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You and i both know thats not true. she say her bosses told her to leave the quotes in there. thats why were here today. >> wheeler alleges thats how the president wanted the story. we dont know if thats true. at the very least can we say the white house did nothing to kill a story which it knew to be totally false. >> i think on the false news side the ethics of fox behavior here are theyre lacking to say the least. the idea that the bosses wanted this out there, they are pushing the story, its...

Just read the article and wants it out immediately. its now all up to you but dont feel the pressure. he now says he was just kidding around. >> i was just joking with the man, and thats all that was. >> reporter: the white house pushing back as well. >> the president didnt have knowledge of the story, the white house didnt have any involvement in the story. >> reporter: but there is a link to the white house. he and wheeler met with then, circumstance sean spicer a month before the phony fox st...

Russians. at that time, it was the low point in his presidency. what did fox do, it touted this story that made him look in some ways good, and gave a counter narrative to all the russian collusion questions. so this was for trump, it was a story he needed at that moment. does that mean the white house was involved in some way, as you said we dont know, we need to have more reporting on this. maybe the lawyers will be able to get more through the discover process in this lawsuit. >> very quickly...