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When the american public can trust what the president says. peter alex ealexander is with u. did you get an answer? >> reporter: i'll let you be the judge. what's striking is this is based on the conversation we had with sean spicer on friday. the president over the course of the campaign was heavily critical of the jobs number, and he said through sean spicer they were phoney then but very real now. the question i was trying to get to, when can we believe the president's words? when he accuses president obama of wiretapping, when will he say that was phoney or vice versa? whether we got an an...

It's real -- >> yes. >> reporter: -- or assume it's phoney? >> donald trump has said multiple times in the past, he's cited the cbo multiple times on twitter. when he has criticized obamacare. when he did criticize obamacare. peter, what do you make of that answer? >> reporter: well, bottom line is he's not the first politician to pick facts he likes andse them. what is unique in this situation is as president right now, puts lot of americans in a unique position, as well as lawmakers to understand when what he is saying is a real comment and when it's a phoney one. that applies not just to wi...

And didn't. that request did not come to us. it went to the department of justice. >> reporter: steve king was saying we can't restart civilization. the white house have any reaction? >> i'll definitely touch base with the president and get back to you. hallie. >> reporter: you just said a minute ago what the president meant when he tweeted about the wiretapping was and you sort of explained it. you also stood at the podium and says the tweet speaks for itself. when do you decide a president's twee, when his words are open to interpretation and am they stand on their own? >> i'm sorry, can you...