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>> got jake tapper off the top here. our cnn chief washington correspondent and host of "the lead" and host of "state of the union." jake, good to see you. listen, obviously, i want to get into some of your reporting on this tale of two dinners or really two versions of one dinner. but first, i want your response to the whole, i have nothing to add, you know, non-comment comment from the press secretary. >> i don't no what he could possibly say that would make that tweet seem like anything other than a threat to the fbi director to not talk to the press. it's an odd statement. and then, as you...

Introduced him. other part i thought was maybe more jaw dropping is when again he was joking, telling the chaplain he wanted to give him another year, ah, the hell with it. talking to the chaplain. he probably wanted earth to open up himself, not what you usually say to chaplain but that's donald trump. >> and the day before he had the sort of odd statement about frederick douglass. just for the record talking about ratings here, for season one, "the apprentice" never number one. never as big as he said. season 5 number 51, 6, number 75, 10, number 113. >> next going to point out that his book...

Was joking, he was telling the chaplain that he wanted to give him another year and he said oh, the hell with it. talking to the chaplain. i was guessing the chaplain probably wanted the earth to open up himself. not usually what you'd say to a chaplain. but that's donald trump. >> the day before he had the sort of odd statement about frederick douglass. just for the record, when we're talking about ratings here, this is for season 1. "the apprentice" i don't think was ever number 1. the ratings were not as big as he said. season 1, 7, season 3 number 15. season 4 number 38. season 5 number 51...

The sentencing phase continues in the trial of convicted charleston shooter dylann roof. day one featured gut-wrenching testimony and an odd statement that drew groans from victims' families. cnn's martin savidge was in the courtroom. r >> reporter: what a remarkable day one of the sentencing phase trial. keep in mind what transpired. you have the convicted mass murdered. self confessed racist acting as his own attorney in defense standing up and talking to the same 12 jurors that convicted him. while listening to all this were at least a number of survivors and many of the victims'

Who -- >> i don't think they were that comfortable. he went very far on that. >> john, you probably know this. you talk to social conservatives in the movement about a turning point in the campaign, it was when he stood on stage during the third debate and made the very vivid description of -- >> partial birth abortion. >> and there are conservatives i spoke with who said, that was it for me. i have never heard a candidate describe it in that graphic -- >> he cleaned it up after carly fiorina made the mistake she did. that's when it became a big issue. >> i still don't -- >> i think he managed...