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President county. >> reporter: it's the third time spicer has apologize for the firestorm he created with these comments. >> you had someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even sink to the -- to using chemical weapons. >> reporter: repeated attempts to clarify wasonly backfired. >> he wasn't using the gas on his people the same way as assad -- up understand. i appreciate that. thank you. there was not in the -- he brought him into the holocaust. i understand that. >> reporter: reporters and politicians in washington are buzzing about whether spicer's job is on the line. even his mea culpa ...

One-third of the people are going to believe it. if you can show distrust among the half or it doesn't get corrected. he took no questions. and it does, it never gets as much attention. you have it out in the social media sphere. >> that's one argument. in the criminal defense, they doesn't say anything. i didn't do it. somebody else did it. they have to setup a counter defense. >> that's enough for him. one of the things that got him steamed on saturday when sean spicer walk in the briefing room and let reporters have it, when trump gets up, he does it cashly with a joke. spicer did it it was...

Untruth. >> how does he prepare his cabinet members to deal with the questions. do you believe there's 5 million votes casts illegal without documents. do you believe that because spicer would not say he believed it. >> there are willing to disagree on donald trump -- >> on facts? >> on whether -- >> it's friday, trump says it's thursday. >> whether the boss says one thing you have to back up the boss. >> no, sean spicer didn't back him up today. do you brief it was -- >> he didn't throw the bus under the bus. >> did you hear ta trump lied

>> how can be comfortable with his win. >> he is very comfortable with his win -- >> this second time spicer has been forced to defend the boss -- here here is on saturday night. >> which compares to 317,000 that used it for president obama last inaugural. this was the largest awudience o witness inauguration period. in person and around the globe. >> according to the washington post after he delivered that many thought he went to f. in trump's mind spicer attacks on the news media was not forcible enough. he was spoke man read it from