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Royal family, how he responds to the denials. that was the purpose. and as i got this question out, wearing my cbs lanyard and white house press badge, which as you know you have to be vetted by the secret service in order to obtain one, i thought it an opportunity for an adviser to the president to speak about the administrations response. we do know that he had a phone conversation with the crown prince, mohammed bin salman, last week, so its a burning question at an important time, and the se...

T. it makes a mockery of whats going on in the briefing room. i think there is culpability from these entire mccain family by making a huge issue out of this when we have a nuclear summit getting ready to happen in korea. we moved the embassy from jerusalem today. were focused on a low part of this. >> and the media doesnt have the right to talk about it because -- let me get the question out. the white house has not said it was inappropriate at all. all they said was the leakers,

This when we have a nuclear summit getting ready to happen in korea. we moved the embassy from jerusalem today. were focussed on an inappropriate joke. theres a lot of blame to go around. >> shes a member of the family. she has a right to talk about it. and a right to demand an apology. >> >> and the media doesnt have the right to talk about it because -- let me get the question out. the white house has not said it was inappropriate at all. all they said was the leakers, its being handled intern...

On. do you not know the difference, matt? >> let me finish. you have your own television show. you talk to thousands of people. youre very well connected. thats is the job of everybody in television news. talk to as many people as you want. there shouldnt be a double standard for people who have a conservative point of view. >> i talk to michael cohen, of course. i dont go to him for legal advice. if i did, i would have to disclose that. >> well, sean said he did not go to him for legal advice. ...

What did the trump campaign think cambridge could offer? what were the goal, do you know? >> well, very soon after i left i know that alex andander nix w going to meet with lewandowski before trump announced hes with running and when they were still working for ted cruz. i dont know why they had that meeting. you have to ask cambridge analytica they were pitching. why were they talking to donald trump before he even announced? how did they know he was run brg he even announced and what is it if ...

>> julie ainsley is with me for nbc news. jeff, lets tastart with you. sarah huckabee-sanders just stopped the briefing and what did we here about this andrew mccabe stepping down. >> it was the first question out, and while hes receiving criticism from president trump, the white house press secretary sarah sanders says the president was not involved in the decision to step aside and said the president would not -- was not a part of the decision making. take a look. >> weve seen the numerous rep...

Mueller finally fly, the hearing with attorney general jeff sessions had a few later moment moments. >> jason bourne or james bond movies? >> no. >> bret: that was the arkansas senator, he compared the russian investigation to a plot line in a spy novel. the attorney general also clearly wanted his old job back today. >> as a former senator you bring unique perspective to this investigation because you have been on both sides. >> i have indeed. all in all its better on that side. nobody gets to ...

More of a positive closing argument, staying on message -- >> well, staying on message, because doesnt want to make any mistakes. >> yeah, but then we have hillary clinton. >> also, character. >> he has to, because hi temperament and fit rns in question. she cant, because her character -- >> so shes -- so it is a flip. so hillary clinton is making the negative argument, talking about donald trump, reminding people of what he said about women. reminding us of his tree. this was not, i would wager...

>> yeah, but then we have hillary clinton. >> also, character. >> he has to, because hi temperament and fitness are in question. she cant, because her character -- >> so shes -- so it is a flip. so hillary clinton is making the negative argument, talking about donald trump, reminding people of what he said about women. reminding of his history. this was not, i would wager, and maybe you can tell me if im wrong, this is not where the clinton campaign wanted to be at this point. >> exactly. >> if ...

You should have chased him down even farther. i mean, theres no happy middle ground here. i think the message was that there are topics that are off limits to donald trump, and, and, you know, my job is to ask the questions, his job is to decide how he wants to answer them. >> although i didnt get the question out. but -- >> i think you were pretty clear in what you were asking him. on the subject of a rigged election, the ohio secretary of state, the man who is in charge of elections here in th...