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Credibility with this white house. olivia, whats the state of the white houses credibility? >> not great. the state of the union isnt great in that respect. they have a lot of problems and i think part of the problem is because they say so many inaccurate things on the record to us at briefings, its much more easy for us to believe the leaks coming out on background. the white house doesnt really have a leg to stand on when they deny leaks on the record. >> thats interesting. i want to ask more ...

Spicer saying it was the biggest inauguration day crowd ever. from day one they started out misleading us and lying to us. now i think they are paying for it. in the fact that we are inclined to not believe them when they say a story is wrong or they give us their version of events. why would we? >> michael, go ahead. >> many of the inaccuracies are because the president tells people to say these things. they are not inaccuracies on the part of sean spicer. he was instructed to go out and say fa...

There is a weird dichotomy here. hes a gracious and charming host when you are in his company. very often hell flip and, i think the last three or four times i talked to him hes put in a dig at some point about me as a reporter and the quality of my reporting, the quality of "time" magazine. but hes talking to me at the moment. im invited back. i think he thinks for the most part what i report is exactly what hes saying and is accurate. but it all comes back to the idea that he cant get a fair s...

Challenge? i know kellyanne conway had a very uneven performance yesterday. anyone other than his press secretary defending this? >> we havent seen this. kellyanne conway going on "anderson cooper" last night, she was not referencing the hillary clinton e-mails. she was referencing the last six weeks, james comeys relationship with the president, so theyre not telling the same story over and over and this is adding to sort of that strife inside the white house. think about the markets. theyre st...

Li lies? while sometimes i can be too honest, hillary clinton is the exact opposite. she never tells the truth. in ts journey i will never lie to you. >> then candidateontrump on the campaign trail back in august, promising to never lie to his supporters. now lets take a look at the cover of the new edition of "time" magazine, "is truth dead?" . michael sheerer recently interviewed the president. it is a fascinating interview capped by the presidents remarkable assertion that, quote, i cant be d...

>> so he predicted the future. >> michael is just repeating what was said to him. it doesnt mean he owns these notions. professor, we turn to you for that. this is scary talk. logically theres a huge difference between saying something did happen like 3 million people voted illegally and saying time will prove -- thats not a prediction. thats an assertion of fact he has no basis for and saying some day 3 million people may vote illegally. theyre very different. have you ever seen a president wor...

President trump sitting down with "time" magazine shortly after house intel chairman devin nunes had a press briefing about his teams communication being picked up by u.s. surveillance. when asked about his baseless wiretapping claims, president trump told the reporter this, when i said wiretapping, it was in quotes because wiretapping is, you know, today it is different than wiretapping. it is just a good description, but wiretapping was in quotes. what im talking about is surveillance. the man...

There. he said, did you see i had 25,000 people in kentucky this week at a rally. at the end of the interview he said im president and youre not, basically restating the same thing. the proof of my success, the proof of my credibility is the fact of the election. >> quinnipiac has in the latest poll hes at about 60% of people not believing hes true. professor, it takes us to the same point. michaels interview is illustrative of a proposition. trump does this because he thinks it works for him. i...

Them further. >> michael, im sorry, i have to interrupt you because malaysia airlines is holding a press conference to discuss the crash of flight 17. lets listen in. >> all possible care will be provided to the next of kin. the government of malaysia is dispatching a special flight to kiev carrying a special malaysia disaster assistance and rescue team as well as a medical team. according to information provided by kiev air traffic control the location of the planes emergency locator beacon is ...

So-called rebels or with russian weapons, absolutely. already relations have gotten to a place that i cant remember -- i think you have to go back 30 or 40 years to remember a time when our bilateral relationship has been so confrontational. this just moves it in a much more, a deeper direction that way. and lets remember, you know, this did not have to happen. this is happening because of russian military interference in eastern ukraine. again, if what we know, what we think we know is confirme...