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>> got jake tapper off the top here. our cnn chief washington correspondent and host of "the lead" and host of "state of the union." jake, good to see you. listen, obviously, i want to get into some of your reporting on this tale of two dinners or really two versions of one dinner. but first, i want your response to the whole, i have nothing to add, you know, non-comment comment from the press secretary. >> i dont no what he could possibly say that would make that tweet seem like anything other ...

Donald trump and well hear the rest of the interview in a moment. i want to go to sara murray at the white house. this is the first time the president has spoken out since firing the fbi director. what you can see in that exchange is that in less than 48 hours, the presidents story about what led to comeys firing has changed again and again and again and completely, by the way, conflicts with the story that his own vice president gave. >> reporter: thats right. its a very different tale from wha...

The initial defense of the move in terms of political fallout from the white house was what are you democrats upset over? you have been trashing him for a long time. the tale is in the timing. if you had taken him out when he first came into office, not in deference, that would be one thing. doing it now, it strains credibility to be about clinton. fair point? >> it is beyond straining credibility. we talked about it before. the original explanations were so absurd. so paper thin that it reinfor...

Paths and potentially and this has happened in the past, congressional hearings have messed up prosecutions because they get witnesses to say something which then makes it impossible to pursue a case. >> right. as you know that happened in iran-contra. a lot of worry about that, but thats a reassuring sign. but going back to what you had said earlier weve heard something that is astounding. the president is a candid man and he was with lester holt and he says, i had a dinner with jim comey who w...

Steve: the tale was he couldnt walk in heels. brian: how do you practice in prison? ainsley: where do you get high heels in prison? steve: another good question. ainsley: maybe you make them in carpentry. brian: absolutely do you have crafts and options. steve: we have questions regarding the firings of fbi director james comey. his replacement, who will that be? somebody with strong ties to hillary clinton wants to know whats coming up with that ed henry is going to break it down coming up next...

Recuse himself and now the president fired the director of the fbi who is conducting an investigation into their ties with russia. >> and you can add to the list who was fired after the president promised to hold him on. he was conducting investigations against some of the most powerful allies in new york. he we got fired as well. >> this is a pattern thats stacking up. the other thing thats really unusual, the letter that president trump wrote had a tale in it like a bad poker player who tells ...

Maybe that is my question, whats he pretty much just expecting this to happen and wake up tomorrow and watch the view? >> maybe he is looking forward to that, finally. perhaps just getting out. crag, nobody can spin a tale like you can. if you go back to what the fbi director set up boston college, it looked like he would take this all the way through until the end of his tenure. but the president made it clear to comey in the letter of termination he said -- while i greatly appreciate you infor...

Tomorrow and watch the view? >> maybe he is looking forward to that, finally. perhaps just getting out. greg, nobody can spin a tale like you can. if you go back to what the fbi director said at boston college, it looked like he would take this all the way through until the end of his tenure. but the president made it clear to comey in the letter of termination he said -- while i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that im not under investigation, i nevertheless concu...

Continent where all the leaders want to stay in power. thats all they want. im the strongman. dont mess with me. thats the lesson they formally put out from the vice president on down. im strong. im a strongman. >> speaking of strength and relative weakness, lets just talk a little bit about what mike pence did today. mike pence was trotted out -- by the way, our reporting shows that mike pence was one of the people who really drove this, who encouraged trump to fire comey. pence goes up on the ...

Around thats the next step. >> so interesting when you watch it is a tale of two hearings democrats like yourself asking about any potential collusion, about the russia and the election, it seems like all the republicans are asking about is leaks and we saw that again today. weve seen that in the house now the senate side. >> thats absolutely right. it is a tale of two hearings. except -- except very importantly for senator graham, senator sass, some of the republicans, and my hope is there will...