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At a news conference the president put a different spin on his comments about the russian leader but still stopped short of a full throated endorsement of u.s. intelligence assessments. >> i believe that he feels that he and russia did not meddle in the election. as to whether i believe it or not i'm with our agencies erk especially as currently constituted with their leadership. i believe in our intel agencies, our intelligence agencies, i've worked with them very strongly. >> that followed earlier remark the the president made on air force one when he referred to the obama era intelligence c...

He said and i'm quoting the president now. every time he sees me he said i didn't do that. i really believe when he tells me that, he means it. the president walked back that statement somewhat during a news conference in vietnam. listen. >> what i said there is i believe he believes that. that's very important for somebody to believe. i believe he feels that he and russia did not meddle in the election. as to whether i believe it or not, i'm with the agencies as currently constituted with the leadership. i believe in our intel agencies. i worked with them very strongly. >> earlier the preside...

Especially as currently constituted. >> i'm surprised that there's any conflict on this one. what i said there, i believe he believes that and that's very important for somebody to believe. i believe that he feels that he and russia did not meddle in the election. as to whether i believe it or not, i'm with our agencies especially as currently constituted with their leadership. i believe in our intel agencies. >> the president also took to twitter to respond to critics writing when will the haters and fools realize having a good relationship with russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. they a...

Believed him when he said russia didn't interfere with the election. the intelligence agencies have determined that moscow did interfere. president trump has yet to say if he says they are responsible but he gave a vote of confidence with the statement. >> i believe in our intel agencies. i have worked with them very strongly. at the same time, i want to be able, because it gets very important to get along with russia, to get along with china, to get along with vietnam, to get along with lots of countries because we have a lot of things we have to solve. reporter: to top officials have their o...

To put his heads of intel agencies and law enforcement agencies in the untenable position of advancing his political agenda, seeing to it for comey to let flynn go and pushing back against the press stories, constantly sought to plit size agencies that have long been -- i don't know it's legal but more normal to leave these agencies to do the nation's business. >> he seems more obsessed with his own political fortunes than protecting the country's national security and using those agencies for their inte intended purpose, which is to keep the country safe. he quite simply seems he would rather...