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19 million people saw it on television, i don't know the numbers for streaming more of it. jeff sessions gets to sit in that chair tomorrow. he is the first trump rebuttal to james comey in that kind of a setting. it's going to be fascinating to watch the credibility test there. white house press secretary under george w. bush, he's trying to give advice. he's normally friendly to the president on tv. from a communications standpoint he sees trouble. advice. you have not been vindicated. you won't be unless bob mueller says so. stop talking. you're heading into a giant perjury trap. lindsey gr...

This will be the authoritative investigation and report on this matter. he knows how much attention is being given to it. so it's something that could drag out for a very, very long time. and the white house will have to figure out its strategy towards the investigation and towards other things. towards its regular agenda. and you can see where the investigation will soak up a lot of time and energy. >> by the way, there's a legal playbook for this and there's a communications playbook for this. we went through eight years of this in the clinton administration. you do what you need to do to co...

Those agencies that it had happened and that they might need to take steps. you know, when it comes to signals intelligence, you can lose millions of dollars worth of equipment or collection in very short order. in human intelligence, you can lose an asset or a source in a hea heartbeat. so that kind of decision, seemingly impulsive, makes people nervous. >> from a communications standpoint, sean, was it important for someone of mcmaster's stature to try to get out ahead of this, not just for the domestic audience, but abroad as the president prepares for this trip? was it important for mcmast...

Know, a month and a half ago, that the president wiretapped him was correct because there was testimony that, you know, names were unmasked and not authorized by the white house that could have included members of his staff. >> you know, doug, as a republican, as a republican strategist, as a former communications guy, you have got sean spicer in the bushes or among the bushes. i like how they had to correct their reporting. aside from that and you've got sara huk by sandering doing the briefing, this white house has completely changed its story. a 180 on whether the president it was rosenstei...

Days. one thing dedo a lot, remember donald trump back when avenues candidate mocked the last president, barack obama, first time on the gurs. you see those golf balls. president golfing. we hold him accountable for this. he says we're not being fair. >> they will say oh, he's going play golf. i'm not going play golf. i could care less. i have a place there. that costs almost nothing. every time i go to a club they say he's out there having fun. when i go to a club i'm working. they hit me for relaxing and i don't want to be known as a person who is relaxing because i'm working hard. >> i thin...