Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180112:23:05:00
Privately about the controversy. >> the president just simply said to me, i'm not the guy that is being describe in the media. >> reporter: do you believe him? >> i don't think president trump is a racist in the traditional sense that we know in this country. i think president trump is racially ignorant or racially denying it. but i don't think that he's ary cyst in the traditional sense. >> reporter: the president tried to deny the remarks. he said what was tough was the outlandish proposal made, a big setback. democratic senator dick durbin at the meeting said the president is not telling th...