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My colleagues and i have tried on various occasions before but seemed like this setting was pfeiffer. i did not know that i was going to be called. we get a heads-up but i didn't know until sarah sanders called my name that i'd be the one to get to ask a question. with president trump standing mere feet away from vladimir putin, with him repeatedly declining to fully back the u.s. intelligence services and their findings, seems like that was the moment he needed to be put on the record in front of the whole world, who do you believe, vladimir putin or your own intelligence services? he shoof h...

Settled view of all the intelligence professionals in his administration. few hours later, the white house moved into clean-up mode and gave its accounts of where the president really meant there. >> a chance to speak with the president after the comments. the president was -- said thank you very much, was saying no to answering questions. >> so despite the video that shows the president looking at cecilia and answering no to this question about whether russia is still targeting the united states and despite several people understanding that he was spomding to that question. >> you're saying i...

Ready for the question today about what has the united states done under the trump administration to, you know, against russia. she was ready for that. or what have we done on elections to shore up the lexes for this november. she was either not ready or didn't have an answer, couldn't think of anything. she just said that president trump has come out and said things about president p putin, but she had been asked several times for an example and really couldn't come up with one. so finally, she said, well, he blames russia for the interference in the election, and that's as tough as you can g...

U.s., mr. president? >> thank you very much. >> next question -- >> let's go. we're anyonished here. >> saw you were walking back -- >> thank you very much. everybody. >> on the way out. >> we're doing very well. we are doing very well. we're doing very well, probably as well as knish has ever done with russia. and there's been no president ever as tough as i have been on russia. >> well, there was more on the subject as the president was asked about russian interference during an interview with cbs snooze. >> you say you agree with intelligence that russia medaled in the election in 2016. >> ...

Genuinely enthused about this idea that there could be this investigator swap. i'm sure his consideration was not at all the ambassador or the other ten americans who would potentially be subjected to this but rather his own hide. and have this affect the mueller probe, and could -- it would potentially serve to just further muddy to waters. it would slow things down, if ever this would have happened. he probably saw it as another way of damaging a credibility of an investigation that seems to be creeping closer and closer to him and the bhoulgs. >> we watched you in real time in helsinki, won...