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Man. caitlin, i want to ask you, hours after donald trump said this is a fine tuned machine, the white house is running like a fine tuned machine, the guy he offers national security adviser job to says no. that is typically something that is vetted, checked and you know if you are making the offer, the person is likely to say yes. is donald trump, is this a sign hes having trouble filling the spot? there are enough people that will say yes. >> if you are a career public servant and spent your e...

Adding we are just trying to manage this. cnns sara murray has more from the white house. >> reporter: good morning. donald trump capped off a very busy week with a press conference something very different from withhat we are u to seeing in the east room. he slammed the media for an hour and going after his former opponent hillary clinton as he assured the press and the american public. >> i turn on the tv and see stories of chaos. yet it is the exact opposite. this administration is running li...

>> its an illegal process. and the press should be ashamed of themselves. more importantly, the people that gave out the information to the press should be ashamed of themselves. i have gone to all of the folks in charge of the various agencies and where i have actually called the justice department to look into the leaks. the leaks are real. you know what they said. you saw it. the leaks are absolutely real. the news is fakes because so much of the news is fake. >> mr. trump was also defiant wh...

I mean, the smooth holly tariffs are a testament to how disastrous tariffs can be. i think this notion of twittering companies to death and frighten them is not the way you attract jobs and/or capital here in the country. >> president trump angrily rejected the notion there is chaos inside his white house and this press conference yesterday says his administration, his words, runs like a finally tuned machine. in an interview with political magazine you delivered what is rare public criticism fr...

Road after going toe-to-toe with the press in a press conference yesterday. listen. us before im here today to update the american people on the incredible progress that has been made in the last four weeks since my inauguration. weve made incredible progress. i dont think theres ever been a president elected in this short period of time was done what weve done. im here following from what we pledged to do. i put it out before the american people, this administration is running like a fine tuned...

The president said no more press secretary, forget about the surrogates, its me and the media and my favorite work, fake, airing grievances and sparring with reporters in a long and very important news conference. >> questions about russia continue. though president trump tried to dismiss those as quote a ruse as we learn the top choice to replace michael flynn for national security adviser turned down the job. mr. trump said it is a finely tuned machine. were 29 days into the trump presidency. ...

>> this administration is running like a fine tuned machine. >> bombshell new reports could put the former national security adviser in serious legal jeopar jeopardy. >> you cannot lie to the fbi. its a felony. >> the whole russian thing is a redu ruse. >> it cant be both fake news and an illegal leak. >> your honor, i did not kill that man. the real criminal is whoever filmed my strangling him. >> im really not a bad person, by the way. >> what is going on with this guy, almost like on a couch ...

Peak just yet with the presidents news conference. >> the press honestly is out of control. the level of dishonesty is out of control. >> reporter: president trump unloading on his critics. >> i turn on tv and open the newspapers and see stories of cha o chaos. its the complete opposite. this administration is running like a fine tuned machine. >> to be honest, i inherited a mess. its a mess. >> reporter: holding court for more than an hour, the president defending former national security advis...

Coverage now. >> i may have to extend to the liberal mag as a result of laura going there. im ali velshi in for stephanie ruhle. the pick to replace flynn rejects the offer. flynn says he never discussed sanctions. >> i said i dont think he did anything wrong. i think he did something right. >> democrats one step closer to launching a 9/11 style investigation, a republican set to join that call today. >> hopefully this is going to open the door and some republicans will begin to join us on that....

>> this is a bow low to the president. yes, people turn down jobs but at this moment a president who came out and dpaich his own press conference today to say its a well-oiled machine or fine-tuned machine and not chaotic, this is a big blow. >> it is. in particular because on the national security front you want to be able to show continuity. you want to be able to show a sense of focus, not just to voters in the united states but you want to show that to allies around the world and particularl...