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August 10, trump himself said this to reporters at his golf club in new jersey. >> i haven't given it any thought. i've been reading about it from you people. no, i'm not dismissing anybody. >> october 16, the president was asked during a news conference if he is considering firing mueller. >> are you considering firing robert mueller? >> not at all. >> october 30, white house lawyer told our wolf blitzer this. >> the president is not interfering with the special counsel mueller's position. he is not firing the special counsel. >> december 16, white house attorney told cnn as a white house has...

Fake news. typical "new york times" fake story. >> do you believe the source that confirmed to cnn that president trump tried to fire special counsel robert mueller? the multiple news organizations that got similar confirmations of the story. "the new york times" which broke the story and spoke to four sources. who do you believe? remember this, this is the white house that has denied over and over that there was any thought of firing mueller, even though we know the president was trying to do exactly that back in june. backing down only when his own lawyer threatened to quit. two months later...

Business. the way that he conducted his campaign. the way he has responded to these investigations. we have never had anything quite like this. where the white house staff, those who are in daily kalkt with the president of the united states see the primary function as trying to keep the president of the united states from doing terrible things. >> we made the point earlier. the impact on capitol hill had this happened would have been quick and severe. >> right. the president is hearing don mcgahn would quit. this was a public public of conversation at the time. in our crack research team here...

>> reporter: president trump declared the opioid crisis a national emergency on august 10 but yet to formally sign or send that decoration to congress. no signature means no financial aid. on the local level city council member and sheriffs in ohio have offered cost cutting scare tactics hoping to rid their towns of trouble. she has love of her grandmother and frequent phone calls and counselor to better understand her circumstances. but today she hopes it will be a turning point for her and her family. >> it keeps on not stopping. so this is really, really beginning to be a huge problem in my...

He's addressed his opinion on that several times. >> the one on august 10, the president declaring that he wanted to have a national emergency when it comes to the opioid crisis. it's been more than a month since he said that. a delay for a president that who likes to do things quickly as he's said. is the president taking this seriously enough? when does he intend to declare this an emergency? >> he's taken it very seriously. the commission and members of the administration have continued to meet and work on the details of that national declaration. a big priority for the administration and w...