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Was he so long in denying their existence, what was intended by this, how is this in the national interest, or is this simply an effort to intimidate a potential witness? and of course, if the tapes dont exist, why the partial denial? why only saying he didnt make them. that hes personally not aware. why not a statement from the white house saying there is no such thing. >> congressman schiff, i appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you, anderson. >> lets bring in our panel. gloria, does any...

Every president has them on their watch. and if he does such a poor job handling crisis of his own making, what can we expect when there is some external threat to the country. >> im wondering what you think about the timing of this tweet by the president about the tapes. obviously it came just as the senate details on the senate version of the health care was released. do you find that coincidental? >> i wouldnt be surprised if that was a deliberate way of downplaying the significance of his re...

Interest? or is this simply an effort to intimidate a potential witness? and of course, if the tapes dont exist, why the partial denial? why only saying he didnt make them. that hes personally not aware. why not a statement from the white house saying there is no such thing? >> congressman schiff, i appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you, anderson. >> lets bring in our panel. jeffrey toobin, brian lanza, paul begala, gloria borger. gloria, does any of this make sense to you? the fact that...

Point now fully a month or more since the prospect was first raised in donald trumps tweet tells you a lot. ill just say the iron in of the fact that that one tweet, if the tapes dont exist, trump writing that tweet which we know provoked comey to go to his friend at least brief the press which triggered the special prosecutor. the irony of that is extraordinary. it could be the lie in the tweet or the suggestion, the suggested lie in that tweet could be the thing that brings about trumps downfa...

Answer. there either are tapes or are there are not tapes. >> and the fact that we dont have an answer to this at this point now fully a month or more since the prospect was first raised in donald trumps tweet tells you a lot. ill just say the iron in of the fact that that one tweet, if the tapes dont exist, trump writing that tweet which we know provoked comey to go to his friend at least brief the press which triggered the special prosecutor. the irony of that is extraordinary. it could be the...

To engage fully, to do their job, to get to the bottom of this, and to ask the president and subpoena if necessary or acquire information to get to the bottom of these very interesting comments that were made. >> and just briefly, if the tapes dont exist, then he cant assert executive privilege about something that isnt there, right? >> thats exactly right. >> so even trying to pursue this, joan, would actually be somewhat potentially revelatory. either way its problematic. you mentioned the pre...

>> i want to read to you something from preet bharara, former fellow prosecutor of yours, of course, who was removed. he said "this isnt a surrogate refusing to talk about whether the president secretly tapes people like fbi director. its the president himself." joyce? >> right. and this makes it incredibly challenging here. we have a president who has put on the table the possibility that he is taping, and then declines to talk about it any further. this highlights the need for congressional co...

Yours, of course, who was removed. he said "this isnt a surrogate refusing to talk about whether the president secretly tapes people like fbi director. its the president himself." joyce? >> right. and this makes it incredibly challenging here. we have a president who has put on the table the possibility that he is taping, and then declines to talk about it any further. this highlights the need for congressional committees i think to engage fully, to do their job, to get to the bottom of this, an...

And by the way, i worked really hard for that change. i know all of you worked really hard for that change too. [ applause ] >> and whats disappointing is, were having the same old conversation. nothing has changed. if this videotape, which the mainstream media continues to say doesnt exist, i mean, honestly, i went on national television the morning after the debate and george stephanopoulos told me that i was mistaken, that the tapes dont exist, that the images arent real. well, yes, ladies an...

We have yet to have an external crisis. but there is no way this president will go through his term without one. every president has them on their watch. and if he does such a poor job handling crisis of his own making, what can we expect when there is some external threat to the country. >> im wondering what you think about the timing of this tweet by the president about the tapes. obviously it came just as the senate details on the senate version of the health care was released. do you find th...