it's a bombshell, lynne patton. two days after that, she went on abc news interview defending a president, saying, "that he is not a racist." so how could that be possible if she heard the tape already, that she was using as their excuse to change her tone with the president? >> ed: another quick point i want to make. mark burnett, top -- one of the creators of "the apprentice," tweeted that mark burnett called him and said, no such tape exists. beyond that, omarosa was on msnbc and osprey saying that bill pruitt, another producer on "the apprentice" is corroborating her story. i understand you have a different story tonight. >> bill pruitt was the producer of seasons one and two, where she is claiming that this apparently took place. she also told lynne patton that bill pruitt was her original source of the tape, and lynne patton spoke with bill this evening and is announcing that that is simply not true and as i suspected, all along, this tape does not exist. omarosa extras desperate for money for money. >> ed: al

lynn is in lynn patton, longtime trumpet, asked about it on the plane, whether it was possible such a tape might exist and he said no. then she, katrina asked what he wanted her to do, put it to bed. katrina crist and said he said it. did that happen? >> know. that did not happen. sound like she is writing the script for a movie. i have been out there talking about this. it is absolutely not true. i have no connections to anyone at celebrity apprentice other than amarosa and she was the only one that brought this tape up. people i've checked with who she mentioned have no idea what she is talking about but i am not going to be angry about this. clearly amarosa is in a desperate situation. i feel sorry for her. this is obviously trash for cash. i was concerned with amarosa when she got married, when she had to buy fake wedding ring so i feel sorry for her but i will not stand by and allow her to continue to tarnish everyone's reputation and hurt the one person that helped her become who she is in the celebrity world. >> you have been around the president during the campaign since the c

ed: the second time i said she, katrina pearson, the book says lynn patton so i apologize, it was an honest mistake. it does not change the substance of the fact that you are claiming our two different phone calls, one with jason miller. >> i'm not claiming that. ed: let me get to the facts. bottom line is you're saying one with and without jason miller, the one without jason miller, omarosa says they have not aired it yet. and katrina pearson, okay. that is a thing -- you said he said it. he used the and word. >> i am refuting the claim omarosa made. ed: let's talk about chuck todd. i'm not going to do that. >> let me tell you what i'm receiving. ed: you said he said it. you told me you never said that. you are on tape. >> that is not what we were talking about, not the question you are asking me. this was in regard to a specific discussion, check the tape on chuck todd and savannah guthrie that she said i said and confirmed donald trump said a derogatory term, conference call with jason miller, that did not happen. what happened today, omarosa submitted two tapes to cbs. ed: we are

lynne patton is here when we come back. confidant and the trup administration.ynne patton i >> laura: fired trump aide omarosa released yet another audio recording she secretly recorded. this time, featuring trump campaign staffers lynne patton and katrina pierson, discussing a rumor that president trump was caught on tape using the n-word. >> i've said, well, first, can you think of any time that this might have happened? he said, no. >> that's not true. >> not the way you just said, omarosa, it depends on what scenario you are talking about, and he said, why don't you just go ahead and put it to bed? i said -- he's a menace. >> laura: president trump vehemently denies that he's ever been caught on tape using a racial slur. joining me now for reaction was one of the people you've heard on that recording, lynne patton. currently a senior advisor too housing and urban development secretary ben carson there. great to see you, lynne. thank you so much for joining us tonight. >> great to be here, laura. thank you. >> laura: tell us about that conversation that took

i was asking you about the president talking to longtime aide lynne patton about whether or not he had used this be 23. let's play that and we'll get to the facts. speak a long time trump aide reported she asked trump about it on the plane specifically, whether it was possible so trey tate might exist, and he said no. then she, katrina, asked him what she wanted to do. katrina cursed and said, he said it. did that happen? >> [laughs] no, ed. that did not happen. it sounds like she is writing a script for a movie. i have already been out there talking about this, that is absolutely not true. >> ed: so you referenced a moment ago that the second time i said "she" last night, i said, "she," katrina pierson, with the book says, "you, when pearson." that i apologize. that is an honest mistake. that does not change the fact that you are now claiming they are triggered every phone calls, talking about women with jason miller -- -- >> i'm not claiming that, ed. >> ed: you told me that several times today. let me get to the facts. i don't want to get two side issues. bottom line is, there was o

so is katrina pearson as well as lynne patton who was an assistant to eric trump at the time. she joins us shortly tonight. on the call, there is talk of damage control and whether mr. trump ever used the racial slur. patton is heard she asked mr. trump about using the "n" word and he said no. later patton says this. >> he said it. he's embarrassed. >> reporter: last night katrina pearson denied the phone call happened. today she is saying he said it as a way to appease manigault newman and get her off the phone. barely 30 minutes after the story hit, the president responded on twitter. >> when you give a crazed crying low life a break and give her a job at the white house, i guess it doesn't work out. good work by general kelly for quick leg firing that dog. this is in the latest of tweets about manigault newman. once again sarah sanders was asked about the president's language, particularly when it's african americans he is criticizing. here's a logistic at what she said. >> the president has absolutely nothing to do with race and everything to do with the president calling

. >> i don't know lynne patton. >> you know omarosa. why i think if omarosa says she has receipts, she'll provide them. >> we'll see. we only know what she can show. to both of you, thank you for making the arguments. appreciate it. >> thanks. >> be well. >>> stand your ground. that's the controversial self-defense law that often seems to translate into i can tell you if i want to. it's under close scrutinyny again in florida. you remember the killing of an unarmed black man over a parking space last month. i know you haven't heard about it for a while, but please pay attention to this now. the shooter was allowed to walk away by the sheriff even though it was all caught on tape. i told you then that seemed hasty. turns out it was. there's a big update on the case capturing national attention. the family of the man who was killed that night is here. please stay with us. fruits and veggies are essential to your health, but it's tough to get enough of their nutrients. new one a day with nature's medley is the only complete multivitamin wi

joining me enough her reaction was one of the people you've heard on that recording, lynne patton. tly a senior advisor to housing and urban development. secretary ben carson there. great to see you, lynne. thank you so much for joining us tonight. >> great to be here, laura. thank you. >> laura: tell us about that conversation that took place, the recording we just heard, part of a recording from october of 2016. omarosa, you come and katrina pierson. >> first i want to start off by saying, thank you so much for re-tweeting my statement last night, you know, it's been getting picked apart today, and that is really why i am here. it's because, there is something seriously wrong with society when a woman can run around the white house and surreptitiously record people come possibly in violation of her own national security contract, but yet, katrina and i are the one who have to come on national television and explain ourselves. you know, i've made it very clear, and i stand by my statement, that i released last night, that the audiotapes that she has released, first of all, conflate

. >> lynne patton is an incredible african-american woman who has been close to this president for manyny years. said she approached the president. she talked to the president. she asked him specifically. he denied it. i take lynne patton's and the president's word in this case over omarosa's word. >> the problem for the president is he's been a repeat offender as a liar. so we can't take his word, and at this point sarah huckabee sanders' word from the white house podium. >> you know lynne patton. she's as honest as the day is long. >> i do not know her. >> you know omarosa. >> which is why i think if omarosa says she has receipts, she'll provide them. >> we'll see. we only know what she can show. to both of you, thank you for making the arguments. appreciate it. >> all right. thanks. >> be well. >>> stand your ground. that's the controversial self-defense law that often seems to translate into, i can kill you if i want to. it's under close scrutiny again in florida. you remember the killing of an unarmed black man over a parking space last month? i know you haven't heard about it for

lynne patton:"i said, 'well, sir, can you think of anytime that this happened?' and he said, 'no.'"omarosa manigault-"well, that is not true."lynne patton: you think i should handle it and i told him exactly what you just said, omarosa, which is well, it depends on what scenario you are talking about. and he said, well, why don't you just go ahead and put it to bed."katrina pierson: "he said. no, he said it. he is embarrassed by it." one of the staffers on the call, katrina pierson, telling cnn she was only trying to 'placate omarosa.' the president again taking to twitter denying that any tape of him using a racial slur exists, claiming, "i don't have that word in my vocabulary"the trump campaign taking legal steps against omarosa today...filing an arbitration action alleging she violated a confidentiality agreement. while cnn has not seen the agreement omarosa signed, it has obtained a copy of the non-disclosure agreement trump campaign officials signed in 2016. those who signed agreed not to disparage the president or his family, and agreed to binding arbitration if they did...th

. >> i want to talk about one of those tapes and people on the call with manigault-newman, lynn patton is joining us there. >> pleasure to see you. >> first of all of all thank you for being here. >> i want the get started with the recording that fs released this morning of the phone conversation that allegedly took place of you on the call and omarosa back in 2016. just for our viewers, i want to play that. >> i am trying to figure out at least what context it was used into help us maybe try to figure out how to spin it? >> how do you thisnk i should handle it. >> it becomes what scenario are you talking about? why don't you put it to this? he said it. he's embarrassed. >> so that's the tape that was released. is that our voice on the tape? >> well, you know anderson, there were a lot of times that we talked about this tape because omarosa was upset about it. she brought it up constantly. the reason she did because she was recording us. >> you feel that she was intentionally bringing this up. >> absolutely. >> a friend of mine reminded me today that early on in the campaign i made a j

katrina pierson and lynn patton in which they discuss an alleged tape of mr. trump using the "n" word during "the apprentice." she made those claims in her book. those individuals part of that allegedly denied it. this morning, omarosa released a portion of what she says is that audio call. take a listen. >> i'm trying to find out at least the context it was used in to help us maybe try to figure out a way to spin it. >> can you think of any time this might have happened? and he said no. >> that's not true. >> he said, how do you think i should handle it. i told him what you said, well, it depends on what scenario you are talking about. he said, why don't you just go ahead and put it to bed. i don't know what -- he said it. he is embarrassed. >> there you can hear an aide saying, he said it, he is embarrassed. this morning, katrina pierson and lynn patton who last night denied this conversation happened release ad a new statement saying no one said we didn't have conversations regarding the tape. omarosa was obsesobsessed. what we refused was having a call tha

in a recording obtained by cbs news from october, 2016 omarosa discusses the alleged tape with lynn patton, an assistant to eric trump and former trump campaign spokeswoman katrina pierson. >> he goes how do you think i should handle it and i told him it depends on what scenario you're talking about and he said well, why don't you just go ahead and put it to bed. he said it. he's embarrassed. >> reporter: white house press secretary sarah sanders denied the allegations and criticized the secret taping of private conversations. >> this has absolutely nothing to do with race and everything to do with the president calling out someone's lack of integrity. >> reporter: the trump action claiming omarosa broke her 2016 confidentiality agreement. >> i think that the best play for omarosa would have been to take credit for a lot of the great things that donald trump has done for this country including for african americans. >> reporter: in a series of tweets tuesday, the president referred to his former aide as a crazed crying low life and a dog. nicole killian, cbs news, the white house. >>> here

lynn patton and former trump campaign spokesperson catrina pearson were reported by the fired stafferboth refusing to back down. >> there's something wrong with society when a woman can run around the white house and surreptitiously record people in violation of her national security contract but yet katrina and i have to come on national television and explain ourselves. the audience hates that she -- two different conversations. one is with me, omarosa, katrina, the other with jason. the distinction is muddled. >> specifically said i said and confirmed that donald trump said a derogatory term in a conference call with jason miller. that did not happen and that is what i am refuting. omarosa has been using this case to many people, she's a, push, a dog with a bone. >> reporter: many are asking if there is a criminal case to be made against omarosa. a former prosecutor ways in. rob: firing peter stzrok was justified according to a fbi director. he says, quote, the action was a decisive step in the right direction in correcting the wrongs committed by what is described as comey skinny

she described in october 2016 phone conversation with lynne patton, and campaign communications director jason miller, in which they discuss how to deal with the potential fallout from its release. >> i'm trying to find out at least what context it was used in to help us maybe try to figure out a way to spin it. >> reporter: patton then described a conversation she had with then candidate trump about making the slur. >> i said, well, sir, can you think of any time that this might have happened and he said >> well, that is not true so -- >> he goes, how do you think i should handle it? and i told him exactly what you just said, omarosa, which is, well, it depends on what scenario you are talking about. he said, why don't you just go ahead and put it to bed. >> he said it. no, he said it. he's embarrassed. >> pierson denied the call ever took place during an interview on fox news monday night. >> katrina cursed and said, he said it. did that happen? >> no, ed, that did not happen. it sounds like she's writing a script for a movie. >> reporter: the white house and trump campaign have not pr

releases a new secret recording of a 2016 conversation that she had with trump advisers, in this case lynne patton and katrina pierson, discussing the alleged use of that racial slur. have a listen. >> well, pierson released a statement shortly after saying that omarosa made up the story. she says, quote, during the 2016 campaign, we heard rumors about an alleged tape from "the apprentice." it's clear now that those rumors were always being circulated by omarosa and her alone. pierson goes on to say, quote, in her secret tape recording of me, it was one of many times that i would placate omarosa to move the discussion along because i was weary of her obsession over this alleged tape. let's go right now to cnn's white house correspondent kaitlan collins. what else can you tell us about legal action by the trump campaign? of course, president trump himself and the campaign have repeatedly threatened lawsuits that they haven't followed up on. are they following up on this case of legal action? >> reporter: well, jim, so far we're seeing the first legal action since omarosa did start on this publicity

katrina pierson and lynne patton can be heard discussing the possible existence of such a recording with the president using the racial slur. pierson even suggests mr. trump is, quote, embarrassed by it. >> both women now claim they were just trying to get omarosa to move on. pierson telling cnn's erin burnett, the former "apprentice" star was the, quote, complete epitome of annoying. >> it got to the point where we had a campaign to run. so, what you hear in that tape, which is not the tape she's been referencing, is me placating to her, which i did a number of times because she would not let this tape go. >> there were a lot of times that we talked about this tape because omarosa was literally obsessed with it. she brought it up constantly. it's clear now that the reason why she did was because she was serpentisciously recording us. >> earlier this week on fox, pierson initially denied having any conversation about the existence of a possible trump "n" word tape. >>> all right, this moment yesterday, white house press secretary sarah sanders issuing a rare correction, apologizing for f

. >> lynn patton, long-time trump aide, reported she asked trump about it on the plane specifically,hether it was possible such a tape might exist, and he said no. then she, katrina, asked him what he wanted her to do, and he said, put it to bed. katrina cursed and said, he said it. did that happen? >> no, ed. that did not happen. >> jimmy: okay, so that was last night. and this was this morning. >> i'm trying to find out at least what the context it was used in to help us maybe try to figure out a way to spin it. i said, well, sir, can you think of any time that this might have happened? and he said no. >> well, that's not true, so -- >> he goes, how do you think i should handle it? and i told him exactly what you just said, omarosa, well, it depends on what scenario you're talking about. and he said, well, why don't you just go ahead and put it to bed? >> he said it, he's embarrassed. >> jimmy: katrina pearson, who said the conversation never happened, not only did it happen, you can hear he say about the "n" word, he said it, he's embarrassed. which i think we're all embarrassed b

that is the one where katrina pearson and lynn patton were talking about this n-word comment.ut on "cbs this morning." it is anyone's guess to see when and what will be her next recording. >> lauren blanchard, thank you. >>> a man is under arrest in london on suspicion of terrorism after driving a car into a group of pedestrians and bike riders. surveillance video captured the moment when police say a 29- year-old uk resident drove a ford fiesta into a barrier just outside the house of parliament. fortunately, no one was killed but three people were injured. police say the man is in custody and is being interrogated. so far, authorities say this appears to be an isolated incident. >> none of the suspects at the scene have been identified or reported to police. there is no intelligence at this time of further danger to londoners. >> counterterrorism officers are now carrying out searches in central england as part of the investigation. this is the fourth similar attack in london using a car to target innocent people in the last year and a half. >>> 24 people were hurt and 19 ki

those people on that tape, lynn patton and katrina pierson, both initially denied that that episode ever happened. they denied that there was a conference call in which they discussed this episode at all. then omarosa released the tape. by later that afternoon they both appeared on cnn last night and they totally changed their story. this is what they had to say. >> she really was a dog with a bone when it came to this tape. it got to the point where we had a campaign to run. what you hear in that tape, which is not the tape she's been referencing, is me placating to her, which i did a number of times, because she would not let this tape go. >> there were a lot of times that we talked about this tape because omarosa was literally obsessed with it. she brought it up constantly. it is clear now the reason why she did is because she was surreptitiously recording us. >> first, those conversations never happened, now they happened but they happened because of omarosa. it is all coming down to who can you believe here. is it the former white house staffer who's turned on her boss, or the curre

that omarosa released of katrina pierson, a spokeswoman on his campaign and another top adviser, lynn patton, discussing the potential existence of the "n" word tape saying he's said it, he's embarrassed shows in her mission for publicity and payback, she's willing to embarrass former colleagues along the way so the people i spoke to said for the people who interact with her a lot, which is mostly on the communications staff, it's this feeling every morning that it looks like she's going to trickle them out and this feeling like, oh, god, what did i say that i don't remember. >> here's the thing, and we have to remember. these people all work at the white house voluntarily. omarosa told the two of us that the communications team on a daily basis crafts lies that they put up and the president tells, ivanka trump said after the "access hollywood" tape she had never heard her father speak that way but found i jarring. how can any of them continue this nonsense narrative when you line up when the president does day in and day out and what are they doing about it? because we know they've got conc

appeared on cbs which played the recording on air with a conversation she had with katrina pearson and lynn patton and starts with pearson. listen. >> i'm trying to find out at least the context, make me try to figure out a way to spin it. >> i said, well, can you think of any time that this might have happened? he said no. >> that's not true. so -- >> he goes how do you see the n word? what you just said. depends on what scenario you're talking about. he said why don't you just go ahead and put it to this. he said it. >> and katrina pierson will be on fox news later this evening, 11:00 p.m. eastern. she's scheduled to talk about the tapes, what happened overnight and of course what is happening today. >> shepard: and a lot more is happening. omarosa is making appearance after appearance. in the last few minutes, omarosa also claimed in a television appearance that president trump knew advanced that the wikileaks documents were coming out. there's no way to know where this is going or which parts of these are true unless and until we hear tapes thereof and there's been some and she's says there's

in a recording obtained by cbs news from october, 2016 omarosa discusses the alleged tape with lynn patton, an assistant to eric trump and former trump campaign spokeswoman katrina pierson. >> he goes how do you think i should handle it and i told him exactly what you just said, omarosa, which is well, it depends on what scenario you're talking about and he said well, why don't you just go ahead and put it to bed. he said it. he's embarrassed. >> reporter: white house press secretary sarah sanders denied the allegations and criticized the secret taping of private conversations. >> this has absolutely nothing to do with race and everything to do with the president calling out someone's lack of integrity. >> reporter: the trump campaign filed an arbitration action claiming omarosa broke her 2016 confidentiality agreement. >> i think that the best play for omarosa would have been to take credit for a lot of the great things that donald trump has done for this country including for african americans. >> reporter: in a series of tweets tuesday the president referred to his former aide as a craz

the president views people and lynn patton said this. he views people in wins and losses. said i have to win and be number one. >> on the one hand she was a true believer and got in for the right reasons and the firing turned her, but seems like she was playing the ground work for quite a while recording stuff from back in what, 2016? before she was even in the white house. that would seem to indicate a level of fore thought that wasn't just freaking out over being fired. >> i don't want to believe that the omarosa that i know or that i knew, the omarosa that was talking to the american people and to the black community since 2016 was that diabolical. to be doing that since then. >> all right. >> i don't believe that she was doing that because she was so convincing to me and other people that she believed in this president. >> that are reflects well on you that you don't want to believe that about her, but the evidence from i'm not a student of the celebrity apprentice or whatever she was on, that seemed to be her calling card. after she was fired and i mean she was faster

. >> lynne patton is a long time campaign associate now at hud.off bennett, ashley parker, and chuck rosenberg are all still with us. first to you, geoff. the whole issue of them taking legal action, apparently in arbitration in new york to try to stop omarosa from releasing more tapes that relate to the campaign, because she did sign a nondisclosure agreement relating to the campaign work, if not, as she claims, to her white house work. >> you're absolutely right, andrea. and a trump campaign official says they view the release of this latest tape that you just played, they view that as an egregious violation of the nondisclosure agreement that omarosa signed with the trump campaign where they pledged to hold proprietary information confidential and to not disparage the trump family. so in that tape you just heard, you heard former trump campaign spokeswoman katrina pierson say of this alleged tape of the president using the "n" word, "he said it, he said it, he's embarrassed about it." i reached out to katrina pierson about omarosa's other alleg

and i just -- before you answer, i'm going to play this, because anderson and erin spoke with lynn patton and katrina paerson, the woman heard on that audio with omarosa. they said omarosa kept bringing up the tape. take a listen to this. >> there were a lot of times that we talked about this tape, because omarosa was literally obsessed with it, she brought it up constantly. it's clear now that the reason why she did was because she was recording us. >> your viewers, i'm pretty sure, have run into an individual that is the complete apitmy of annoying to where you absolutely have to finally give in in order to get on about your day. that happened a number of days, because omarosa is a bully. >> so, what's omarosa's motivation to get this on tape and talk to me, what do you think about that? she can't deny that the president may be on tape somewhere saying the n-word? >> i'm shocked by a number of things. number one, the con desession that came from the press secretary today, talking about him being an equal opportunity offender, as if you have universal bigotry towards all groups, somehow

mean, we first heard about it in the fall of 2016, got on a conference cl with katrina pierson, lynne patton and jason miller as you will see in the book, and they a was true.d it in fact, katrina pearson, the spokeswoman for the campaign, said he said it. it's true. n >> sheer heard him say it. she's denied the -- >> i mean, she knows i have receipts. i think she should probably read the book first and then hear herself saying it. >> before listening to that tape, before getting the tape that you described, had you -- wereou ever in his presence when he used a racial slur? >> you know, i was in his presence when he said inappropriate things but never used the "n" word in my presence ever >> let me move on. you said that the betrayal -- the idea that he might have used this word, that it would be this betrayal because he might have used it about you. >> absolutely. >> do you believe he used it about you? >> possibly. because donald trump talks about everyone behind their backs. you leave the room, hefoas somethinyou. he has a nickname for everyone in his administration and his circle. i'm ce

not just black athletes but people who have worked for him and people like katrina pierson and lynne patton being put out by trump allies to defend the president because they're the other most high-profile african-americans in trump world. i think kellyanne conway got call the out on that just this weekend because there's no one really out there who can defend the president strongly on racial issues. he's just kind of digging a hole for himself by clearly tweeting things like dog and other words. >> if president trump really wanted to silence omarosa, he could have ignored her. i know that we all assume at this point that's not a possibility for this president, but had he ignored her, this story would have gotten way less oxygen. instead, he explicitly acknowledged the allegation. i think had he chosen to rise above, take the high road, not at all even acknowledge this was happening, it would have been much less of a story. you know, it would have been noted that this was unverified, and everybody would have moved on. the book isn't even selling particularly well. he has chosen to magnify t

frank luntz, katrina pierson, and lynne patton, her closest confidant on the white house on our show last night. they all disputer claims. the president says the producer of "the apprentice," mark burnett, denies there is any tapes. but still, the media happily gives omarosa hours and hours and hours of your time. i think in their warped thinking, the woman in america considers to be the ultimate mean girl helps advance the narrative for the media that trump is a racist. but once again, i think the media are misreading the american people. here's the latest data. according to an npr-pbs news hour merit poll, 71% of americans have not very much or no confidence at all in the media, compared to just 25%, however great deal of confidence, or quite a lot. but the amazing thing is, the media don't seem to care about what the consumers of news are shouting at them. the ratings and readership are down, whatever, we have a mission, that is to get trump. most of completely abandoned the idea of objectivity and are now essentially operating as full-time members of the resistance. so now that w

capturing a phone call she had with then campaign spokesperson katrina pierson and senior adviser lynn patton discussing an "n" word tape, something the president has denied and how they could spin it if it came out. nbc news has not been given access to the tape and we do not know what came before or after, but listen. >> i'm trying to find out at least what context it was used in to helps us maybe try to figure out a way to spin it. >> i said, well, sir, can you think of any time that this might have happened and he said no. >> well, that's not true. so -- >> he goes, how do you think i should handle it? i told him exactly what you just said, omarosa, which is well, it depends on what scenario you're talking about. and he said, well why don't you just go ahead and put it to bed. he said it. >> last night on fox news, katrina pierson said that conversation never took places. >> no. that did not happen. it sounds like she's writing a script for a movie. i've already been out there talking about this. that is absolutely not true. i have no sources with that tape. >> she's not just writing a sc

where she is claiming that i said that was in a totally different call where she was arguing with lynn pattonbout the existence of this tape. let me explain something to you. omarosa has been using this type manipulate people. she is a bully, a pushy and dog with a bone with this tape. >> dana: omarosa responded to. >> katrina peer sen lied one day and turned around and lied the next day. that's really the pattern of this organization. they have a problem with the truth. >> dana: certainly the american people would like to have this go away. they should be working for the people of the united states. that's what the white house is trying to do. despite with omarosa is continuing especially over this question of whether this tape, the president saying the "n" word actually exists. there is no proof of that at least at this point. >> well, i just can't tell you how distressing, danelna, i find this whole thing for a white house to be involved in a discussion like this with somebody like omarosa. i can't even believe -- that's probably the first time i have ever said that word out of my mouth. i

jason miller, lynne patton, c katrina pearson where we talked about the possibility of him saying --id i have heard from a credible source he said it. >> you actually heard the tape. >> absolutely. what's your question, savannah? >> let's get to it. how long is this tape? >> there are multiple tapes. let's establish that. when you read my book tomorrow, which is available tomorrow, "unhinged" you'll see three different sources that corroborate. >> you said since the book was published you've heard it. how long is that tape? >> it's about three minutes. >> is it audio or video. >> audio. >> camera outtakes. >> audio. >> what is the context? >> you like most americans learn about -- >> it's in the book. >> talk about the n word is throughout the book. have you read the book. i answered that question, savannah, what's the next question? >> the president -- >> he was talking about african-americans in the production during the course of the "apprentice," which is unacceptable. here is one thing, why don't we ask donald trump one thing, donald j. trump, have you ever used the n word. peop

this one to cbs news, omarosa says trump campaign spokesperson katrina pearson and campaign aide lynn pattonre heard talking during the 2016 campaign about whether trump may have used that slur on an alleged tape. >> i'm trying to find out at least what context it was used in to help us maybe try to figure out a way to spin it. >> i said, well, sir, can you think of any time that this might have happened? and he said no. >> well, that's not true, so -- >> he goes, how do you think i should handle it? and i told him exactly what you just said, omarosa, which is, well, it depends on what scenario you're talking about. he said, why don't you go ahead and put it to bed? >> he said it. no, he said it. he's embarrassed. >> reporter: those aides are now saying they were just responding to rumors and that they themselves never heard trump use derogatory language on any alleged tape. sarah sanders is also firmly denying omarosa's description of the president as a racist, saying of the white house staff, quote, if at any point we felt the president was who some of his critics claim him to be, we certa

in fact, there was a conf aence cang campaign workers, jason miller, lynne patton, and katrina piersonhe possibility of him saying, andis own spokesperson, katrina pierson, said i have heard from a yedible source that yes he said it. actually heard the tape? >> absolutely. >> let's get into it.on how is this tape? >> there are multiple let's establish that. when you read my book tomorrow which is available tomorrow "unhinged" you'll see there are three different sources who corroborate the differentngs he said. >> you said since the book was published you have heard it. how long was the tape? >> about three minutes. >> audio or video? audio. >> okay. what is the context? >> i'm going to allow you and most americans to read the book. >> this isn't in the book. >> the talk about the n-word tape is throughout thebo . have you read the book? >> yes, but -- >> i answered that question. at's the next question. >> i was curious, the context in he presidentlege used the n-word. >> talking about some african-americansn the production during the course of the "the apprentis" which unacceptable.

with former trump senior communications adviser jason miller, former trump organization employee lynn pattonhe word. omarosa's allegations coming with widespread denials from people quoted in her book. katrina pierson: "that is absolutely not true. i have no sources with that tape. she was the only one who brought this tape up. people that i've checked with who she mentioned has no idea what she is talking about."while defending himself against omarosa's attacks -- president trump apparently confirming white house staffers are asked to sign non-disclosure agreements. omarosa claims the trump campaign offered her a fifteen- thousand dollar a month job in exchange for signing an n-d-a -- where she would have to "promise and agree to not demean or disparage" the administration and trump family members.omarosa: "i never signed that draconian nda that they presented to me when i walked into the white house." omarosa coming under fire for secretly recording a conversation with chief of staff john kelly in the white house situation room -- áandá a phone call she had with president trump after being