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Since 2015, american officials have pointed out that russia's been trying to infiltrate the america power grid so administration officials simply feel that the united states is responding in kind to russia. why that would make the president angry? well, he's repeatedly said he wants a good relationship with vladimir putin for the united states and russia. this clearly made him unhappy. the president also making news for the way he's rationalizing his decision to not fire special counsel robert mueller during the russia investigation. listen to what he told abc news. >> robert mueller had a tot...

The russia investigation. listen to what he told abc news. >> robert mueller had a total conflict of interest. >> and has to go. >> i never -- i didn't say that. look, article ii, i would be allowed to fire robert mueller. there was not -- assuming, assuming i did all of the things i said i want to fire him, number one, i didn't. he wasn't fired. okay? number one. very importantly. but more importantly, article ii allows me to do whatever i want. article ii would have allowed me to fire him. >> so it sounds like you -- >> but i wasn't going to fire him. because you know why? i watched richard ...

I watched richard nixon going around firing everybody and that didn't work out too well. so very simply, article ii would allow me to do it. >> important to point out that in the mueller report there are at least ten instances of president trump trying to interfere or intervene in the russia investigation. perhaps most glaringly when he told former white house counsel don mcgahn to fire robert mueller. mcgahn declined. he essentially threatened to resign. the president ultimately relenting. so in this accounting of the president's story, he's clearly indulging in some revisionist history. bori...

Much of washington is still reeling from president trump's controversial new interview with abc news. stockpiled with stunning comments from saying he'd take oppo research from foreign governments to making false statements about his polling numbers. in the middle of one conversation he sent his chief of staff out of the room for coughing, and he claimed for himself wide ranging constitutional powers. >> look, article ii, i would be allowed to fire robert mueller. there was -- assuming, assuming i did all of the things i said i want to fire him, number one, i didn't. he wasn't fired. okay, num...

Because i watched richard nixon going around firing are everybody and that didn't work out too well. >> anyway, article ii, there's no way he knows -- >> i'm sure he overheard some fox news segment where it was mentioned once, he's like i like that. >> he's like, hey, barr, i got article ii, right? that's mine. >> it sounds good. >> i can't speak to his, you know, i can't speak to that. but what i can say -- i actually thought here's what we can. i thought it was interesting for him to call out nixon like that. i thought -- well, i mean, he showed sort of a respect for political thinking. >> h...