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Catanese, it sounds like this is not case closed. >> well, i dont think so. because the president, you know, its all about trying to parse his words, what did he really mean when he said, you know, drop the case on michael flynn. was that a threat? i mean, frankly, this could be up to a grand jury panel to decide what the president was meaning of these tweets. and i think, you know, if youre adam schiff, you want to get exactly to the bottom on what was his intent to suggest there could be tapes...

We are. i dont think we ever thought or i never thought that there were tapes. it didnt seem like a serious allegation. what i do think the potential consequences could be is potential intimidation, potential witness tampering, which is a federal crime, saying to the fbi director, hey, you may not want to go here because ive got you recorded. i may have you word for word so you better get your story straight when youre explaining it. this could, i mean, im not a lawyer, but i think you might see...

We saw him in the rose garden saying it is indeed nonbinding. we talked about solar panels on the wall. when you have a president putting all of this out there and then tweeting this bomb but not doing interviews and not, you know, doing briefings on camera, we cant push him. wheres the accountability? >> well, hes throwing everything at the wall, really. you just mentioned three or four different items. now youve got a health care bill that is sitting in the senate and now were back to tapes an...

We of course broadcast the entire briefing because you should be able to hear what this white house is telling reporters and telling the public about whats going on. but this briefing was pretty much held in the dark. there were lights on in the briefing room but the cameras were not allowed inside the briefing. its the latest example of this white house being resistant to transparency but good news, if you want to hear from the president, he is giving his first interview in almost six weeks, gi...

Something he said 41 days ago. maybe this was all deliberate and orchestrate and had strategic, but it just feels to me like something a lot less than that. clearly this will be viewed in two different ways, in the media world, through a media lens, pro-trump media will play this as a press overreaction. but i think for the rest of the country, its another example of that kind of chaos inside the white house. >> do we have mark? because i think there is an important legal piece of all of this. m...

From the president via twitter, the fact that there are no tapes. there are no recorded conversations that he would have had with james comey, so where does the -- where do we stand? how does this affect any sort of investigation? what about the presidential credibility? lots and lots of questions today. well be right back. youre smart. you already knew that. but its also great for finding the perfect used car. youll see what a fair price is, and you can connect with a truecar certified dealer. ...

Had tapes and hes answering that question. john. >> thank you, sarah. question and a follow-up. in his speech last night, the president said that several of the major news corporations are not telling the truth to the american people. are you willing to name any of those corporations, and also, are you keeping a list and following corporations that may not be telling the truth? >> i think there are quite a few instances where there have been false reports out there, and i would be happy, when i ...

Will make an announcement on this. i expect it this week and so when hes ready to make that announcement, well let you know. >> so, david, lets just remind everyone why this whole tapes thing is so, so important, right, because what e have what president has said, all regarding this investigation, flynn, what comey testified, and everyone was thinking, okay, if we have tapes, then that proves, all right, either the presidents telling the truth or, you know, the now-fired fbi director is telling ...

The men and women of the intelligence community in this tweet today. the intelligence community collects -- >> guys, lets throw the tweets back on the screen as youre making your point. i want everybody to be able to see what he tweeted. go for it. >> the intelligence community collects information. they conduct surveillance on foreign targets. in order to provide this president, every president, with the information that they need to so that they can protect this country, that is the presidents...

Things, sure. >> hes comfortable at it. thats where hes at his best. thats peak donald trump but here we are, were barely talking about that rally anymore because theres no cohesive strategy to follow it up. it seems like a lot of his proposals are riffs without follow-ups. and the big ticket items, tax reform, health care reform, are imperilled because there isnt a driving strategy from the white house either so there are multiple problems, communication and substantive and obviously an investi...