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Anything but the flow of information to our president. >> now, if you want a reason why the president sent kelly out for his first on the record press briefing, take a look at some of the headlines from the last week. vanity fair, i hate everyone in the white house, trump seethes. and cnn tense and difficult meeting preceding tillerson's moron comment. such an unusual day not just to see the chief affstaff at the podium, but he's ripping the media to their face and the media's saying oh, thank you. that was respectful, they could take it. >> it was a breath of fresh air. >> yes, even though he...

New reporting on what precipitated that now-infamous moron comment from the secretary of state. >> reporter: anderson, we did. we digged a little bit deeper, and it stems from a july 20th meeting at the pentagon, which came after a meeting here at the white house one day earlier that did not go so well. it was with the president and his top military advisers. some of them thought he didn't have enough of a grasp of what was happening in afghanistan and other parts of the world. they wanted to have a second meeting with him. and he, of course, was eager to meet with these generals, as he talks ...

Extraordinary, but certainly in the united states. also tonight, you've got some new reporting on what precipitated that now-infamous moron comment from the secretary of state. >> reporter: anderson, we did. we digged a little bit deeper, and it stems from a july 20th meeting at the pentagon, which comes after a meeting here at the white house one day earlier that did not go so well. it was with the president and his top military advisers. some of them thought he didn't have enough of a grasp of what was happening in afghanistan and other parts of the world. they wanted to have a second meetin...

>> all right. so that's on secretary of state. but at least you have new reporting on this july meeting over at the pentagon between the president and senior u.s. officials that preceded secretary tillerson's alleged moron comment. and what is that? >> that's right. and, look, nbc has really been in the lead on this story. and the reporters that were involved are very serious reporters who are quoting several sources in the room. so obviously the white house is pushing back. but we do have some reporting about this meeting that day. which as barbara said was, you know, at the pentagon. it was ...

And tougher on that subject than other people. >> reporter: the president also dismissed an nbc news report today that said he called for increasing the u.s. nuclear arsenal by ten times the amount of current levels. >> no, i never discussed -- i think somebody said i want ten times the nuclear weapons that we have right now. right now, we have so many nuclear weapons. i want them in perfect condition, perfect shape. that's the only thing i've ever discussed. >> reporter: but cnn has learned the july 20th meeting at the pentagon that led to the moron comment was difficult and tense. today, the...