Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180717:22:37:00
We are following breaking news. president trump trying to quell the outrage he sparked by siding with vladimir putin over u.s. intelligence agencies, with the white house facing furious fallout, the president read a statement saying he misspoke about russia's attack on the u.s. election, then said he does back the u.s. intelligence community. let's dig deeper with our correspondents and analysts. how effective was his so-called explanation today. >> it was preposterous. no other word for it. first of all, he contradicted himself in one sentence. started by saying i accept the assessment, ended...