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Distracting. >> harris: why is it happening? you've been inside the circle, you know these people. >> this city does leak a lot, that's true of all administrations, people want to be seen as more important, knowledgeable, in the room. what we are seeing now is undercutting trust between staff members as people have to worry about whether they are being recorded or going to be written about in an anonymous op-ed. those things damage of the staff's ability to work together. the president is going to move on and get the job done but the staff starts worrying about that and that's my longer concer...

Good to see you. thank you. >> thank you, take care. >> harris: alert on the escalating war of words between president trump and his own attorney general. the president and jeff sessions going back and forth in a public battle over the attorney general's recusal from the russia investigation. the president tweeted this most recently. department of justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations, he's quoting jeff sessions there. he says, jeff, this is great, what everyone wants. look into the corruption on the other side, including deleted e-mails, comey lies, leaks, conf...

Sit down with the special counsel for interview, saying quote, even if i'm telling the truth, that makes me a liar. this comes after his attorney, rudy guiliani, said this on "meet the press." >> when you tell me that, you know, he should testify because he's going to tell the truth and he shouldn't worry, that's silly because it is somebody's version of the truth, not the truth. he didn't have a conversation -- >> truth is truth. i don't mean to go -- >> no, it isn't truth. truth isn't truth. >> hmm. outfront, mark lauder, special assistant to trump, and former national press secretary. nice ...

Mark lauder is with me and he speaks perfect english. >> again, the president is bringing someone up who is completely unprepared. he is trying to cajole them up. wasn't the perfect thing to say. we shouldn't let that go and overshadow what was really the important message today which is the things that we -- they are talking about abolishing i.c.e., they're arresting 120,000 criminal aliens, including 1800 suspected murderers. 5,000 suspected of sexual assaults. and that's the message. >> poppy, if i can jump in, i believe the president brought a cbp agent up today, customs and border patrol,...

Into the idea that there are different versions of the truth. that's the opposite of the definition of the truth. no one is buying this. the special counsel i don't think is buying it, lucky for the president and other people, this is not what democrats are running on across the country in midterm elections. this just doesn't make sense. >> mark, you worked at the white house, former assistant to the president, worked for the vice president, it is not just this statement this time from one man, from rudy guiliani, it is the totality of it, right? let's jog everyone's memory a moment. take a lo...