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Charlottesville that michael just mentioned. watch this. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence, on many sides, on many sides. >> a few days later walked it back with his prepared statements, reading again. >> racism is evil. and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the kkk, neo-nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. >> but just o...

Political columnist for "the daily news." good evening to all of you -- sorry, daily beast. michael, great reporting in "the wall street journal" tonight. youre reporting on why president trump tried to walk back these comments from helsinki today. what have you learned? >> well, the -- he was -- as he said in the conference today, he was surprised by the pushback, and really the barrage of criticism. and it was just coming from all angles. and the president watches television pretty frequently,...

Wanting to send a signal that in his eyes, at least for today, john kelly, the white house chief of staff, who is often the one being thrown under the bus, he is up in the presidents eyes, and rudy giuliani, who just yesterday was his favorite lawyer, hes down in his eyes. where this all stands from here? the president not wanting to sit down with bob mueller, said it wont be fair, and said "witch hunt" more times than i can count. john? >> not your fault, jeff, but that did not clear up the con...

The president says, ewere not going to pass any legislation that denies due process to people. >> you dont take the gun pane go to court. the presidents wrong about that. thats a nonstarter. >> brace for a trade war. the president rallies republicans, key financial market and some on his own staff by vowing to slap new tariffs on foreign aluminum and steel. >> no trade war has ever worked. we dont want to make america 1930 again. they dont want to be drafted into a trade war. trade creates jobs....

Concern about possible obstruction of justice. that according to to the "new york times." tonight. joining me now. cnn political correspondent. yus tis reporter. and cnn political analyst michael bender. sarah, if i can again with you. we have the letter from schiff. a remarkable turn in a story with many turns. in effect hes saying that nunes has sent an entirely different version of the memo. that was voted on in committee that was already highly disputed. but changed it in some way beforehand...

Be embracing the chaos and is very open to it here. lets turn to "the wall street journals" michael bender. his late report details a temporary truce between president trump and chief of staff kelly. can you just explain why the president and his chief of staff needed to settle on a truce in the first place? >> you know, i can try to explain it, anderson. im note sure that i can fully explain this. its a really complex and confusing situation here. as kaitlan mentioned before, some of the unre...