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He got punched in the face by donald trump lewis stewing about as much ordinary people would. and look up in the middle of the night encouraging to do this. this will be used against him. >> how much of all of this, the whole charade of a narrative that theyve been pushing for so long that there was collusion. how much of this has been a distraction to the agenda? will actually seek this happen this year? >> i think is likely the senate has a built in healthcare does not mean it will pass. it wi...

He felt pressure from the white house. thats dpefl a good thing. sometimes i think we are using a low bar for this administration. at the same time, he made a serious mistake in recusing himself from this investigation and abandoning that recuse al a basically recommending to the president. >> i have to take this -- >> at this point does he stay or go in the point is the white house hung him out to dry. as you all said, he is the most extreme trump loyalists, you can imagine. in most peoples min...

House. were told that sanctions came up, albeit, briefly, but no discussion regarding the testimony tomorrow, according to senator rubio. you talk about whats happening inside the west wing right now. the president perhaps increasingly isoled. certainly frustrat. stewing, frankly, particularly over the relationship with attorney general jeff sessions. a long-time loyalist, someone with him since the beginning. nbc news learned from sources close to the administration that there is a huge level o...

>> no doubt. jeff sessions has fairly covered him very well. phil has probably dealt with him during his time in government service. that fateful day is march 2nd. 90 days that president trump has been stewing over this only to pop his top yesterday which just goes to show that the loyalty factor that donald trump has for people is nonexistent. let me tell you what the long range problem of that is, that hes going to find it hard when we see that his -- his government turns over. his close advis...

When theyre under siege like this. you have to keep your political base. >> richard nixon was stewing privately about this. he thought he was being unfairly targeted, but he didnt actually voice a lot of this publicly. that story cites insiders for that witch hunt comment. donald trump is now taking everything nixon did privately and putting it on twitter and in newspapers. that is the big difference. >> to be fair richard nixon didnt have twitter so you have no idea. i will note in the same pre...

Not in control of an a special appointment they were not given any advance word into. just a few minutes after rod ros rosenstein, he sends them out when he wants to. they tried to make it something that was measured, not picking a fight, not potentially opening other legal avenues, and the president as he tends to do spends time watching tv or coverage that was goings on, stewing about it a little more, and this morning as has happened before when they set a very clear clear statement about thi...

Proceeding based on -- i remember thinking why did he say that. >> i think we shouldnt be terribly surprised. this guy described the press as the enemy of the people. trump is not a guy who thinks in terms of legalities. we know that. in this case, what the constitution says. im not sure he thinks the first amendment would protect journalists. he thinks this is something the fbi could and should do. >> shows his mindset the angry, the fury he feels about these leaks. the leaks about infight and ...

Health care reform, youre starting to worry when is that going to happen for my voters? >> all right. since you keep an eye on all things greenroom related, what is the -- so the picture that was painted for me today was of a very isolated sort of stewing president trump. what are you hearing about sort of trump management? >> well, the last two days, certainly the last week, you have heard a lot of that. thats been the backdrop to a lot of the news that has come out of this white house for actu...

Of course, the argument could be made that this is interference, the president asking him to end that probe, but its unclear if andy mccabe even knew this memo existed. >> the answers could be some of the most important in presidential history as we look at the significance of the story. sara murray is outside the white house. the response of the trump administration, defiant? >> reporter: defientsds. they are denying this conversation ever took place. publicly, administration officials have sai...

Wing, one of the most crucial job you never hear of called the staff secretary. that persons entire job is to control the flow of paper into the oval, and there doesnt seem to be anybody doing that job in this white house. >> anna, listen to this from the politico story. white house chief of staff reince priebus issued a stern warning quit trying to secretly slip stuff to president trump. tucked into his and, can torpedo an appointment or redirect the presidents entire agenda. we saw this with a...