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Stunt of all. more now from jim acosta. >> reporter: i think that is what is going on here. i thi th should be flown for untruthful like con the white house. whi h celebration for america event which only lasted ten or 15 minutes. and there were eagle fans in attendance, i counted two cabinet secretaries and the president all at this event. i talked to several sources who say the president plans on making the nfl and patriotism throughout the midterm campaign because they believe it drives up th...

Milgram. >> the air force one statement is important. it is not just some tangential issue where the white house got caught in a lie. it is centrala mueller investigation. part itel t lyin about the investigation and lying about what went on with russia and the trump campaign. it is evidence, it is not proof, but evidence of possible obstruction of justice misleading investigators, misleading the public about what happened. and even more important, why this statement is important is that it sugg...

Consultation with his lawyer. that wasnt written b president. the president did not sign on anything. the statement that was released on saturday was released by donald trump jr. and in consultation by his lawyers. the president was fnot involved in that. the president did not draft the response. the response came from donald trump jr. and inconsultation of his lawyer. >>e didnt dictate, but you know, like i said, he weighed in and offeredion like any father would do. >> that is narrative number...

Seems that on one day, friday, 80 some odd people were coming and right before the event they say, not all of those people ar small amount coming. if it is to honor the team and there is a number of players there, it does seem like it is about the president trying to gin this up or his ego. >> one thing i know about team sports is when you are on a team, you go as a team. and you dont have the luxury, you cant say i dont want to go because i dont like that quarterback. >> this is not a game, it ...

Attention to himself, to his narcissism and he cannot think beyond the moment. he doesnt care w the underlying issues are and what the players are demonstrating about. that is something he could do somethinbout. >> paris, you heard jim acosta report. >> well, i thi president believes in patriotism. he believes this is an issue. >> so do the eagles. >> this is an issue that the president believes a lot of americans care about and ihink the president is right in raising this cultural issue -- >> w...

Make a political statement and move on with your life. we are not talking about pledge of allegiance in the classroom, this was a bald face political stunt. the president has continued to ignore the underlying real issues about inequality, racism, police brut and cou have had a eventh the ten playevited them a table and have a serious discussion about serious policy, but he doesnt care about that. >> that is not true. >> he cares about himself. >> and you saw what the president did about prison ...

They didnt stay in the locker room. when it became cle that the event had been canceled. press secretary sarah sanders tried a little gaslighting. is loyal to its team in goodes or bad. then late today another line came from the white house. >> look, if this wasnt a political stunt by the eagles franchise, then they wouldnt have planned to attend the event and back out minute. if it wasnt a political stunt, they wouldnt have attempted to reschedule the visit when they knew the president was goin...

Conferen whe he w he red a contract for hife to do some unspecified event, tasks for the conference. it unc what she did but unlike chick-fil-a, it went through and she was paid for it. that was described on the record by the concordia official. >> thanks so much. i want to check in with chris to see whats ahead in cuomo prime . >> is that like the 13th open investigation of pruitt and hes still on there? it makes you think the white house wont let maybe they him a one too many. well take that...

Scott pruitt -- asking from a meeti a pal oppounity. the idea according to the post was for pruitts wife to operate one of the franchises. meantime calling pruitt as swampy as y b the laundry use of funds. asking sarah sanders about it today. >> help his wife get a chick-fil-a franchise. does the president think it is ethical. >> i havent spoken to the president about that. >> i havent had a chance to

Speak to the president directly, we continue to have concerns and look into those and we will address them. >> josh daey joins me. >> explain how this played out. >> scott pruitt he asked a senior aide to make an introduction to the ceo of chick-fil-a and the goal of doing this introduction was a subsequent meeting where a potential franchise could be discussed. when scott pruitts wife could become a franchise owner of chick-fil-a. that was problematic, according to ethics experts and folks who ...