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The united states. he said it makes him sad. what is sad is that he doesnt understand that this is a policy that is 100% under his control and he could endt right now. >> kristen welker rejoining us from the white house. t clear he doesnt understand? how much leeway do we give the president for not understanding his own policy? or is it something being done deliberately? >> reporter: i think theres a deliberate element, andrea. what strikes me about what we are answering, the comments we just he...

Enjoys having a special time to look forward to. >> im seriously getting dizzy now. >> his older sister was thinking about a special time, too. one that most high school girls dream about. the prom. but she was worried. your mom said that someone once said to you that you would never go to prom. >> yes. this person was a boy and thats hard to hear from a boy, because i think about boys. not that im all that boy crazy, because im not. it kind of lurks in my mind like oh, youll never get asked to ...

Were setting records. being attacks viciously by the press. and im not saying that hes blameless, but well see what happens. >> heres just a sample of whats happening. the mounting of violations against pruitt. reportedly asking agents to pick up his dry cleaning and drive around to pick up a lotion he prefers. ordering a staffer to set up a call with chick-fil-as chairman to help his wife get a franchise and asking an aide to help him buy a used mattress from the trump hotel in washington. now,...

In a surprise regular versal, this british isis supporter admitted he followed soccer stadiums and even one member of the royal family, four-year-old prince george. were joined in london right near the scotland yard. he had maintained his innocence since his arrest but today he pleaded guilty to terror offenses two weeks into his trial. why the change in plea? >> reporter: well, it seems as though, wolf, it was just the sheer mounting evidence against him that prosecutors managed to glean that c...

And here were talking about an investigation into russian interference with the election that our national security agencies agree was -- favored donald trump. and there are other information supporting that. so this isnt the first example of mr. trump trying to basically stop the process on a theory that the president somehow is in a special place when it comes to the rule of law. so, so obstruction is difficult, because you have to prove intent, but when you says things like, "i wish i had app...

Harvey weinstein is free to travel. he is facing criminal sex charges, rape charges, referring to an incident from 2004, an encounter here in new york that earlier posted a million dollars bail. so he was in the police department about 7:30 a.m. now before a judge and well see what comes of this. this case has moved quickly, sandra, ever since it went public about eight months ago. >> sandra: more charges are expected as the grand jury continues to hear testimony in the states case with at least...

Sign of strength or that he has cards he wants to hold close, not that he doesnt think he has a good position here. >> lets talk a bit about this business associate of michael cohen who has now pleaded guilty, will cooperate with state and federal investigations. what do you think this means for the cohen investigation? >> well, its development is certainly most significant because it escalates pressure on michael cohen to cooperate with federal investigators. cohen, of course, is under criminal...

Media strategist that offered the trump campaign -- this is according to "the new york times" -- information to try to i guess get a negative social media strategy against his opponent. so what do you think about this meeting? you did not know this when you were investigating. >> so its interesting in all the discussions, in all the interview, all of the investigative reports done by all the news media that never was this discovered until recently. and it seems to me that its exhibit a on why it...

Rosenstein, once again trying to keep the president at bay, trying to keep house republicans that have been breathing down his neck off of him, by saying, look, we are going to do something. at the end of the day, the inspector generals investigation is a serious thing, but it is not nearly as serious as a criminal investigation so it is not the full mounting. >> michael submit, thank you for your time tonight. well be following your reporting. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein releasing th...

Full mounting. >> michael submit, thank you for your time tonight. well be following your reporting. as michael was just talking about and we had started to delve into this conversation about the department of justice and they have now asked the inspector general to expand their current review in the wake of the presidents tweet request. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein releasing this statement saying, quote, if anyone did infiltrate or surveil participants in a presidential campaign for i...