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Result of the silly, stupid shutdown. >> they do not support the gang of six bill. the trump campaign put a web ad out over the weekend that was pretty stark. pretty harsh. take listen. >> president trump is right. build the wall. deport criminals. stop illegal immigration now. democrats who stand in our way will be complicit in every murder committed by illegal immigrants. >> complicit in every murder committed by illegal immigrants. that does not sound like the ad of somebody who is preparing to sign a bill that will provide some sort of legal status for d.r.e.a.m.ers. >> that has been my co...

>> the actual response? >> if it's what you say, i love it. >> the trump confusing. the first response, trump jr. told "the new york times" it was, quote, a short introductory meeting primarily about russian adoption. cnn reported that president trump helped write the statement while he was flying home from the g-20 summit. >> he weighed in, offered suggestion like any father would do. >> but the statement was misleading. so there were questions about how large a role the president might have played in crafting it. >> it is something that i think the special counsel is very interested in, and ...

Put out, the core question is the classic question of intent. were trump administration officials starting with the president himself lying to the public about the nature of his campaign dealings with russia? >> the mueller team has questioned some who were on air force i when the statement was being written, including white house communication director hope hicks. when the story of the meeting first broke, trump defenders downplayed it. >> i don't know much about it other than it seems to be a big nothing burger. >> this is a massive nothing burger. >> hillary clinton? >> finally don jr. ackn...

>> the actual response? >> "if it's what you say, i love it." >> the trump camcamp's explanats were confusing. >> strange and conflicting responses. >> trump jr. told the the "new york times" it was, quote, a short introductory meeting primarily about russian adoption. cnn reported that president trump helped write the statement while he was flying home from the g-20 summit. >> he weighed in and offered suggestion like any father would do. >> but the statement was misleading so there were questions about how large a role the president might have played in crafting it. >> it is something that i...

>> reporter: now that the dossier was a matter of public record and of fierce political controversy, the core question remained -- were the allegations in it true? intelligence professionals like former british officer glen harvey wondered if perhaps the russians might have deliberately fed steele some bogus information. >> the thing depends on who indeed christopher steele's sources were. they might indeed have genuine access of the kind he talks about. and 70, 80% of what they are telling him was true. however, there might be that 20% that actually comes from putin's administration and it is...