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To this story, without getting into an official white house response to some of the questions earlier . Did you speak with him about this story . I think that the president is, i would say, frustrated with the process of the fact that this continues to be an issue, and he would love for us to be focused on things like justin mentioned, the economy, on health care, on tax reform, on infrastructure, and thats the place that his mind is, and thats what hed like to be discussing. Thank you, sarah. I...

Authority when he demanded that comey pledge his loyalty to him . Did the president obstruct justice when he asked comey to let go of the investigation into the fired National Security advisor Michael Flynn . And why did comey not reveal these gaclaims until he was fir. The president feels vindicated by comeys testimony. The fbi director did tell President Trump that he was not under investigation as the president has claimed. Ive got cnns top reporters with me for a lot of high drama. And the e...

Home state in the state of the Committee Vice chairman now refusing to fully cooperate with the president s voter fraud commission. Is this going nowhere fast . Welcome to the lead. Im jim sciutto in for jake tapper. We begin with july fourth holiday with breaking news in the lead. President saying our country will grow and prosper. This as the president faces a new and serious threat from north korea. U. S. Officials have now determined that north koreas missile test last night was most likely ...

It is only monday. A couple things stood out to me. The press secretary got a number of questions the president floating the notion there might be recordings of his conversations with former fbi director james comey. He was pressed on that repeatly including by our own hallie jackson. And he continuals to repeat this talking point that he wouldnt add anything to the president s tweet. It was striking because there was a lot of pressure over the weekend from democrats, from republicans, for the w...

Say that. And did he ask you to pledge his loyalty and there would be nothing wrong if i did say it according to everybody that ive read toy,ut i did n say that. Did he ask for a pledge of loyalty to you . Thats another thing he said to you. No, he did not. He said those things under oath. Would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of those events . 100 . I didnt say under oath. I hardly know the man. Im not going to say i want you to pledge allegiance. Who would do that . Who...

Visiting five countries in eight days, a highstakes tour that the white house hopes will help reset a presidency thats been bogged down in crisis. So, lets get to it. First to the capitol and that crucial meeting that just wrapped up. Cnn Congressional Correspondent Phil Mattingly is there. So, phil, what are you hearing from members as theyre leaving this meeting . Reporter as you know, kate, lawmakers starting to stream out of this briefing, and that means theyre actually getting access to the...

In, that one week before comey was fired, he had asked, appealed for more resources for his russia investigation. The Justice Department denies that. But according to two sources fam with the discussion, comey actually made that request specifically to the Deputy Attorney general, Rod Rosenstein. That, of course, is the man who made the case to let comey go. I think that director comey has shown over the last several months and frankly, over the last year a lot of missteps and mistakes. The pres...

Actually come together in the wake of this. The speaker of the house paul ryan and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi both taking to the floor as their colleagues sat around when the house wasnt voting at all to make remarks to unity. Theres one image in particular this house should keep. And that is a photo i saw this morning of our democratic colleagues gathered in prayer this morning after hearing the news. At times, our emotions can clearly get the best of us. Were all imperfect. But we do not she...

Learning about this. Joe. Reporter hi, john. Well, this is drama. The dates now set. Its next thursday, june 8th. And the big question in washington, d. C. , right now is what will former fbi director james comey say on capitol hill . What wont he say . What cant he say . Because there is a special counsel investigation under way right now. There is also drama surrounding the question of whether the administration might try to block his testimony by invoking the doctrine of executive privilege, ...

So he lied about that . Well, i didnt say that. I mean i will tell you i didnt say that. And did he ask you to pledge his loyal and there would be nothing wrong if i did say it according to everybody i read today but i did not say that. Did he ask for a pledge of loyalty to you . No, he did not. He said those things under oath. Would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of those events . 100 . I didnt say under oath. I hardly know the man. Im not going to say i want you to ple...