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That was incredibly controversial reporting at the time it came out, almost unbelievable at the time. the administration said at the time that there was absolutely no way that was happening. and i, of course, don't know whether or not u.s. spies were keeping intelligence from trump because of leak concerns as far back as february. but if tonight's bombshell from the "washington post" is correct, any such concerns would have been very well-founded. julio jones is one of the "washington post" reporters who broke this story. greg jaffe. mr. jaffe, congratulations on this scoop. thanks for being h...

Could use that for their own purposes, to compose the people who gathered that information for russia knowing they are doing it. when russia previously didn't know they were doing it. >> that's right. both the information about where and then the nature of the plotting that was going on is potentially troublesome. that's exactly right. and in some cases in syria our interests overlap with the russians in regard to isis. in other instances they diverge. and so that's part of the reason we hold stuff back from them. >> greg jaffe, one of the "washington post" reporters who broke this bombshell o...

Off-camera, only h.r. mcmaster was out there as the face of the mir administration today. >> and phillip, to you, is "the washington post" standing by all of its reporting, even in the face of the white house's aggressive pushback? >> "the washington post" stands by the reporting. it's a great story by my colleagues, greg miller and greg jaffe. and you know, it's interesting to note that a lot of the defense that you saw from h.r. mcmaster, the national security adviser today, was not over specific facts in this story. rather, it was over the suggestion that the president may have done somethi...

Asked if this was disappointing to him. what do you think this means for his war legacy? >> you know, i think he's -- i mean, he can't say he's disappointed, right, he's the commander in chief. so he has to project a certain amount of confidence. i think it's got to be disappointing to him. i think he -- you know, as he also said in the press conference he's not a believer in endless war. gosh, 14 years is starting to feel a little endless, isn't it? so, you know, i'm sure he's disappointed. he would like to wrap it up, t but, you know, the counterargument is that, you know, we have had troops...

and tweets between donald trump and jeb bush. bush is firing back at trump who suggested george w. bush shared in the blame for the 2001 terrorist attacks. >> talk about george bush. say what you want, the world trade center came down during his time. >> hold on. you can't blame george bush for that. >> well, he was president. don't blame him or don't blame him, but he was president. the world trade center came down during his reign. >> with well on twitter, jeb bush said how pathetic for donald trump to criticize the president for 9/11. we were attacked and my brother kept us safe. ...