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The standoff is over immigration and the controversy not to mention the dishonesty is what the president said about certain countries. vulgar, racist, confirmed by people who heard it. now what the administration is at best blowing smoke about. cnn's jim acosta had tough questions today for the president and his press secretary. he joins us now. so you were in the white house today, you asked the president about his comments last week, about immigration. what happened? >> reporter: right. well, i was less concerned about these comments that the president made last week in which he described co...

Committed a crime under federal law by lying to congress. i cannot believe that the president used that language and she couldn't remember what it was. she just knows it was tough. come on. she also remembers apparently lindsey graham using tough language because he repeated the president's phrase and says i came from an s-hole country, as well. i think she's being completely disingenuous. she should go back to her office, think long and hard whether she wants her career to be characterized by perjury and what's she doing in an administration anyway where one of her duties is to lie about the ...

Administration anyway where one of her duties is to lie about the president's expressed racism. i think that was a train wreck for her today. and as far as senators perdue and cotton go they've disqualified themselves for any confirmable offices. i think their colleagues should disbelieve just about everything they have to say at this point. but i thought the congressman's interview was fascinating chris, because that is the fundamental premise of these people, that you have to be a european white already wealthy person to contribute to the united states. that's wrong. that's wrong morally. th...

Really wants to whiten the nation. he's concerned aboutat migratin country. with regards to senators perdue and cotton, senator cotton shouldn't accuse others of not engaging in good faith. think about how many times we criticized attorney general sessions for saying, i don't recall. we know that he's not saying that donald trump didn't say it. we know senator perdue is not saying he did say it. they're saying -- >> they say they don't recall him saying it. >> right. i think this is just an example. i think ultimately what's driving senators perdue and cotton and others, like stephen miller an...

Point. >> nppr's kelsey snell, jeffrey bennett, thank you. i want to bring in bill kristol, charlie galoud. are these nothing more, these comments, than a distraction? what do you make of the fact that senators perdue and cotton say, quote, these -- they do not recall the president saying these comments specifically. >> thanks. i don't think they're a distraction at all. i think they reveal the underlying sentiment that's driving immigration policy out of this white house. i've said this before on this network, i don't to want attribute this to anybody. everybody who holds the position aroun...