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Ven venom. this year and next year when he is eroding trust. we should put it in perspective. he wants attention. he is watching cable news. >> he gave a flurry of interviews. >> i counted nine interviews to eight agencies. this was a catharsis. this is the way to vent how he felt. the media attacks do have harm. that is why they are important to note. >> i think so too. he is craves attention from the same media he is trying to denigrate. >> there is a chance the president is watching the show. he monitors the media. he criticizes it. all of that is within his right. with power comes accounta...

We don't know. but president trump at this press conference now for the first time actually addressing the controversy of the departure of michael flynn as his national security adviser. now, you will remember -- and it's only a day or so ago so it's not hard to remember -- that the white house said flynn was essentially fired because of the president's eroding trust in him as national security adviser. but mr. trump today had quite a different picture of the situation. have a listen to what he had to say. >> michael flynn, general flynn, is a wonderful man. i think he's been treated very, ver...

Change. he was concerned he had misled the vice president and the president and others. the president must have complete and unwavering trust for the person in that position. the evolving and eroding level of trust as a result of this situation in a series of other questionable instances is what led the president to ask for general flynn's resignation. immediately after the department of justice notified the white house counsel of the situation the white house counsel briefed the president in a small group of senior advisors. the white house also reviewed and determined that there is not a leg...

Apparently there was a fast investigation and within several days done mcgahn said this wasn't illegal. you heard sean spicer today talk about doj' role in this actually pointing a finger to the department of justice even though it one until nearly three weeks later that donald trump asked for michael flynn's resignation last night because of eroding trust. here is what sean spicer had to say. >> i think it's important to understand something very, very important. this idea why did it take so long? i think the first question should be where was the department of justice in this? they were awar...

House press secretary sean spicer now says the president asked for flynn's resignation last night because of, quote, eroding trust. our pentd gone correspondent barbara starr is joining us from the pentagon. barbara, the time line of what happened and when, that is key to this story. what are you learning? >> well, wolf, details coming out really by the hour now. now we know that the fbi interviewed mike flynn in the ear earliest days of the trump administration and president trump has known himself for more than two week that he had a problem, a very big problem here. michael flynn's resignat...