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President said it is a hoax, that he directed his national security feel go fight the hoax. they want a talking point. >> phil, always great for your perspective. rick gates may take the stand as early as today. it comes after the bookkeeper for manafort revealed he was broke in 2016 when he was president trumps campaign ch n chairman. how he lied to get bank loans. joe johns has more. good morning, david, the prosecution filling in for the jury. the paul manafort time line, laying out throu...

People. >> isnt he asherting that he could be the outside, that which he argue every day and say this is what all of the people in the government say, im still skeptical. >> i mean, yes, the difficult thing here is if -- someone who is an expert at something offered an opinion. if they offer an opinion, they should not be given equal weight and they are. >> so, phil, when the intel chiefs come out and sound aalarm, what should we do about that. should no one trust their facebook page any more? w...

Assume he probably is. if we can get along with russia thats a good thing. i dont know him, i met him a few times. i think we could probably get along pretty well. its too early to say if were friends or enemieenemies. but getting along with russia and china and all of these other places. thats good, not bad. >> so you see there the president trying to justify his meeting with vladimir putin saying its a good thing he will sit down with him but the doubts are very high right now other whether or...

Indeed interfere in the u.s. presidential election and that putin is a foe of the united states and simply cant be trusted. we have a team of experts with us to talk about all of this, the breaking news is continuing. phil mud, i want to play a clip, this is putin, he granted an interview with chris wallace of fox. i want to play a clip to underscore how putin is reacting to all of this. >> translator: my request was filly e ld no one sent us a sin request. >> let me move on to other subjects. w...

In the short-term, the it could be just a public relations headache if lanny davis is planning to go on tv and tell them michael cohens side of the story. that might not be the best thing for trump and the white house. but the long-term question of michael cohen flipping on president trump, he has a wealth of knowledge that could potentially be complicated for the president, potentially damaging. he knows about the stormy daniels deal. he knows about some of these meetings with russian nationals...

Clear he accepts the recommendations, the report from the inspector general, a blistering report criticizing the fbi in its handling the clinton e-mail investigation but concluding there was no political bias in that investigation. he says that there will be individuals over at the fbi who will be held responsible. the office of professional responsibility will be reviewing what they did. he refused to discuss specifics about individuals named in the inspector general report. he said in one word...

Singe. what does this mean for u.s. allies? with me john kirby, phil mud and jean pac. we saw a war of words between president trump and our key allies. do you think these countries will still be willing top keep a potential deal here together? >> i do. if you look at what happened the weekend, this was an abomination from american perspective. can you have a difference of opinion with an al lie but these are allies who contributed men and women who died with us. you walk out and embarrass them ...

And i think its another issue. if you look at the past weeks including on this show, michael avenatti has drown drawn a lot of blood. hes playing this trump game about working the media and staying one step ahead. laying out information strategically in some ways really well. whether you like him or not, hes good at it. i think this is the other side saying we cant stand anymore for him to be out in front of us attacking us every day including with this documentation. this is game for the judge ...

Avenatti has been saying this week about their client michael cohen. what they are saying to him is we will see you in court. >> what do you make of this? >> one of the questions from the very beginning since this was made public is where did avenatti get these records. they hasnt done into discovery yet. were seeing one of the perils if they were not certain this information was accurate and they published it r, they would have a read problem on their hands. >> michael avenatti published this r...

>> again, this is a president who will say whatever he wants whenever he wants and the question is who do you believe? and for those who believe it, why do you believe it? i want to bring in cnn politics editor at large -- i do that to you every time, chris. >> its fine. >> giving you a promotion. and cnn political analyst ryan liza and columnist phil mud. thank you for joining us this evening. i laid it out. why do they lie so much, phil, the president and this administration. >> whats the cost...