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The firm denials of vladimir putin. he has said that he trusts kim jong-un, the brutal dictator of north korea, and never called him out publicly for human rights abuses. so its consistent with past statements from this president defending or arguably taking the side of authoritarian leaders accused of this kind of behavior. >> you know, josh, let me get back to you. the saudis say theyre doing their own investigation and president trump tweeted earlier this afternoon that he expects answers soo...

Didnt hold him accountable, didnt stand up for the basic and obvious truth that all of us understood. the question is whether or not theyre going to do the same thing now. you know, one thing i think is potentially relevant is turkish officials leaking there may be very hard evidence and the nature of audio or visual truth might box in either the administration itself or certainly congressional republicans that are worried about being embarrassed over the long term. >> sabrina, the president onc...

If somebody hits me i got to hit her back or him back ten times harder. >> reporter: but todays tweet, calling porn star stormy daniels horse face appeared to be an especially low blow, directed at a woman with whom he allegedly had an affair and then paid off to stay silent. biographers of trump say it is part of a pattern, a holdover from his reality show days. >> it is just a characteristic of donald trump that he treats people this way, particularly women. >> reporter: for years trump had us...

We just heard from stormy daniels attorney, michael avenatti, reacting to president trumps twitter attack on them earlier in the day. lets discuss with our analysts. toobin, what did you think? >> well, you know, he -- mike -- the president calls stormy daniels horse face. michael avenatti calls the president a moron on television. when you and i disagree, i give you ai noogie. the whole thing is ridiculous. michael avenatti lost the case yesterday, that part of the case, there is no question. t...

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Punishment. maybe not quite the right phraseology, because well need to lead the world in responding to a brutal murder, and all sorts of violations of the values and the -- and the things that we care about. of course, the other thing hes doing, hes sort of gambling with his own credibility. he did say, that would be bad. he did say there would be strong punishment if this happened. he said that. now the question and the world will be watching, is will he follow through? because its looking mor...

And as we report these passports of at least serve of the perpetrators, this is all mounting evidence. the question is what will be the response from the international community. i was talking to a former diplomat here who described the white house response thus far as paralyzing to the turkish officials, because in it essentially limits the costs imposed. we have president trump, who is essentially parroting the line from the saudi government, indicating they werent involved and perhaps its rog...

Regime is trying to figure out how to make this as least catastrophic as it can be. and quite frankly, it worries me with the president trading in rumors and maybe repeating the trial balloons that the saudis are running. it sort of feels like maybe he is trying to help the saudis put the -- whatever fine face you can put on this. one other thing i would add, wolf, as a member of the intelligence committee, i dont know anything, i havent been briefed. but there is no question on my mind that the...