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His press team will not answer questions about the tweets. he can say whatever he wants and they refer to outside counsel who doesnt return reporters phone calls. the president made this all a bigger problem for himself. this investigation has gone on for near lay year now and now those about russian interference in the election turned into, has the president obstructed justice here. >> yeah. a serious, serious development. other serious development that happened today, the president announced h...

Full ride on an engineering scholarship. she is a bright young woman. what prosecutors laid out against her was daming if it was true. there are charges she may have done more leaking. >> the enormous power to spy on americans conversation. it is an enormous power. a low tolerance for letting people leak information. so yes, i think she needs to be prosecuted. we cant tolerate this. really the biggest leak that weve had and the most important and damaging to an individuals reputation was leaking...

Improving the economy, putting a conservative on the supreme court. >> eric: what about this idea of may be scaling back the press briefing to a weekly press briefing? all of the shots hes taking, maybe not a bad idea? >> kat: i prefer the transparency but i would like to see him play a larger role. the communication strategy has created additional problems. the best example, after comey was fired in the press team was saying one thing a drum set another thing. they need to get that under contro...

Alicia acuna, one of our camera people and also producer that was there and saw what transpired. whether or not there was an inconsistent statement put out by gianfortes press team on this. mercedes? >> i do believe that gianforte had come out with an apology early on, it could have definitely been to his benefit, for him to wait and not state an apology but kind of pushed back on the argument was weak. it didnt help him. at the end, i do believe -- its a safe republican seat, right now the shoc...

Well bring it to you live. >> you know what else weve been watching, first lady melania trump stepping into a high profile role joining her husband on his first international trip since taking office. mrs. trump visited a school and met with female workers in saudi arabia over the weekend. local news outlets had good things to say about her fashion choices. even as she opted not to wear a head scarf. this amid reports the first lady is taking a bigger role behind the scenes keeping a close eye o...

Flynn? listen to this. >> did you at any time urge former fbi director james comey in any way, shape, or form to back down the investigation into the michael flynn and also -- >> -- no. no. next question. steve: the next question was from the same reporter. were talking about this is not a member of the national press team that covers the white house. this is a guy from wjla scott to you thatman at the local abc 7 down there after he asked that. then he asked the president one thing that many ha...

He needs that straightforward approach, not a lot of drama. >> abby: shes been around politics most of her life. you mention loyalty and the three of us have been around campaigns enough. it is so hard when youre in a campaign to find people who are loyal to you outside of your family. that is why so often, including the trump family, you keep them close, you keep them as representatives. do you think president trump needs to have a shakeup in his press team, even with your staf staff? >> mike: ...

Respected, someone who will be looking at details and the facts, not running based on rumors in a newspaper. and for president trump, its a great opportunity to focus on making america great again, on foreign policy, on the economy and jobs. this is where his press team comes in, communications and refocusing themselves on the nature of what they want to accomplish. >> jenna: the picture sounds good. what do you think? >> i think its great spin. i applaud the appointment of the special prosecuto...

What we dont know. >> well, first to what we know. look, president trump almost acknowledging that there was mixed messages last week surrounding his decision to fire james comey. he said my press team cannot speak with 100% accuracy. they cant know what is in my head at all times. similar to what we heard at the podium and from the vice president, conflicting with what the president said himself. but we also know that he thinks that the messaging was bought that, they were prepared effectively ...

Looking. the president, i am told, is not necessarily super thrilled about being away for eight days. >> right. >> the administration and staff are very much looking forward to resetting -- >> reboot. kristen welker, i followed your reporting all day of the atmospherics there, white house in turmoil. >> reporter: well, we know that as you pointed out, nicolle, president trump wasnt pleased with the messaging around his decision to fire fbi director james comey. now, he did take some of that blam...