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Meeting by an acquaintance but was not told who it was beforehand. we now know the reason don junior went to the meeting is because he was promised research on hillary clinton. that was omitted from the statement. you sit on the judiciary committee, what lens do you see this through? >> of course when donald junior, it was obviously misleading to the say the least. i thing be the president is viewing this as a family problem. pr problem. its not -- its serious. it involves a foreign power trying...

Far as we know and he really the taking the lead in what kind of message comes out of the white house, right? >> yeah. actually, he is going to be spokesperson in chief. youll see him in a lot of the sunday shows. hell be out there. but i think the real issue is not the pr problem. we often put a lot of the issues with the president on the pr bucket when we really should see one of the things coming out. we just saw in a bloomberg article the presidents new attorney that -- mr. dao that came out...

Kremlin ties. and crossing legal lines. its not just a pr problem or tweets. these transactions are so concerning, and thats what we really should focus on, not -- its almost like putting lipstick on a pig when we talk about whos his press person. >> so sarah huckabee sanders will still be the one taking on the questions, answering them, setting a type of tone in the pressroom. so, john, do you see that the way in which anthony scaramucci will be making his mark is how that message is sent? not ...

Relationships between the white house and the trump organization, of which donald junior is supposedly the head now with his brother, and the dealings of the trump campaign with russia and of the trump organization with russia. and so this whole tangled web, which could go in a lot of directions, is going to come under the scrutiny of the fbi and the justice department. >> yeah, convoluted to say the least. just listening to you there, its like wow. donald trump jr. made this big fuss as you kno...

Statements where he was reflecting, did come to play in both the impeachment proceeding and in some of the criminal trials. so, these things can have implications when they make public statements. so thats why the lawyers will tell them to zip it and dont talk about it. >> meantime, devlin, you are reporting about the challenges facing trumps legal team and dealing with the president, specifically, when it comes to the russia investigation. lay it out for us. >> right. well, the president is a v...

Comparison. >> i dont hear people today, conservatives, complaining about a lack of coverage of clinton. i think everybody acknowledges, she was covered, it was investigated, everybody acknowledges that. by the way, most republicans i know acknowledge this meeting that were talking about is a pr disaster. >> but that is what the white house is saying, and gorka tonight is saying nobody is covering the ukraine story, nobody is covering the bill clinton speeches in russia. >> this meeting is a pr ...

Happens, were coming here as a family this weekend. this is where we live, one of the places we live. so what a great bit of journalism by the star-ledger. they actually caught a politician being where he said he was going to be with the people he said he was going to be with. >> reporter: back at the parks, new jersey residents say theyre more concerned about their own vacation plans, not the governors. >> its ridiculous. just figure it out. we pay you guys to figure it out, figure it out. >> r...

Good afternoon. this morning the president continued his week of events highlighting technology and how it will continue -- >> you are not allowed to have the camera trained on her. what is happening? >> i think you have seen this white house continuing to struggle with the communications problem. we have seen this for several months. i think one of the presidents problems with the russia issue is he treats it like it is a pr problem as opposed to a legal problem and that is where he is getting ...

Grade higher than normal when you have conversations, when you a president who is willing to engage pretty much anyone who comes in and out on any topic and who will discuss things that sound crazy when they get leaked to the press. its difficult for us to know is he serious, is chris ruddy telling the truth? is he actually considering that? i think it was a pr problem this afternoon when it came out you. saw the white house eventually put out a statement. but this is a president that the bottom...

People -- this is sort of a grade higher than normal when you have conversations, when you a president who is willing to engage pretty much anyone who comes in and out on any topic and who will discuss things that sound crazy when they get leaked to the press. its difficult for us to know is he serious, is chris ruddy telling the truth? is he actually considering that? i think it was a pr problem this afternoon when it came out you. saw the white house eventually put out a statement. but this is...