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Michael cohen, donald trump jr., paul manafort, it is their own words that have slit their throats. >> and howard, james comey hearing on capitol hill, he said that in the weeks leading up to the 2016 election, rudy giuliani made statements that appeared to be based on his knowledge of the fbi's investigation into the matters. and comey went on to say that that and other related stories led him to open an investigation into a possible leak problem. how significant is this revelation? >> well, i don't think it is a surprise. i mean this is not new news for people who pay attention to this indep...

This, mike. what is new in these pages? >> i was outside, i am thrilled to be able to verify what they were saying. one headline somebody said he grew concerned weeks before the presidential investigation that there were leaks coming from the new york field service were saying things being looked at in the new york field office. he had a general concern. he says he launched into that leak problem. one question we'll be asking, is that investigation under way? what came of that investigation? another headline.

Today. >> do you expect personnel changes as a result? >> i do. actually, yes, i do. >> so the white house is still framing this as a leak problem. but as one person put it to me, the white house really doesn't have the political cover left to apologize for something now that they could have apologized for immediately six days ago. and that to do it now would look less than sincere, would look like really an unvarnished attempt to move on from this story. the president himself is adding his voice to all of this. on twitter, he said his own staffers who disclosed these private conversations wer...

To the substance of that comment. white house officials, as you see there, are still framing this as a leak problem. and so that point, so is the president, hallie, president trump not one really known for subtlety is saying that some of the people who work for him who leaked to the press are in fact traitors. here's the tweet he put out. he says the so-called leaks coming out of the white house are a massive overexaggeration put out by the fake news media in order to make us look bad as possible. with that being said, leakers are traitors and cowards and we will find out who they are. hallie....

Leak problem rather than a crude comment problem. it is a strategy that so far hasn't worked since this story broke thursday night. >> it tends to be the thing white houses like to do had he they don't want to confront a problem. as katy said, an apology would have really put this one to the side. geoff bennett thanks very much at the white house for us. i want to focus on the violence unraveling in the middle east. as the u.s. delegation celebrated the relocation of the embassy to jerusalem a deadly scene was out of control 50 miles away. israeli forces shot and killed more than 50 palestin...