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Theory? why not multi-task? why not say, i can walk and chew gum. i can be the legitimate president and also be tough on russia? whats the theory that the people around the president offer for the presidents inability to do that? >> i simply dont know. glen is absolutely right that he views this russia question, the cloud, as the president has termed it, as a challenge to his legitimacy as president. i dont know why he cant just acknowledge what 16 u.s. intelligence agencies have already conclud...

Tweet, the president continues to attack the special counsels investigation. >> whats happening here is the president wants to take down bob mueller. theyre essentially engaging in a store ched earth litigation strategy that begins with trying to discredit the top prosecutor. >> the top democrat insisting sunday that the russia investigation is just beginning. >> i think there is evidence. >> im not prepared to say theres proof you can take to a jury, but i can say there is enough that we ought ...

Change that we tried to implement. so far, i have found exactly the opposite. today weve been working with hundreds of talented civil servants, men and women who want to serve their country and see their government do better. we have challenged ourselves to pursue change that will provide utility to americans far beyond our tenure here. together, we have set ambitious goals and empower interagency teams to tackle our objectives. its working and its very exciting. we began by analyzing and auditi...

Wrapping up with tech ceos. the first time were hearing from him since being named the white house -- >> ive found exactly the opposite. to date, weve been working with talented civil servants, men and women who want to see their government do better. we have challenged ourselves to pursue change that mr. provide utility to americans far beyond our tenure here. together, we have set ambitious goals to tackle our objectives. its working and its very exciting. we began by analyzing and auditing ou...

Remained intact today in washington. 100% intact. joining us now, david cay johnston, the pulitzer prize winning journalist and a trump biographer who founded dcreport.org, a nonprofit news organization that covers the trump administration. and also with us ana marie cox, senior political correspondent for mtv news and host of the podcast with friends like these. ana marie, james comeys credibility was not the thing that republicans went after today when they were trying in their small ways to h...

Biographer who founded dcreport.org, a nonprofit news organization that covers the trump administration. and also with us ana marie cox, senior political correspondent for mtv news and host of the podcast with friends like these. ana marie, james comeys credibility was not the thing that republicans went after today when they were trying in their small ways to help the president. but the striking thing was how few republicans were trying in such small ways to help the president. >> you, the clou...

It? the fact that there are democrats working on an obstruction case as we speak tonight? >> so early in president trumps term. this is really a speed record. in nixons case watergate did not kick in until at least four years into that term. the thing is absolutely amazi. he has not really had a presidency n under the cloud of a scandal of some time. very different for richard nixon. >> about our last segment, the fact that our politics washes across the pond and the fact that it is all kind of ...

Few republicans were trying in such small ways to help the president. >> you, the cloud is starting to stink a bit. its starting to disturb some of the republicans in congress. i also think that its just what were seeing here is a continuation of playing politics when the question is really a matter of the law. and thats the sort of weird kind of responses youre seeing on the hill. youre seeing this as though its a battle that should be won in the court of public opinion, and not like there is a...

Admitting to me that this was just really bad day for this administration and by extension for republicans generally. they are already having a hard time moving things on capitol hill. they are worrying their lemgs laidive agenda could bed a good as dead. one told me when they read comeys prepared remarks yesterday they said im not as worried. then they saw him go further today. one said he really came to do damage to donald trump, and he is doing it. there is just this sense that the administra...

Detail under oath? or do you believe the president who has a track record frankly of skirting the truth on issues big and small. from the very first day in office, first full day in office, president trump was sending his advisors out to skirt the truth about the size of the inauguration crowd. and you see this in poll numbers. when you ask americans about the presidents -- whether they think he is honest and trustworthy, hes at a pretty low number there. comey again lays out this challenge. and...