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That contradicted the president. mr. trump told reporters he didnt instruct mulvaney to do that. >> i never did that. that is a whole hoax about the fake news media. >> reporter: the acting head of noaa issued a statement backing away from the national weather service tweet reassured forecasters they are not under attack. >> no ones job is not under threat. not mine, not yours. the weather service team has my full support and the support of the department. >> reporter: earlier in the day the pre...

The presidents twitter account. they pressured normally a political national weather service to put out a statement backing up the president and really undercutting their own officials. so, it was clear that this was done under duress and there were ramification of this are starting to continue into a second week as members of the national weather service pushed back and say that theyre not comfortable with the idea of having their service politicized by the white house, by the commerce departme...

But it doesnt change the fact that this president has been mired in this controversy that he keeps perpetuating and how similar it is and how much this has all of the components of sort of everything that weve seen go wrong with this presidency from the beginning. first of all, his instinct was to highlight a red state. thats where this started, no question, alabama. and then continue to not back down in the face of facts that changed things. and instead not only say that he is right, but force ...

Unexploded mine from the whole of the ship. iran denied playing any role in the attack. the bridge government issued a statement backing the us conclusion that iran is to blame. the iranians put out a press release that they rescued all 44 sailors on the two disabled tankers. one of the tanker crews were detained after being rescued by another merchant vessel. those sailors remain in iranian custody and there are no plans to release them to dubai. the u.s. navy rescued the other 21 sailors from ...

Or any other investigation. >> of course, our reporting wasnt that he made any promises. our reporting is that the president was venting at him and frustrated about what was going on in new york and at the justice department. the justice department has just put out a statement backing what whitakers testimony had been there, reiterating that he didnt make any promises or commitments concerning the special counsels investigation or any other investigation and saying he stands by his testimony. br...

Came out from fox part of our company here, theyve been defending smollett at every turn. his job wasnt in danger on the show. they stand by his statements. over the weekend they held back and had no comment. >> listen, if this is not true this would be incredibly disappointing considering that weve been talking about race and whether its justin fairfax or whats going on in virginia or, you know, we all believe there should be a due process in this country. this would be incredibly disappointing...

Theyre jumping the gun and jumping to conclusions and i think its for political purposes in my opinion. >> sandra: well see how all that goes. house judiciary committee is front and center today with the google hearing. now ask you about mark meadows, the possibility of white house chief of staff. you felt the need to put out a statement backing mark meadows for chief of staff. why are you coming out in such big support of this possible move by the president? >> well, i think mark meadows first ...

Ignoring these requests so we really had no choice but to sue. >> sanders called the lawsuit more grandstanding from cnn. she wrote, the white house cant run an orderly and press conference when a reporter acts this way. when more than one single reporter tries to act like this on the floor. >> so white house correspondent associate president olivier knox issued a statement backing the lawsuit. saying, the president of the united states should not be in the did business of arbitrarily picking th...

Is a no. joe tester said hell vote against kavanaugh siting not only allegations but views on the patriot act and quote, thousands of e-mails and calls from montanaens. meanwhile, joe mansion of west virginia has publicly remained undecided but put out a statement backing senator flakes calls for investigation. and democratic senator heidi told reporters at a campaign stop this weekend quote there are a lot of lawyers in america that can sit on the court. i think this idea that there is only one...

Still try to get him to turn. were willing as prosecutors to take cooperation at many different stages. ideally, its much, much earlier than this. but after a conviction, an i believe there will be one, at least on some large number of counts, hes willing to cooperate, will the prosecutors take it? you bet. >> chuck rosenberg, its so great to have you. >> its a pleasure, katy. >> enjoy your weekend. some breaking news before we go to break. we were expecting more former intelligence officials ...