Initial tweet after boarding air force one that clarified his comments on the Intelligence Community. He wanted to make sure that was clear. The very first chance he had in a public setting the following day, he clarified his comments. I dont think that it was that long for that to be the very first public appearance that he had following arriving back to the United States. It was quite it wasnt 24 hours before he responded at all. He put out an official tweet from air force one. The comment was to change would to wouldnt. A lot of people would argue there was ample time for the president. He tweets all the time from air force one. And he tweeted that night. And to put out a statement to clarify what he meant to say during the joint News Conference. He didnt do that. What took so long . Once he reviewed the transcript, he wanted to publicly address the clarification, which he did. Theres been an effort to impeach rod rosenstein. Is that from lack of cooperation from congress . The president wants all documents to be turned over. Were continue to work with our department of justice. Nothing further. Jim, go ahead. A follow up on that. Would the white house denounce that effort . Do they have confidence within the Deputy Attorney general . The president would like to see the documents turned over when the president no longer has confidence in his administration, well let you know. Jim . Friday the press conference with Prime Minister may, i asked the president if he going to tell Vladimir Putin to stay out of u. S. Elections. And he left, the president said yes. Did he tell Vladimir Putin to stay out of u. S. Elections . Im certainly the president as both he and president putin said, discussed election meddling. We made very clear what our position is. Did the president of the United States tell the president of russia to stay out of u. S. Elections . The president made clear to stay out of u. S. Elections. Was there a recording a couple last questions. There was a recording made of their oneonone meeting . Im not aware of one. Did you say the president is concerned about the election process. You talk about you did not mention Voter Suppression. Voter suppression has been an issue for decades. Particularly in these last few elections. Voter suppression on the table. When he talked about voter fraud, people were talking about Voter Suppression as well. Is Voter Suppression on the table as well . We want to do everything within our power to protect the integrity of our elections and well look at that on a number of fronts. The reason i addressed that is because of russian involvement in the past. One last question. I want to change topic a minute, if i may and go south. Sure. That would be fine. Thank you. So the incoming president of mexico has made two very bold suggestions. Number 1, he looking at giving amnesty to the drug cartels operating within there. Today they come out and say theyre seriously looking at legalizing all drugs in mexico. If they do that, obviously it will have a tremendous impact on the incoming amount of drugs into the United States. What is the president s position on that and are they going to do anything to stop that from happening in mexico . Certainly. Were going to continue to engage with our mexican partners. I dont have a specific policy announcement on that front. However, i can say that we would not support the legalization of all drugs anywhere and certainly wouldnt want to do anything that would allow more drugs to come into this country. Thanks. Have a great day. What is the administration shepard there you have it. Backing up and trying again. Im Shepard Smith in new york. Shaping the message already delivered by President Trump. The president added an nt to a world. Today when asked whether russia is still targeting the president , the president said no. Just now the press secretary said something else. Heres Sarah Sanders. Get a chance to speak with the president after those comments. The comment was said thank you very much and saying shepard he wasnt asked if he would answer questions. He was asked if russia is still targeting the United States and he said no. The truth is recorded. Why he says one thing and then his white house attempts to change it, we dont know. Is russia still targeting the u. S. , mr. President . Thank you very much. No. The reporter asked the questions and witnesses said there was no doubt he was answering the question. This goes directly against what his top intelligence official said repeatedly last week. With regards to state action, russia is the most aggressive foreign actor and they continue their efforts to undermine our democracy. Shepard dan coats said the Digital Infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack and one of the worst offenders is russia. Dan coats who served in the military, former senator, former representative in congress. A man that told barack obama you must sanction the russias because of their invasion and the take over of crimea. Dan coats said that. This is part of a pattern. One thing is said at the white house and changed in another setting. First the president trashed the british Prime Minister, theresa may in public. Then the white house backed it up before she barely survive add challenge in parliament. It happened again regarding a statement the president made during his summit with Vladimir Putin. About 27 hours, half a dozen tweets and two interviews after that statement, President Trump claims he used the word would instead of wouldnt when he said i dont understand any reason why would be russia interfering in american democracy. In context, his statement was clear. He said putin was very strong and powerful in his denial. Again, part of a pattern. Say one thing, change it later. Sort of. Fallout from that summit continues on capitol hill. Some lawmakers say theyre considering new sanctions against moscow. Mike pompeo is set to testify on this matter next week. Lawmakers from both parties say they want to know what happened in that meeting. 130 minutes, two hours and ten minutes between the president and Vladimir Putin. Of course pompeo wasnt in the room. So he can only testify by what the president told him about the meeting so some on capitol hill are asking that the interpreter that was said to have been there when it happened. To that interpreter be called to testify on capitol hill. What happened in the meeting . Did the president make any agreements with putin . We dont know. Did he make any promises or offer concessions . We dont know. Well have the latest from the hill in just a moment. First, peter doocy live at the white house. Peter, the pattern continues. Say one thing, back it up and change it. And today was a case where unlike yesterday where the president came out and he said, you know what . I checked the transcript. That is not exactly what i meant. Today Sarah Sanders said she was standing in the room, in the cabinet room with the president when a lot of the reporters here believed him to say in response to a question, no, he does not think russia is still the russian threat to undermine mcdemocracy is ongoing. He was just saying no, i dont want to answer any questions anymore. So the white house says that is that. Sarah sanders says this is different that shes not trying to overturn or trying to reverse what President Trump said. Shes instead interpreting what he said differently and she says that that is also based on a conversation that she had with him, that he was saying no, i dont want to answer anymore questions. Something else the white house is trying to do right now is make sure that everybody in this room remembers that despite some of the comments and how people interpret them differently, the record and the way they deal with russia shows something else. He does believe that they would target certainly u. S. Elections again. The president and coats that said the red lights are blinking on this topic. No. As i just said, thats why were taking steps to ensure these things dont happen again. We wouldnt spend as much time and effort if we didnt believe theyre still looking at us. So the White House Press secretary is saying that regardless of what was said, how reporters understood it, how it was being reported, to look at the record, that they think that that gives them the proof that they would need. President trump in the cabinet room earlier surrounded by his cabinet and americas top diplomats, he said the same thing. That he thinks his record is better than barack obama, george bush or anybody else that came before. Listen. Were doing very well, probably as well as anybody has ever done with russia. Theres been no president ever as tough as i have been on russia. All you have to do is look at the numbers, look what weve done, look at sanctions. Look at ambassadors not there. Look at unfortunately what happened in syria recently. I think putin knows that better than anybody, certainly better than the media. He understands it. Hes not happy about it. He shouldnt be happy about it. Something else that Sarah Sanders revealed at the end of her briefing before she walked back into her office, she does not know of any kind of recording that exists from that oneonone meeting between President Trump and Vladimir Putin. Shep . Shepard you asked about the effort from some lawmakers to hear from the interpreter that were told that was in the room as putin and President Trump were speaking. Right. The american interpreter that was helping President Trump communicate with putin has not been heard from at least not public i and so some lawmakers that do not take President Trump at his word on capitol hill on the democratic side of the aisle want to subpoena her and make her either confirm or denied whether or not was President Trump is saying is true. I asked sanders if that is something that she could get behind. She told us to ask the state department. I havent had a chance to do that yet, shep. Shepard peter doocy, thanks very much. Were going to hear from tara maller in just a moment on what russias effects are to target the United States. They are ongoing. Dan coats makes that perfectly clear. Well talk about the danger for you, me, the democracy and the rest as fox news channels coverage continues in just a moment. I have type 2 diabetes. Im trying to manage my a1c, then i learn type 2 diabetes puts me at greater risk for heart attack or stroke. 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Shepard during the News Conference just a moment ago, there was another nugget that we want to bring up now that we moved pass the double speak and the backtracking, theres the matter of two men whom the president of the United States spoke with about with Vladimir Putin. One of them is a financeer name bill browder. The act from 2012 designed to sanction russians suspected out carrying out human rights violations. That affects Vladimir Putin. In addition to that, Michael Mcfall who was an ambassador and an outspoken critic of president putin. Putin said that he wants the opportunity to prosecute those two. Its one thing to say that. The president today we learned from Sarah Sanders has to speak with his National Security team on that before deciding whether those two would be given up for prosecution. Thats our understanding of what Sarah Sanders just said. For more on russias efforts to undermine american democracy, lets bring that tara maller, Senior Policy Adviser for the counter extremism project. This matter of giving up people in the United States for prosecution in russia is insanity. You dont give up a former ambassador to the United States for the russians to prosecute. We know what that could end up with. Sarah sanders would say that he needs to speak with his National Security team was a trigger for me. Did you hear that . Did id hear that. What is the real insanity, we still dont know what was said, what was promised, what was exchanged in that oneonone meeting. Theres calls from capitol hill not just to have secretary pompeo come to the hill but the translatener the room from the state department, this is extremely problematic from a u. S. Foreign policy perspective. Youre getting divergent stories out of the white house that dont converge with what is happening in the press conference. Sarah sanders did walk through some elements of what happened in helsinki, but its not clear that she has an insight to exactly what happened in that meeting. Youre absolutely right. If the president did broach that topic with putin, what else did he promise or guarantee . How was it said . The whole helsinki summit was an example of how not to conduct diplomacy with an adversary. Im all for engaging with adversaries. Just not in that fact. Shepard sure. Past president s have spoken with putin. When you have a meeting like that, theres a secretary of state, a note taker. President trump could have had that if thats what he wanted. He didnt want that. Obviously russians didnt want it. Would it be normal for the russians to have a recording of that conversation . Its possible. Im not sure the security mechanisms in place from both sides, screening people or the participants as they came into the room from the u. S. Side u. S. For security purposes. So its possible. Having said that, im surprised somebody on the Trump Administration side didnt talk to President Trump to convince him that its to his benefit shepard who says they didnt try . I hear that many close aides wanted him to have a witness, wanted him to have someone in there. He didnt want it. So the question is why not. It protects you as well. Protects the words that you say. Protects your credibility. Putin can say whatever he wants that was said in that meeting. The Russian Press controlled by the government can say that President Trump said x, y and z. They can spin what he said and theres no way to push back against that. Theres a major credibility crisis on both sides regardless of what was said and the purposes of historical record as well. Its problematic. I really think the whole summit from beginning to end was not just problematic in terms of the content but you can see the white house now is basically immersed in trying to clean up and backpedal what the policy discussions were and what the United States positions are on key issues. These are not light issues. Syria, north korea. These are serious issues. Russian meddling. The dni came out with a state following a president ial press conference refuting the president. This is not a partisan matter. You have republicans calling for secretary pompeo to clarify and criticizing the president as well. Shepard they are indeed. Tara maller, thank you. Some gop lawmakers have criticized the president. About everybody that spoke except for rand paul. Our next guest explains why other republicans are choosing to stay quiet even though they want to speak out. They want to speak out. Why dont that . Thats coming up from the fox news deck on a wednesday afternoon. 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