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key questions like this are important going forward. a lot of members that i spoke to today want more answers, even those in the middle like joe manchin, uncertain where he stands in the mueller investigation. wants to know more about that as well. >> manu raju on capitol hill. thank you very much. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. breaking news, president trump moments ago says he, in fact, holds vladimir putin responsible for attacking the united states. why didn't he say that when he was standing next to putin? plus the white house clean-up act, day two of damage control, another explanation that defies belief. russian national accused of spying in america. trading sex for influence. let's go outfront. good evening, i'm erin burnett "outfront" breaking news, trump changes course again, using one interview to
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insist he holds russia accountable for attacking the united states and the 2016 election. >> you say you agree with u.s. intelligence that russia meddled in the election of 2016. >> i've said that before. i've said that numerous times before. and i would say that that is true, yeah. >> but you haven't condemned putin specifically. do you hold him personally responsible? >> well, i would, because he's in charge of the country, just like i consider myself to be responsible for things that happen to this country. so, certainly as the leader of a country, you would have to hold him responsible, yes. >> what did you say to him? >> very strong on the fact that we can't have meddling. we can't have any of that. look, we're also living in a grown-up world. will a strong statement -- president obama supposedly made a strong statement. nobody heard it. what they did hear was the statement he made to putin's very close friend and that
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statement was not acceptable. didn't get very much play, relatively speaking, but that statement was not acceptable. but i let him know we can't have this. we're not going to have it. and that's the way it's going to be. >> but he denies t so if you believe u.s. intelligence agencies, is putin lying to you? >> i don't want to get into whether or not he's lying. i can only say that i do have confidence in our intelligence agencies, as currently constituted. i think that dan coats is excellent. i think that gina is excellent. i think we have excellent people in the agencies. and when they tell me something, it means a lot. >> coats says the threat is ongoing. do you agree with that? >> i accept it. he's an expert, doing very good job. i have tremendous faith in dan coats. if he says that, i would accept that. i will tell you, though, it better not be. it better not be. >> okay. so the president insists he confronted putin.
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president trump is also responding to the intense backlash from both sides of the aisle, including from some of his most ardent supporters about his performance in helsinki. >> on saturday you told us you're a doctorate of strength. lindsey graham said you showed weakness after the press conference. >> i totally disagree. i think i did great at the news conference, think it was a strong news conference. you had people who said you should have gone up to him, walked up and started screaming in his face. we're living in the real world. >> okay. let's just be clear. this interview flies in the face of what trump has been saying. let's just start with the past few days, right? it's been 56 hours since the president's summit with vladimir putin, 29 hours since the president has tried to clean up the damage from that press conference in helsinki. let me just play for you -- what
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he has said again and again and again matters a heck of a lot more than he just said in one interview. >> do you hold russia, at all, accountable for anything in particular? if so, what would you consider them -- that they are responsible for? >> yes, i do. i hold both countries responsible. i think that the united states has been foolish. i think we've all been foolish. i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. >> i accept our intelligence community's conclusion that russia's meddling in the 2016 election took place. could be other people also. there's a lot of people out there. >> so tonight he said i said numerous times before i agree with the intelligence. it's just not true. that's just the past few days i played there. how about this fact? the president of the united states has raised doubts about
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russian meddling for years. we can't even begin to play for you all the examples because we will run out of time. he said this on russian state television, propaganda arm of vladimir putin's kremlin when asked about accusations of russian hacking. here is how he answered the question. >> i think maybe -- maybe the democrats are putting that out. who knows? but i think that it's pretty unlikely. >> pretty unlikely. so let's just not forget also when he says it's unlikely, not russia, whatever. okay. where does he often put the blame? >> could also be lots of other people. could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds. okay? >> okay. got it. look, this is the situation. so can one interview make up for a past record, which is
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consistent, repeated and frequent? jeff zeleny is outfront, live at the white house. the president finally saying what he -- well, what he should have been saying for years, never mind in just the past few days when he so dramatically failed to do so again and again. >> erin there is no megaphone that is anywhere in the world except the president of the united states that is that loud. the president has the ability to say something, speak to foreign powers. in that interview in cbs we were just watching right there, he says that he accepts the finding of the u.s. intelligence community. that is far, far muted, more muted than anyone else in this town, quite frankly, has been saying about the fact that there is still an ongoing threat from russia in the 2018 elections. we did not hear the president at any point today, if he was in the cabinet room, when he was walking on the south lawn or in that interview, saying definitively, banging his hand on the table, saying that, you know, there is still this
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ongoing threat. erin, i'm still struck by the fact that this is clean-up day two. no amount of dleen-up here at the white house can overtake the images and the moment that the president missed that republicans in this town, supporters of the president, we should point out -- i've talked to so many republicans, senators, house members, others, who want him to do well, who think he missed an opportunity there in helsinki. we were there with him, watching this, no matter how much he's trying to clean it up now, erin, it doesn't matter. he's still not talking as forcefully about what russia is trying to do right now. it seems that he simply either doesn't get it or think it's serious, erin. >> jeff zeleny, thank you very much. on that note, i want to talk to dana bash. julia kayem. dana, does the president actually think he can unsay everything he has said in days and years when given so many
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chances to get it right and being so consistently getting it wrong and showing what he really thinks, with one interview? >> i don't even know how to answer that, interview. does he think so? probably. can he? no. because we have this new invention called tape and it's all digitally saved and we are able to do what you just did. but the question is, at this point, is it going to continue to matter the way it did 36 hours ago in a pretty explosive way to even the republican leadership and others, rank and file in congress, who are usually very reluctant to criticize him. and, more importantly, in the here and the now, how aggressive are the republicans, who run congress, going to be in doing what they say they're going to do, which is push through another round -- more
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legislation, pushing through another round of sanctions against russia. and that will fall into the president's lap if -- if congress actually follows through on that. >> of course. or do they take this one interview as a way to run and duck their helpeds in the sand like a bunch of ostriches? unfortunately we've seen that before and could see it happen again. i want to play this interaction about dan coats, his chief of intelligence, who he publicly shamed. every single person in u.s. intelligence is warning right now they're attacking the current elections. let me play the exchange that happened moments ago. here it is. >> have you talked to coats since you got back? >> yeah, i have, sure. >> what did he say? >> just generally speaking, he agrees with the statement you made. and i go along with him.
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he is a very -- he's a great guy. he's a great patriot. he loves his country. and he's only going to say what he truly believes. >> i agree with him, he's laying it on thick. can i remind everybody, when coats said that it is flashing red, about an attack right now on this election, jeff glor, this two-part interview, sat down with the president on saturday. here is what he said about dan coats then. >> speaking of that hacking, your dni, dan coats, said that america's digital infrastructure is at a critical point right now. >> yeah. >> similar to what it was like in some ways, before 9/11 and that we're susceptible to a large-scale attack. do you agree with that? >> i don't know that i agree with that. >> completely cut him down at the knees. today tries to make up for it. great guy, gate patriot. loves his country. does that do it? >> no. this will be remembered as one
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of the betrayals of the trump era. going on the world stage next to vladimir putin, giving interviews in the lead-up to that, saying you don't trust or believe your own director of national intelligence, your intelligence agencies that have spent years and millions of dollars looking into this, that aren't trying to delegitimize somebody's presidency. they're trying to get at the emboldment of russia and russian actors and undermining american democracy and getting up there and saying basically i don't know what my intelligence agency -- i don't know if i believe them. vladimir putin was very strong on this. no amount of interviews to a network news agency or reading a script on day two. we all know what is going on here. this is classic mop-up work. it doesn't get away from the defining moment that will be remembered. >> you said what you said and meant it when you said it or you wouldn't have said it, right? >> we know that about this president.
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when he gets up there and speaks impromptu, that is the real donald trump. that is what he believes. >> juliette? >> i can't -- everything patrick says is absolutely right. there's just no amount of spin day two, day three, day four, that is going to change exactly what the president said. it is not just what he says, it is what he does. the fact that there is still, for example, no cyber head at the white house, national security staff got rid of a single person designated to work with state and local entities to ensure that our elections were protected. it is about a president who has shown a lack of interest in protecting the 2018 elections from what we know the russians are going to do. they're going to be better at it, more persistent. and, finally, it is about a president who, from the perspective -- i know -- a person who dedicated their lives, how we're interpreting
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what he's saying, which is our work is not valuable. >> it's interesting when you talk about if cyber was important. i can tell you what i just learned the other day. 20% of the positions in cyber right now in our defense department are empty. they're vacant. if it were important, they would be finding people and they're not. the president talking about fake news to which the anchor, jeff glor, talked about it and the press covered the substance of what was said. >> the press covered the substance and wording of that press conference. >> they didn't cover my meeting. the important thing, frankly, was the meeting that lasted almost 2 1/2 hours. in that meeting we discussed many, many things that were very, very positive for both countries. >> what tangibly emerged from that conversation? what do you feel you achieved? >> we achieved a lot. things emerged that were very important, nuclear proliferation
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between russia and the united states, that's 90% of the nuclear weapons. protection of israel. he feels good about that. i feel good about that, very good about that. that was a big factor. we talked about north korea. he said he will help. he agrees with what i'm doing. he thinks i'm doing a great job with respect to north korea. he said he would help. i think he will. let's see what happens. >> what do you make of that? first of all the press covered what the president said because that's what there was to cover because he didn't allow anyone in the room and he's not allowing anyone in the room to say what actually happened. let's be clear about that. then he's saying don't worry, everything was great. we agreed on everything. what do you say? >> well, to echo jeff and juliette, ralph waldo emerson said your actions speak so loudly, i can't hear what you're saying. we can take a trip down memory lane, 18 months. this is someone who asked russia
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to hack into his opponent's e-mail. they did. we know that now from the indictment. he told putin he was smart after obama threw out 35 spies and told putin he was smart for not retaliating. he slow rolled sanctions, he delayed in signing them, implementing them. he has now had two meetings, private, one on one, without anyone present. we keep persing these words go going into this vortex of crazy about what was said and wasn't said when i think we can just look at the pattern of behavior on what happened not been done, as juliette mentioned and what isn't being done as we're being attacked. >> i like that new spin on actions speaking louder than words. there's a lot more we're going to play after this break, but just for this segment -- >> oh, i'm sorry, i thought you were going to roll another sound bite. i think that the idea that this
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was the news media his teara about what he said and didn't say in that press conference that has kind of really led the way here is, on its face, ridiculous. it was all taken live. and the people who reacted, particularly those around the world and those in his own party and his closest allies from newt gingrich to even laura ingraham, they reacted to what they saw and heard and what they didn't see and hear and not to the media. >> there's a couple of really crucial points we need to play. we just to squeeze in a break. we'll have that on the other side. and then, the president today and the white house saying trump did not mean what he said when he said this. >> i'm interpreting what the president said. i'm not reversing it. >> interpreting, not reversing. speaking of interpreters, the interpret in the room with putin
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>> thank you very much, no. >> do you believe russia still targeting the united states? no. now, again, i don't have to lay all this out but let's just be clear, that is what director coats has said as well as everybody else. mike pompeo and on has said that's exactly what's happening right now. press secretary sarah sanders was pressed about this answer and here is how she spun it. >> the president was saying thank you very much and saying no to answering questions. >> the president was responding to that question and despite the president having never said no, no, to ushering reporters out of the room, your saying -- >> the president said thank you very much and he said no, i'm not answering any more questions. >> so, here is what the reporter who asked the question, cecilia vega of abc news, tweeted. getting a lot of questions about my exchange. yes, he was looking directly at me when i spoke. i believe he heard me clearly.
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he answered two of my questions. everyone back with me, along with jeff zeleny at the white house. this is very significant, right? not only does he repeatedly question whether russia was involved or responsible for the hacking but the fact that an attack is going on right now and as of a few months ago, he hadn't even authorized his own team to start fighting it is extremely significant. you spoke to the other reporters who were there when this happened. do they all concur on whether he was answering the question or not? >> reporter: they do, erin, to a person. the pool reporters in the room -- to explain to our audience at home acres small group of reporters go into a room like this. we all ask the same questions. when the president looks you in the eye and answers a question like that, which he did to cecilia vega, was clear he knew what he was saying. he said no. sarah sanders tried to clean it up saying no, he was done answering questions. 30, 45 seconds after, he
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continued talking, talking about putin and other matters. i talked to the print reporters in the room, wire service reporters in the room. to a person, they are confident the president answered the question. erin this is not something out of the blue. the president has repeatedly declined to say this is a problem going forward. even in that cbs interview tonight he said he accepts what dan coats says. he did not, you know. say -- he reviewed this. he did not say what he believes. he is either not convinced or doesn't think it matters. >> juliette, this is stunning, right? everybody is saying right now actions are being taken. it's flashing red. as of a few months ago, they were very direct, the president had not authorized them to do anything to counter that attack they say is happening. yet today everyone in that room who was there, as jeff is saying, agrees.
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he said no. >> it's not that hard, as president of the united states, to say we are under threat and under attack. by the russians and we are going to do this. we are going to name and shame russia. it is completely in the realm of doable. so the parsing of words become a way for trump to do this wink and nod. what you can say about these failures or missteps or misstatements is that you cannot -- the president cannot handle the presidency. in other words maybe it's too fast for him. maybe the questions come too fast. maybe putin is too scary. i don't know. what i do believe now is that trump knows exactly what he's doing. he is not condemning russia. at best can you say there was
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co collusion before or russians have something on him or even more scary, he's not nervous about the possibility that they're doing it again. and that's why words like, you know treason and undermine iingr republican, little case, government are being used. >> asha, words matter. today he answers the question, according to everyone in the room, his press secretary left to say she's interpreting what he said and he didn't say what everyone said he said. let me just play the one thing that he tried to take back yesterday from the many things in that press conference he said that were so offensive to so many. >> a key sentence in my remarks, i said the word would instead of wouldn't. i don't see any reason why it wouldn't be russia. sort of a double negative. you can put that in.
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i think that probably clarifies things pretty good by itself. >> well, of course, it didn't, asha. here we are. now today when he says no, they say he didn't mean no. >> yes. back here on earth, everyone knows that russia interfered with our elections, 12 military intelligence officers that did it before are named in an indictment. here is why his denials matter. while we can take certain defensive measures, our intelligence agencies can gather intelligence to take affirmative steps to take covert action to disable russia's capabilities, the intelligence authorization act of 1991 a written president wral finding that it's important to national security. if he's not willing to do that, they can't take those steps. >> an incredible thing, patrick,
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which brings me back to the stunning moment in that interview tonight when he was asked whether he agrees with u.s. intelligence. >> right. >> and i'm going to play a very truncated clip. >> i've said that before. i have said that numerous times before. and i would say that that is true, yeah. >> except here is what he said numerous times before. >> maybe there is no hacking. and they blame russia because they're trying to tarnish me with russia. it could have been china, a lot of other groups. they have no idea whether it's russia, china or somebody. it could be somebody sitting in a bed some place. they have no idea. personally, it could be russia. i don't really think it is, but who knows? i don't know either. they don't know and i don't know. >> and yet tonight he says
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numerous times? >> totally wrong on that. i wish cbs had fact checked it in a moment, and the reality is that he got way with frankly a lot in that interview in terms of defending himself. it's how he likes to think of himself, as this strong president who is standing up for america, making america great again. the reality is that he has had so many opportunities to hold russia accountable, to say i believe that russia is still meddling in our democracy and he hasn't done it. >> no. and that's the reality. simply hasn't done it, as asha put it so el quantly, your alcohols speak so loudly, i can't hear your words. trump's translator actually knows what happened in that room between trump and putin. should she be forced to tell us? eric swalwell is out front. russian spy, prosecutors alleging she used sex and lies to gain influence in the united states. the story as it's unfolding tonight.
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meddling in their private one-on-one meeting was this. >> i let him know we can't have this, we're not going to have it and that's the way it's going to be. >> the problem is that we actually have no idea what the two men said to each other. that is because the president didn't want anyone else in the room. there's actually only one person, one american who would know the truth. trump's interpreter, marina gross. she was the interpreter, right, sitting right next to him and then putin and his interpreter and that was it. tonight there are growing calls for her to appear before congress to describe what actually happened. outfront now is tom foremean. the president is being questioned on his version of things and, quite frankly, because he is often not told the truth in so many ways. how likely is it that this interpreter will come and testify before congress? has it ever happened before? >> i think it's not likely at
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all because it would be, by many accounts, unprecedented for this to happen. several reasons why this is an issue. if you want to call her in front of congress, first of all, it can't just be the democrats who are upset about this. there are a few republicans, but they would need more to make such a hearing happen. they would have to have republican support for this. secondly, the president would probably have to waive executive privilege. some experts say this clearly would be covered and thirdly, in the past when interpreters have been called before congress for any reason, by subpoena or the courts, the state department and the justice department have generally vigorously fought the idea of putting these people in the chairs because these are folks who are basically essential tools to presidents. they have to be able to speak freely with interpreters in the room with people from all over the world. in fact, if president trump w e
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weren't in such a tight with russia, we wouldn't be talking about. >> congressman eric swalwell sits on the house intelligence and judiciary committees. thank you for being with us. the president tells cbs he told president putin, quote, about meddling, we can't have this. we're not going to have it. and that's the way it's going to be. again, that's his exact quote of what he said to putin about election meddling in that room. do you believe him? >> i don't. i don't buy it. if that's what he said that to him in the room, why not say that to him on that stage when he had multiple opportunities when reporters asked him that question? >> so you're saying basically if you said it face-to-face, you would be able to say it side by side. >> no one, other than interpreter was in the room, the president is able to say this. he has a history of false statements and misleading the american people. the only way to find out what was said would be to hear from the interpreter.
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erin, i support that. i don't take it lightly. i don't think it needs to be a spectacle. i think the intelligence community could bring her in, in a closed session. you have a prior for this president in that he, in the past with russians, by himself, gave them, divulged national security information. now you have this concerning report that the president discussed with vladimir putin the possibility of turning over an innocent u.s. ambassador to be questioned by the russians. there's many reasons to want to understand what was said. >> i want to ask you about that first and then about the serious statement about having this interpreter having to give her version of what happened. you mentioned the ambassador, former u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcphaul. putin suggested that in that conference, right, he said interesting idea, that russians would get to question some
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americans that they really don't like, bill browder and, as you pointed out, ambassador mcphaul. >> russians are the suspect in this attack, with a lot of good evidence. there's no reason we would open up our evidence files, send our investigators over there to let them review that. that would be like a victim allowing the burglar to set up the home security system. that's ridiculous. and also again this is just what about-ism by vladimir putin to try to turn the tables and make this good deal maker of a president believe he has gotten a good deal out of this. republicans in congress need to stand firm that we absolutely will not tolerate the president even considering turning over a u.s. ambassador. if he were to do that, i think that would absolutely be grounds for removal from office. >> the state department spokesperson heather nauert said the idea was completely absurd and that it wasn't even on the
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table. right? the opposite of what sarah sanders was saying. there appears to be a dispute, even within this administration. now on the issue that you raise. but to the point that this interpreter can solve all of this by saying what really happened in that room, you know, ted cruz has raised questions about it. we spoke today to an interpreter who has interpreted for seven different presidents. harry abdz is his name. they go in that room wanting to be anonymous, wanting to just be the interpreter. would you set an incredibly dangerous precedent by forcing this woman, marina gross, by saying what happened? >> it's a very good question, erin. i don't take lightly. as a prs kurt i worked with interpreters all the time and i respect their profession, what they do. again the president here has set precedent by having a private meeting with a leader who t
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the president in that meeting has offered or suggested that he would allow that leader who attacked us to interview in russia a u.s. ambassador. so i'm also, again, concerned that the president may have divulged national security information. i want to know if our national security professionals are now further at risk because of what the president told vladimir putin. >> thank you. >> my pleasure. >> next the accused russian agent. court documents reading like a spy thriller. this is the alleged agent who is actually in custody in the united states. don't have to extradite her. she's here. president trump on whether or not he wants to speak with bob mueller. about mail and packages. and it's also a story about people. people who rely on us every day to deliver their dreams they're handing us more than mail they're handing us their business and while we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget... that your business is our business
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new tonight, the alleged russian spy, charges of being a russian agent as prosecutors infiltrate gop politics and create secret back channels with russia. this includes a romantic relationship with a 56-year-old political operative that they say she secretly complained about, alleging she offered sex, quote, in exchange for special interest organization. sarah murray is out front. >> russian national will await
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trial in a jail cell without bond. butina clad in an orange prison jump suit watched as the u.s. government argued that her stint as an american university grad student was little more than a cover for her work with a russian government, prosecutor telling a judge if butina sought refuge at the embassy or got in a government vehicle, they would be helpless from stopping her from leaving the country. >> she is not an agent of the russian government, the russian federation and is innocent of the charges against her. >> even showing the court a photo of butina near the u.s. capitol on inauguration day, which she sent to alexander torshin. you're a dare devil girl. what can i say? good teachers, butina responded
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she pleaded not guilty on charges of conspiracy and acting as a foreign agent. >> also taking pains to try to distance this case from what's going on with robert mueller's investigation. he insisted this is not a spy case and his client should not be treated as a proxy between the issues being carried out right now. >> i want to go straight to the former cia operative bob bears, what she did here, how significant it was, allegations, sex for political access. romantic relationship with a political operative. apparently that she said she didn't want to be with. do these allegations surprise you? >> what the russians have done, what the kgb has done, a prostitu prostitute, run them into political figures looking for military officers of the nra, torshin, in fact, is a kgb
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agent. this is typical. it's bold, i'll tell you right now. and the fact that they ran her into the president of the united states in 2016 is just quite amazing. i've worked with the kgb. this is how they do it. it's a way to recruit people. >> she was at inaugural events for the president, national prayer breakfast. what do you think she was doing there? >> she was looking for people to recruit. agents of influence. people with access to secrets. there's a picture of her, apparently, with a kgb officer, restaurant in washington. she reports back to him, say look at this guy. he's vulnerable, out of money. or this politician is pro russian. let's bring him to moscow. she was spotting people for recruitment. >> thank you very much, bob baer. next, breaking news, president trump speaking tonight about that interview with bob mueller. plus president trump says he
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after president trump spoke to cbs news about the possibility of sitting down for an interview with the special counsel, bob mueller. let me play that clip for you. >> are you more likely to sit for an interview now? >> my lawyers are working on that. i've always wanted to do an interview because, look, there has been no collusion. there has been no talk of russia. there has been no phone call. there has been nothing. and it's -- i call it a witch-hunt. that's exactly what it is. it's a vicious witch-hunt. and you know what? it's very bad for our country, very, very bad for our country. >> justice correspondent evan perez is "outfront." okay, evan, it sounds like, as usual, he is trying to have it a whole lot of ways. not a resounding yes to a mueller interview. >> that doesn't sound like the president is going to be at a yes any time soon, erin. look, they dragged it out. we know the special counsel has asked for an interview beginning
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in january this year. here we are in july, and the president and his team, they still haven't come to an agreement with the special counsel. and you mentioned chris wray, the fbi director is here in aspen at the aspen security forum, and he himself just addressed a question of witch-hunt. he said no, he gets this question a lot, and that is not a witch-hunt. is not a witch-hunt that is being led by special counsel robert mueller. keep in mind chris wray's agents are the ones that are doing this investigation, so he has his agents and his employees who he has to defend at this point. >> i mean, that's pretty incredible, right, to say that there is no witch-hunt when the president obviously says there is one every single time he gets a chance, including tonight. and evan, you're there. you're in aspen where the fbi director is speaking, and i know speaking as you and i are talking. this is going to be crucial, right? we haven't heard from him since the disastrous press conference in helsinki, you know. what are we hearing already as this discussion with him gets started where you are?
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>> some extraordinary words, erin. look, this is an fbi director who is a little more low-key than, say, james comey. he doesn't want to really make a big fuss about things, but today he is confronted with the president's words which came even as chris wray was meeting with intelligence chiefs from other countries, other allied countries are here in aspen, and he was talking to them. so he had some choice words for what the president has to say. take a listen to what he had to say. >> the intelligence community's assessment has not changed. my view has not changed, which is that russia attempted to interfere with the last election, and that it continues to engage in malign influence operations to this day. >> and erin, it's clear that the fbi still has a lot of work going on. they have the case of this foreign agent, this russian agent who was arrested over the weekend. and there are many other parts of this investigation that chris wray's agents are working right
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now. so he knows for a fact that is not a witch-hunt. he knows that the assessment has not changed. know what's the russians are up to. it's clear that the president's words now against the words of his intelligence community, his law enforcement community. >> all right, thank you very much. incredible none of them now seem afraid to say what they know to be true. thank you, evan. and next, jeanne moos on trump's russia u-turn that has sparked a whole new social media trend. community organizations like united way, non-profits like the american red cross, and our nation's veterans. we knew helping our communities was important then. and we know it's even more important today. so we're stepping up to volunteer more and donate over a million dollars every day. so our communities can be even stronger. it's a new day at wells fargo. but it's a lot like our first day. southwest has $69 one-way sale fares for travel throughout september and october.
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>> reporter: we wouldn't be surprised. >> i said the word would instead of wouldn't. >> reporter: if president trump started a trend. singer richard marx was right here waiting to mimic the president. ♪ i will be right here waiting for you ♪ >> reporter: tweeted marx, i misspoke. i meant to say i wouldn't be right here waiting for you. chimed in someone else, the queen has just reported. ♪ we will, we will rock you >> that they meant to say we won't rock you. so i guess journey meant for us to stop believing. ♪ don't stop believing ♪ never going to give you up >> reporter: maybe rick astley meant to say that he really would give you up. >> never going to let you down. >> reporter: never not going to wouldn't not going to let you down. and it's not just song lyrics that are getting the trump treatment. >> stay here. i'll be back. >> reporter: oh no he won't.
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memes range from the president saying i meant mexico wouldn't pay for the wall, you will, to kim jong-un saying me too, i meant wouldn't denuclearization. >> and melania is now saying at their wedding she meant to say i don't. >> reporter: what a difference an nt makes. even departed stars were resurrected. even from the other side whitney issues a press statement clarifying won't always love. even darth vader corrected himself. "luke, i misspoke yesterday". >> i am your father. >> reporter: i meant to say i am not your father. luke's reaction? is pretty similar to how the president's clarification was greeted by critics. >> i said the word would instead of wouldn't. >> that's not true! >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn. >> i don't see any reason why it would be. >> no!
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>> reporter: new york. >> no! >> and thank you so much for joining us. don't forget, you can watch-outout any time, anywhere. you just have to go to cnn go. thank you so much for joinings. see you tomorrow. "ac 360" starts right now. good evening. we begin with breaking news. president trump now saying he was very strong in his words with vladimir putin in helsinki, but you have to take his words for it because if it's true, it only happened when no one else was looking. it only happened behind closed doors with only a pair of interpreters in the room to allegedly witness it. we spoke than meeting today. he spoke than meeting today, and even though he now says he agrees that russia interfered in the election, he still could not bring himself to say that vladimir putin has been lying about it and lying to him. that and a lot more just aired in an interview the president did today with cbs news's jeff glor. we're going to play the most significant passages
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