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she discovered -- he talked about reimbursements made to michael: for a settlement asment -- michael: for settlement payment. here is a look. today in the rose garden, president trump continued the tradition of celebrating the national day of prayer. president trump also signed an executive order to ensure that all faith-based communities have strong advocates throughout the administration. the president encourages people of all faiths across the nation to join together and pray for our nation. in that same light, president trump extends prayers to the victims families of the nine victims and their families of the plane crash in savannah, georgia. the nine members of the puerto rico national guard were on an official mission. the president had been briefed on the incident and will work with the department of defense to provide resources to the puerto rico national guard.

as you all know president , trump's nominee to lead to the cia, gina haskell, is scheduled to appear before the senate intelligence committee next week. she has held senior positions around the globe overseeing , covert operations and counterterrorism efforts to protect the homeland. she is one of the most qualified most capable individuals ever , nominated to lead the cia. we are seeing widespread support from across the political spectrum and within the intelligence community. people that worked at the cia, people that lead the cia, support acting director haskell. the former democratic chief counsel for the house committee on intelligence and chief of staff of the cia under obama called acting director haskell the rare cia director nominee that both parties should love. with planning and preparations underway for the summit with north korea, and with secretary pompeo now engaged from the state department, republicans and democrats should come

together and confirm gina haskell as the director of the cia. we mark world press freedom day after a recent suicide bombing in afghanistan claiming the lives of at least 10 journalists. many journalist around the globe do their jobs at great risk everyday. the united states stands in solidarity with these men and women who work for free and open societies. and with that, i will take your questions. quicker: first a question. [indiscernible] iran would not -- [indiscernible] ms. sanders: we do not have any announcements at that time. when the president has a final decision on what he will do in terms of the jcpoa, we will let you know. reporter: and secondly on the other topic today can you , explain why the president a few weeks ago when he was talking about the $130,000 payment from michael cohen to

stormy daniels, why the president was not truthful with the american people. ms. sanders: as mayor giuliani stated, and i will refer you back to his comment this was , information that the president did not know at the time but eventually learned. john? reporter: to take a broader view on this, you cannot talk about the details, but can i ask you when the president so often says things that turn out not to be true, when the president and the white house show what appears to be a blatant disregard for the truth, how are the american people to trust or believe what is said here or what is said by the president? ms. sanders: we give the best information that we have at the time. i do that every single day and will continue to do that every day under this position. reporter: but the president, when the story first happened that ty cobb would be leaving, in, theuld be coming president said that was fake news, that it was not true.

when we talked about the prisoners in north korea, he said the previous administration had been, you know failed to get , them out. two of them were taken prisoner while donald trump was president. and obviously, the totally conflicting statements on the payment. -- statements on the stormy daniels payment. these are statements that are just not true. ms. sanders: when it comes to north korea, there -- i think you can also look at otto warmbier, who was detained during the previous administration, as is one of the current detainees, so that would reflect the president's comments made. made -- that he when it comes to the other fact you refer to the last incidents, as mayor giuliani stated, this was not initially known, but later learned. and again, we get the best information possible at the time, and we are going to continue to do that every single day. reporter: but michael cohen back in february of last year, the reimbursement was out long before --

ms. sanders: is that a question or -- reporter: i am saying, how could he have known? ms. sanders: i will not get into those details and i would refer you back to the statement, pretty lengthy statements made by giuliani both last night and this morning as well as the president's tweets. reporter: just a follow-up on that the president talked about , monthly retainers in his tweets. rudy giuliani said the president only knew about this 10 days to two weeks ago. how can you only be aware of something 10 days to two weeks ago but at the same time be in the process of paying monthly retainers that apparently covered this reimbursement to michael cohen? ms. sanders: again, i can't get into the details of the ongoing litigation. i would refer you back to -- reporter: i will follow up on it. you said on march 7 there was no knowledge of any payments from the president, and he has denied all of these allegations. were you lying to us at the time, or were you in the dark? ms. sanders: the president has denied and continues to deny the

underlying claim, and again i gave you the best information i had at the time -- and i would refer you back to the comments you yourself mentioned a few minutes ago against the mayor giuliani -- [speaking simultaneously] reporter: but that statement was in reference to the reimbursement the payment. ,ms. sanders: again, i gave you the best information that i had -- reporter: that you know at the time -- ms. sanders: and the president -- reporter: why can't you just answer yes or no whether you were in the dark? i think it is a fairly simple question. ms. sanders: it is a simple answer that i have given you, i will give you the best information i have and will continue to do my best every single day. announcer 1: at 8:30 p.m. eastern, experts discuss first amendment production in the middle -- digital age. then former clinton white house chief of staff leah panetta, former trump chief of staff reince priebus and reporters bernstein and woodward on the american presidency and the

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