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Hard core trump supporters don't necessarily view him as an ally either. and i think sort of paul ryan's story in the capital these days is trying to keep his head down and keep that ship afloat. i think that there is an increasing sense on the hill that they don't know where the president -- they don't really know where it ends, and there's a feeling that it could end badly, and ryan is really caught in that vice. >> so kasie, in addition to the interview, you see him nearly every day that you're up on capitol hill. what's your sense of paul ryan the politician? do you think he actually likes...

Two years in jail, potentially, he's in carries one. on each of those counts, there are 500 different counts against these individuals, including furnishing of alcohol to minors, this is a very serious case, and i believe that's the headlines actually are wrong. there was a little bit too much back slapping and handshaking and fist fist pumping in that courtroom among defendants who are facing jail time. >> martha: it is pretty shocking that said there could be any fist pumping. even if they thought that they are going to get off, and as you point out, there are still plenty of charges that ar...

Arms crossed staring down at his feet. this was not one of those attaboy back slapping high five moments sneepts do you think he was oh, boy? >> yeah, he was brought in to bring control and discipline to the white house. you can't do that when the president is disorderly and uncontrollable. >> you don't think they put him out there knowing what he was going to say? because he's like i brought my statement like -- >> he was ready. >> my understanding, don, and this is what happened. they came downstairs and told the reporters the president is going to come down with a couple cabinet secretaries...

>> reporter: that's right. yesterday was forced. it was not heartfelt, anderson. i was in the room with the president and you could see that on his face. what you saw today at trump tower, you could see his chief of staff, john kelly, waiting off to the side with his arms folded, looking down at the floor. there were no atta-boys. there was no back slapping and high fives after this performance from the president inside trump tower. to give you an indication how republicans are feeling, i talked to a top republican congressional source who said tonight that the president's ability to effective...

Kristen, what was the dynamic in the room at that news conference? a little surprising at the end of the day the president would call him out on the traveling white house press corps for that second traveling question, someone representing the chinese press. >> reporter: as you can imagine, we had a lot of questions that we wanted to ask. in terms of the mood within this room, though, it was striking to see these two leaders really trying to in effect set a reset. remember, they had a lot of tensions when they first met. we all go back to that white-knuckled handshake at the nato summit that w...