not seen images prior to his statement, the statement on tuesday night. did he know of the allegations? sorry, say that again? did he know of some of the allegations? i m not going to get the to specifics of what may have emerged from the investigation. that s what s known in the press as a nondenial denial, which doesn t do justice of the seriousness of rob porter s position, the seriousness of the allegations against him, the seriousness of what two women said they lived through for years and the lack of seriousness which with their allegations were treated by some of the most powerful people in the government. my interview with one of rob porter s ex-wives in a moment, but first, jim acosta was in the briefing room when all of the bobbing and weaving was happening. i understand you re getting new reporting about that briefing today. that s right, anderson. i was just talking about a source close to the white house who advises this white house on communications strategy f
any of it was incorrect. in your statement as you saw was a nondenial denial. we haven t heard much from the gop tonight. we ve seen a little bit of mia love s comments you read on the air earlier. we haven t from mcconnell, we haven t heard from paul ryan. there is an appetite from gop leaders who were at camp david with the president this weekend to try to help him build the base a little bit more for 2018. they re facing a difficult year. you have a president whose approval numbers have hovered in the 30s. sometimes in the lower 40s, but often in 30s. it s kind of a drag on the party. and you have gop leaders who have a lot of battle ground competitive states that they really need to compete in. and the president is not helping that. i think they, you know, would love to see the president strike more of an inclusive tone. but i don t know, brian, that we re going to see the president do that. i mean, he s 71 years old. i don t think he s changed much since he came in the oval office
political analysis. but what of the gop plans to expand that tent? what do people say to you when you call around for reaction? well, brian, i want to make one other point what you said to shannon. we took all of our reporting to the white house today and said do you want to dispute any of this? is there anything in here that s incorrect and they did not dispute any of it or did not say any of it was incorrect. in your statement as you saw was a nondenial denial. we haven t heard much from the gop tonight. we ve seen a little bit of mia love s comments you read on the air earlier. we haven t heard from mcconnell, we haven t heard from paul ryan. there is an appetite from gop leaders who were at camp david with the president this weekend to try to help him build the base a little bit more for 2018. they re facing a difficult year. you have a president whose approval numbers have hovered in the 30s. sometimes in the lower 40s, but often in the 30s. it s kind of a drag on the party.
referring to. we have to learn a detailed i tipry if you will of president trump s communication with steve bannon since he left the white house. after the president fired steve bannon, we know they have had conversations since. why if the president believes he is a total leaker of false information, why was he still speaking to him after he left? and why does he claim he has nothing to do with him if indeed the president had communication with him after he left. ted lieu is still with us from california. let me get your reaction. a pretty stark, bold statement from the president of the united states. not from a democrat, not from a member of your party. but from the president of the united states clearly attacking steve bannon who now runs breitbart once again as someone who has lost his mind. wolf, during watergate, the administration would issue statements like this which i would call a nondenial denial. basically the president is not
some of it we have reported anecdotally but some of it is pretty stunning. we are going to have folks who are going to be asked on the record, did you say this, other folks who are either going to deny and/or may be issued a nondenial denial. there will be a whole story about it. one of the rnc folks came out and said they were untrue quotes. this is going to be part of the oxygen sucking out. it was supposed to be these next couple weeks about, is the government going to stay open and the president s number one priority has to be selling this tax bill. their big accomplishment. they need to go out and make the case and sell it. the last point for me. the excerpt you read from what bannon said, that was not just