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False. secretary of state rex tillerson does not say that. but what the post is reporting that key information that could reveal sort of some methods that was discussed. this reveals, i guess, the president not so much devious and figure that people were talking about last week, but more of an erratic and incompetent one, in many ways more troubling. >> you know, karen, as i sort through this and i think, is this -- it's very disturbing to use the term that senator mccain use, if it's true. it says that the president went off script and also said that he was boasting about his intelligence. an...

Now. where do words matter on policy issues, on foreign policy? they matter a tremendous amount. they don't just matter because germany is unsettled or ukraine is unsettled. it matters because your own staff behind the scenes trying to create briefing documents trying to give you pathways forward for your administration, posture a policy, aren't sure where to go. >> that's the key point. the president thinks if you are unsettled, it helps him in a negotiation. he has a deal, and he wants you to be rattled by what he is doing because then he thinks he negotiates better. when you are setting pol...

>> what you think and what is true are not necessarily the same thing. i'm trying to figure out what you can say is true and not. you cannot take issue with any specific that we have reported. i've yet to hear you say specifically that is not true. >> it's not true. >> not true those were in the briefing documents? categorically? >> it's true you have no evidence other than unnamed sources you don't have the briefing documents. they would not have access to the briefing documents. >> you don't know who the sources are but there are multiple. >> tell them to come forward. they can have this cha...

Kellyanne conway, take issue with our reporting. my continuing interview with kellyanne conway. if it's significant enough to be in the briefing documents it seems significant. for whatever the reason they decided to have it be in the briefing documents, that is news, no? >> what if it's not in the briefing documents? what will cnn do? >> if our report is wrong, we'll acknowledge that. >> will heads roll? because they didn't after the election when all the pundits were wrong, the polling was wrong, all the consultants were wrong, and all the anchors were wrong. >> you're talking about poll d...

Eight days when he takes office. clapper's comment is the first confirmation by government official that trump's briefing documents did include information on allegations against him by those russian operatives. jeff, stand by. dana bash, a significant moment when a statement like that is released confirming that, yes, they did brief the president-elect on these allegations that were leveled by at least someone in russia, allegations that certainly have not been corroborated. >> absolutely. something we should underscore with several lines. that's what cnn reported. what cnn reported is what...