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Expect. during the dinner, the president returned to the salacious material i briefed him about on january 6, and as he had done previously, expressed his disgust and strongly denied them. he was considering ordering know investigate the alleged incident to prove it didnt happen. i replied that he should give that careful thought because it might create a narrative that we were investigating him personally. which we werent, and because it was very difficult to prove a negative. he said he would ...

Although he said my lead investigation gait toor thought insisted that we should say he was part of the targeting of the investigation. at the same time saying, well irks flynn wasnt involved either and if there is anybody else involved like a manafort or someone else, they could be thrown under the bus because they were satellite material. so where was the "there" there? he knew there was a big deal here. he knew there was something related to that big deal from the americans side and he never ...

It forward. it helped end an awkward conversation and the explanations made clear what he should expect. during the dinner, the president returned to the salacious material i briefed him about on january 6 with the, and as he had done previously, expressed his disgust and strongly denied them. he was considering ordering know investigate the alleged incident to prove it didnt happen. i replied that he should give that careful thought because it might create a narrative that we were investigating...

And hugh. i guess i have to make this point. whos right, and whos wrong in this episode? >> donald trump is cherry picking when he wants to praise the media. and i think we have to be very clear on that. for him to come out and say the news media that did not report this -- >> the salacious material. >> now that weve risen in his esteem because of that and he wants to thank us and congratulate us for doing our jobs, tomorrow there could be a report -- >> so you dont want the pat on the head? >> ...

State, rex tillerson, was being grilled by senators over tillersons own ties to russian president vladimir putin. thats also coming up tonight on "hardball." we begin, however, tonigh with donald trumps meeting the press himself. heres what me s he said reportt russia gathered compromising material about him, which u.s. intelligence agencies, in fact, have marked already -- did in fact mark already as disinformation. not intelligence. >> i saw the information. i read the information outside of t...

And he sort of dodged that question. but pointed to the fact that hes trying to get to the bottom of -- >> reasonable question, maybe you can answer it, but whoever leaked it didnt leak the fact that material was last disinformation. anybody who put it out was probably trying to hurt trump. now, theres a number of suspects you could say. the eight members of the congress in the senate, leading and ranking members and chairmen of the intelligence communities. eight suspects there. you might go wi...

This, singling out -- >> the salacious material. >> now weve risen in his esteem because of that and wants to thank us and congratulate us for doing our jobs. >> so you dont want the pat on the head. >> no, i dont. tomorrow there could be a report that nbc comes out with that he does not like. >> okay. >> and he will call it fake news regardless of whether it is scurrilous or regardless of whether it is disinformation. hes picking and choosing. >> gabe, you cover the media and i think the new te...

The media is too intense. weve seen, you know, with -- i think that it would be a very different environment today with president clinton than it was when it happened that the onslaught of media and accessibility and endless questions are becoming too distracting for a politician. >> let me stop you there. >> and we have lots of examples. >> let me stop you there, because clinton is a great example. hes answer to the argument. the more salacious material came out about clinton, the more his pers...

Weve seen, you know, with -- i think that it would be a very different environment today with president clinton than it was when it happened that the onslaught of media and accessibility and endless questions are becoming too distracting for a politician. >> let me stop you there. >> and we have lots of examples. >> let me stop you there, because clinton is a great example. hes answer to the argument. the more salacious material came out about clinton, the more his personal approval ratings bega...

And jesse james and probably now with arnold schwarzenegger. i actually think in politics weve gone the opposite direction where its too big a distraction. the media is too intense. weve seen, you know, with -- i think that it would be a very different environment today with president clinton than it was when it happened that the onslaught of media and accessibility and endless questions are becoming too distracting for a politician. >> let me stop you there. >> and we have lots of examples. >> ...