sure that secretary mattis is going to lay out options. there is one in there that is probably similar to the strike of last year and will make trump feel hes done something and said something, but he can also sell it as we did it. it was big. he went again. so i think there are middle of the road options. >> i want to continue this conversation so stand by, ladies. were waiting for this white house press briefing to begin. w...