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The white house about in this evening, anderson. in just the last few moments, i was told by a republican source that a messaging memo is going around to trump surrogates tonight telling them to emphasize that both sides, in the view of the white house, acted irresponsibly in charlottesville. anderson, that is a very clear indication that there are no regrets coming from the presidents inner circle. hes beyond doubling and tripling down, but they are firmly cemented in this view that the preside...

Beijing who has been to pyongyang many times for us at cnn, so listening to president trump, tripling down. kept saying, he, you know, referencing kim jong-un felt a little bit different this time in his messaging. how do you think kim jong-un reacts to president trump this time? >> this is the thing, brooke. all of these responses, these fired responses weve seen from north korea so far havent been direct quotes from kim jong-un. theyre his generals or lower level government officials. hes putt...

From donald trump, hes being criticized. >> listen, i know that the white house, elise, is saying that there are no mixed messages, were all on the same page, tillerson, mattis, trump, but again, you have this, you know, glorias right, this tripling down, and yet you have what you are hearing, what you were just reporting, that the back channels and the -- lets bring them to the table and try diplomacy. how do you square those? >> reporter: okay, i think, you know, as gloria said, we need to rea...

He will regret it fast. gloria, what does that mean? >> look, this is a president who is tripling down. yesterday, he was doubling down. i think today you could easily say he is tripling down, and whats not clear to me is he said, if he utters one form of an overt threat, and then within the went on and said, and threatens guam, et cetera, well, he already has been threatening. kim has been uttering overt threats. >> the specifics of the guam attack, theyre out there. >> right. theyre already ou...

Also indicating there that he thought iran had violated the spirit of the nuclear agreement as well. evelyn, the president tripling down, if not quadrupling down. today promising a big, big trouble. what does that mean? any idea? >> im hoping that whatever it is on monday, if it relates to north korea that they will announce some sort of diplomatic breakthrough. his rhetoric still is a bit alarming. as you pointed out rex tillerson the secretary of state made a big poibnt of saying the president...

Judiciary committee and answer our questions in full. >> did he lie under oath, do you think. >> i dont know that and i look forward to reviewing his written response. he didnt answer the question presented in a straightforward and trujful way. >> they said he will not bring sessions back before the committee until their regular oversight hearing of the justice department, and we dont know when thats scheduled yet but expect tomorrow when sessions is number two at the justice department, he will...

Fraud. the president has peddled a light for months claiming that millions of people voted illegally in the election without providing any evidence. >> the irony is this news of this investigation is overshadows the presidents expected executive orders today on the border wall and immigration and different deliveries on his promises during the campaign. just six days into the trump administration. we have it all covered. lets begin with athena jones live at the white house. athena. >> reporter: ...

Something with the level of the rhetoric that hes put out about voter fraud in the last week, two weeks, its not something that weve seen in modern american history and this is something seriously being pursued. and mike roman is a writewriter, written for breitbart, that trump is appealing to this doubling down, tripling down, going for the most hard core message, and this is a campaign running solely on right wing id, and were not going to see a softer trump, a moderate trump, a more responsib...

Of the conservative movement in the republican party theyre tappinfo this last 21 days? >> well, it certainly says something with the level of the rhetoric that hes put out about sorori voter fraud in the last week, two weeks, its not something that weve seen in modern american history and this is something seriously being pursued. and mike roman is a writewriter written for breitbart, that trump is appealing to this doubling down, tripling down, going for the most hard core message, and this is...

Direction that the trump campaign is taking or what parts of the conservative movement in the republican party theyre tapping for this last 21 days? >> well, it certainly says something with the level of the rhetoric that hes put out about voter fraud in the last week, two weeks, its not something that weve seen in modern american history and this is something seriously being pursued. and mike roman is a writewriter, written for breitbart, that trump is appealing to this doubling down, tripling ...