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President's tweets, which weren't a walk back, but was a clarification of what he says he was trying to do. the line from the white house is two words, christopher steele. we'll hear about that over and over again. they say the democrats were complicit in accepting intelligence from a foreign national who had close ties to the intelligence community in the united kingdom. they're going to try to muddy the waters. they'll continue to talk about the role christopher steele had in the election. if this wasn't wrong what the democrats did, why is it wrong with what the president has admitted to in...

He speaks for the executive office. that's very important and we would like you, respectfully, to please address that question -- >> i have addressed it. >> hypothetical. he said those things and that concerns people. is that a problem? >> what are you most concerned? would the president say he'd be more flexible after the next election? no. the president has been tougher on russia than any president before. this president, even when you go through -- anybody has gone through a report like the mueller report that found no collusion. even though foreign entities tried. so the president has gone...

Republicans and senate republicans they might appreciate some sort of formal clarification from the administration on the president's comments yesterday. >> yeah. i don't know that they're going to get it. i think the president made his clarification via twitter. i wouldn't be surprised if his aides move much beyond that. this is a different kevin mccarthy than the one in congress in 2016 when donald trump was running for president and benefitting from the help of russia. in a closed door meeting he said there were two people he thought putin was paying. one of them was donald trump. he may ha...

Possession of nuclear weapons. >> absolutely. you know, the president has a little bit right when he says, yes, the intelligence community may say that, but i'm going to try to get it done anyway. >> sure. >> we all try to do impossible things sometimes. that's what diplomacy is all about, trying to get to peace and safety and security, but you have to take into account what the intelligence community says and we have a report today out of nbc reporters that says the president doesn't read the pdb, the presidential daily brief. he doesn't have intelligence briefings. he doesn't know what's goi...

To say, look, the intelligence on iraq weapons of mass destruction was wrong. what's your response to that? >> my response to that is the intelligence wasn't wrong, dick cheney was wrong. and dick cheney and the defense secretary and the president of the united states decided they wanted to make a case about going in to iraq and getting saddam hussein and they twisted that intelligence. the intelligence was clear. the story, as secretary of state colin powell will tell you today, was trumped up, so to speak, and we may see that happen again. >> let me just ask you a question i asked chris murp...