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Points. the same points stated in the statement that they released on the fourth of july. there were no promises, no commitments, other than the fact that they would be more transparent with us, moving forward. however, at this point, what we are looking for is meaningful action. but we are looking for is accountability. we express our demands and our concerns. and we ask for an investigation by the u.s., administration, and we ask for accountability. i mean, it's the least thing they can do for an american citizen. >> what does accountability look like? what's specifically would you want joe ...

There is no actual evidence that he took action. the justice department says whitaker made no commitments, but he does not flatly deny that the investigation was discussed. president trump though not shy about making a blanket denial. >> did you ask matthew whitaker to change the leadership of the investigation into michael cohen? >> no, not at all. i don't know who gave you that. that is more fake news. a lot -- there is a lot of fakes out there. >> more now from pamela brown. >> reporter: good morning. president trump is denying that he ever made that ask of former a.g. matt whitaker to have...

5:00 a.m. on the east coast and we start with president trump facing more obstruction of justice questions in the wake of a wide ranging "new york times" report. the times says the president pushed to have a federal prosecutor appointed during his administration to oversee the michael cohen investigation. mr. trump by that point had already been implicated in the cohen probe. >> the "times" reports late last year he still called then acting attorney general matthew whitaker to ask if the u.s. attorney in manhattan could supervise it. the report is raising obstruction concerns even in places th...

Corrupt purpose. >> would that be obstruction? >> yes. well, it would be attempted obstruction. >> it's unclear what whitaker did in response to the president's call. there's no evidence he took action. the justice department says whitaker made no commitments, but does not flatly deny the investigation was discussed. trump, however, making a blanket denial. >> did you ask acting attorney general matthew whitaker to change the leadership of the investigation into your former personal attorney michael cohen? >> no, not at all. i don't know who gave you that. that's more fake news. a lot -- there...

Issue that is raging all over this country. when he met with us civil rights leaders, he listened, made no commitments. this has been months ago, and we can't talk about gun violence without talking about how police use guns. 20 shots on an unarmed person, attorney crump, and "i thought it was a gun?" >> absolutely reverend al. this follows those tragedies like terence crutch in oklahoma, mcdonald. walter scott in chicago, south carolina, all over american. where the clark family is devastated about is that he was executed in their backyard, yet he had no gun, no weapon at all. he made no thre...