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Report that to the white house lawyers. what they are doing is not just focusing on those couple of lines that are in the transcript. they are trying to tell you a broader story. this was just not a one-off conversation. this was a coordinated action where career diplomats were side-lined. foreign policy was run through rudy giuliani for simply partisan political purposes. >> weve seen a lot of walk-backs and the white house say one thing publicly. they sort of shout out loud sometimes to make i...

Chinese and the bumpy ride in financial markets. a positive sign, the vice premier saying we are willing to resolve the issue through consultation and cooperation and calm attitude and oppose the escalation of the trade war. donald trump is back in the white house arriving there this evening, he expressed some optimism in this china trade dispute. >> i think they very much want to make a deal. if it can be put back at all. i am not sure they have a choice and i dont say that is a threat. >> repo...

It there. danielle and brendan, thank you to both of you. weve been trying to keep it a secret, but -- just 11 days away from the first democratic debate in miami. were taking the show on the road ahead of broadcast right here on june 26th and the 27th, the moderators, lester holt, savannah guthrie and jose diaz ball art and rachel maddow. join us online and on tv. straight ahead, the walkback, prurp -- trump trying to say he would take dirt on a political opponent from a foreign power but still...

Election in the united states. >> what would the ramifications of this being given how clear weintraub was there? >> there have been no consequences yet. when the president tells you he would commit a crime to try to win the 2020 election by accepting dirt from a foreign adversary, believe him the first time. because the walk backs sound a lot like when he got caught speaking his mind at helsinki and saying, putin said he didnt interfere, so i dont see why it would be russia until he changed it ...

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Shells and walk-backs that they dont know whats true and they dont care. >> we know that rudy giuliani is an unreliable narrator of this russian story. he comes out and says i was speaking hypotheticals, im just riffing out here. he has said what he said on sunday to abc in december, he said it to the the "new york times" previously that president trump was talking about this moscow trump tower plu tthrough end of the campaign in 2016. my question this hour is why would we listen to or interview...

You see with what i think is one of the most amazing things in all of had is how that sort of krun corruption creeps around the people around hill. you have sarah sanders and kiersten nielsen spouting figures they know are not true simply because their boss wants them do that. >> with all respect to julia ainsley, if she can find these numbers, sarah sanders can too. julia, congrats on your scoop. when we come back, the walk-back to end all walk-backs, donald trumps national security adviser rev...

In that tweet i sigh two walk-backs and a threat. first the president talking about steel slats, thats not the concrete wall weve been talking about, and then saying he wont sign any of their legislation unless it has perfect border security, again, not a wall, again talking about border security. so more walkback from the president and that threat. look, it was going to be very difficult for legislation to go anywhere with mitch mcconnell bloking likely any democratic priorities. the only thing...

And was prepared to offer it. he subsequently tells us that he regrets that he didnt tell us -- he did not have full confidence that that nation was true and we publish that as a separate news story. >> he was asked by cnn during an interview with anderson cooper whether there was evidence that trump knew about the meeting before it happened. he said it, no theres not. it seems like a more declarative statement that some of his walk backs have been. he also said regarding buzz vita, i did not ne...

Counsel hears a guy that says fires me and takes it seriously. not that is an eight-year-old bagging on the crib. it means something. >> and the presidents defenders acts like an eight-year-old banging on the crib. >> when we look at the presidents tweets, tweets equal evidence. statement of a party opponent. if the president would end up a defendant in a court, those tweets prove his state of mind. who he was angry with. and what he intended to do. guess what are not add missable in court, walk...