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Parties have written legislation like this. i dont see any prospects of it coming any time soon. thats how things are viewed at the leadership level. just let this stuff go. hes just blowing off steam. he wont actually do anything. and my understanding is people at the white house tell people on the hill, dont worry about it. hes not serious. >> which is effectively what giuliani said to me. hes just blowing off steam. and the sort of backdrop of this is, if he went beyond blowing off steam and ...

Putin will see this as a sign of weakness. >> on the russia investigation, the white house is now confirmed the president weighed in on the initial statement put out by don junior about the meeting with the russia lawyer. before that was confirmed, you said if it was true, it would be a bad decision by the president. you said, when you get caught in a lie, it makes it harder to let the other stuff go. how problematic is it? >> if he was involved in drafting the statement on saturday, which was c...

Harder to let the other stuff go. lets turn now to health care and the story trumps party bypasses him on health act. just a few days ago he tweeted dont give up republican senators. the world is watching, repeal and replace. theyre not exactly going to do that, are they? what are they going to do and what does it reveal about the presidents leadership of his party? >> looks like the senate right now, especially the senate health committee, its chaired by a tennessee republican named lamar alexa...

To just say let the other stuff go. >> this administration continues to say theres nothing there. but yet they dont act that way at all. >> now, warner, the leading democrat on the senate intelligence committee says he wants more information from donald trump jr. before the committee asks him to testify. but the presidents son and campaign chairman are expected to appear before the committee next month. the trump administration is repairing to challenge affirmative action policies that it beli...

That question about the president weighing in, if you will, on a statement before it was released from his son, donald trump, a statement that turned out to be misleading, at the very least. the change in messaging here at the white house now finally acknowledging in fact that the president did in fact weigh in. they do say the president did not dictate that statement. now, how is it all playing on capitol hill? well, for both democrats and some republicans, there is a big question of credibilit...

It came from donald trump jr. >> the president weighed in as any father would based on the limited information that he had. >> america is the oldest constitutional republic in the world. it is not family business. >> they say that president trump personally drafted that initial statement from his eldest son. >> when you get caught in a lie, n about one thing, it makes it hard to say, just let the other stuff go. >> every time there is one of those episodes it creates difficulty for mueller and h...

Today claims that the president weighed in on donald trump jr.s first public statement about his meeting with russians during the campaign, the only thing the white house spokesperson will say is that he weighed in. a phrase that has no specificity. no meaning. did he weigh in on every word? did weighing in mean he dictated some of the sentences and not all of the sentences? this morning, matt lauer asked republican senator lindsey graham about the possibility that the president dictated the wor...

>> it sounds like the president himself was trying to cover up the truth about that meeting. >> if thats true, then that was a bad decision bit president, which will make us more questions. when you get caught in a lie about one thing, it makes it hard to just say, let the other stuff go. >> joining us now, peter baker. also, eli stoeg els. and paul butler. peter, do you first. youve been to the interviews, rambling incoherent interviews conducted with the president. what is it like in that room...

One, he put his son in jeopardy. now we have to wonder about what don juniors team will tell you about what he actually did. if he didnt know about the e-mail, the statement may have fooled you. if you know about the e-mail with don junior, its a misleading statement. if thats true, that was a bad decision by the president, which will make us ask for questions. when you get caught in a lie about one thing it makes it hard to just say, let the other stuff go. >> thats a republican senator saying ...

Week and 80% of the people on the call wanted to see the senate pass a bill and get it back to the house to bring some certainty to what is going on with health care. they want to see those issues revolved. >> absolutely. >> thats their focus. >> it does bother at least one republican, it bothers lindsey graham, senator lindsey graham very much. he said this to the "today" show. listen. >> if thats true, it was a bad decision by the president, which will make us ask more questions. when you get ...