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This is the president giving a misleading account, really a false account of what took place in that meeting. the legal questions that then arise from that, these are not resolved. did he instruct subordinates to in effect lie, give false statements, that's a question for robert mueller right now, but we do know that that is he was looking into it as part of a broader possibility of obstruction of justice. >> he was looking into it before there book, that's the only thing i would say. >> no question. >> this was a meeting "the new york times" first reported on in the summer of 2017. we reporte...

Cnn's jeff zeleny. >> reporter: president trump heading offer for a weekend retreat with republican leaders. >> we're going to camp david with a lot of the great american senators and making america great again. >> reporter: "as "fire and fury" inside the trump white house was released four days early, the president took his contempt to twitter. i authorized zero access to the white house actually turned him down many times for author of phony book. i never spoke to him for book. fuel of lies, misrepresentati misrepresentations. a not so flattering nickname coined for steve bannon. now in a fe...

In every ten minutes. >> what's the suggestion there? that goes beyond saying, okay. the president's not an intellectual. what are you arguing there? you say, for example, he was at march large-a-lago and didn't r lifelong friends. >> i will quote steve bannon. he's lost it. >> well, i mean, it is one thing to say he's lost it. it's another thing to say, well, maybe the president has issues, jonathan. he's a 71-year-old guy. he is keeping a -- one would argue, any president of the united states, even one who may not dive into briefings the way barack obama did. a lot of questions are asked, a ...

So the president today meeting with republican leaders, but everybody's talking about what we're going to talk about more with my panel. political reporter for the "washington post." nbc news digital national political reporter and i'll play another clip that focuses on that part of the book that's getting a lot of attention. that is president trump's mental stability. >> one of the more disturbing observations you make in the book is that the president's close advisers, people around him, noticed him repeating stories. expression for expression, you say, within a short period of time. >> in a...

Jonathan, we're not surprised the president is upset about the book or not surprised people are questioning michael wolff's veracity, that this -- and, you know, him saying he's not sure if the president knew whether or not he was being interviewed, which strikes me as a little strange. having said that, you're going to have the people who support donald trump saying this is all lies. more fake news. you're going to have the people who are against and hate donald trump believing it or at least wanting very much to believe this. so where does it leave us? >> i think the problem for the presiden...