the issue resurfaced on tuesday when omar obama took the witness stand in a massachusetts courtroom. during his testimony omar said his nephew, the president of the united states, had briefly stayed with him in the 1980s. the elder mr. obama was facing deportation linked to a drunk driving arrest in august of 2011. however at the time white house officials told "the boston globe" there was no record that the president ever met his uncle. yesterday press secretary jay carney explained why the administration said the two never met. >> back when this arose, folks looked at the record, including the president's book, and there was no evidence that they had met. and that was what was conveyed. nobody spoke to the president. when omar obama said the other day -- and there were reports he said the other day -- that president obama, back when he was a law school student had stayed with him in cambridge, i thought it was the right thing to do to go ask him. >> carney went on to say the white house had zero involvement in the case and the president has not seen his uncle in 20 years. as for oma

in 2011 omar obama was arrested for drunk driving.was discovered he was living in the united states illegally. they claimed omar and president obama had never met. now they have done a complete 180. twras gallagher as the kelly file investigation. trace? >> when the president's uncle was arrested we learned he was here illegally and that he was the president's uncle. i think i will call the white house. the white house said there was no record of the president meeting his uncle omar. this week omar obama testified not only had he met his nephew but barack obama even lived there. there is no support the president met his uncle. it is unclear what evidence they are they were looking for even though omar obama was mentioned in the book there was no mention of them ever meeting. today press secretary jay carney pinpointed the actual problem. >> the president said he had met omar obama and he stayed with him for a brief period of time until the president's apartment was ready after that they saw each other and after law school they gradual

in 2011, omar obama was arrested for drunk driving. it was discovered at the time he was living in the united states illegally. at the time, the white house claimed that omar and president obama had never met because reporters were inquiring about the relationship. now, they have done a complete 180. trace gallagher has a "kelly file" investigation. >> in fact, when the president's uncle was arrested for drunk driving in 2011, not only did we first learn he was in the country illegally, but that's when we first learned he was related to the president. he was asked if he would like to make a phone call. he said, i think i'll call the white house. then the white house told the boston globe there was no record at all of the president meeting his uncle omar. then this week in the boston immigration court, omar obama testified not only had he met his nephew, but barack obama even lived with him for a short time. now the white house says there was no deception. they just couldn't find any evidence to support that the president had met his un

the white house claimed at the time that omar and president obama never had met because reporters were inquiring about the relationship. now they have done a complete 180. trace gallagher has "the kelly file" investigation. >> reporter: in fact, when the president's uncle omar was arrested for drunk driving not only did we learn he was here illegally but that he was related to the president. in fact he was asked if he would like to make a phone call. he said, i think i will call the white house. the white house told the boston globe there was no record of the president meeting his uncle omar. this week in the boston immigration court omar obama testified not only had he met his nephew but barack obama even lived with him for a short time. the white house said there was no deception. they couldn't find evidence to support the president met his uncle. it is not clear what evidence they were looking for though omar was mentioned in the president's book there was no mention of them meeting. today jay carney pinpointed the problem. listen to this. >> nobody asked him in the past. the presid

here's jay carney trying to explain it. >> when omar obama said the other day -- and there were reportsaid the other day that president obama back when he was a law school student had stayed with him in cambridge, i thought it was the right thing to do to go ask him. nobody had asked him in the past, and the president said he, in fact, had met omar obama when he moved to cambridge for law school, andts that he stayed wih him for a brief period of time until his, the president's apartment, was ready. >> reporter: so now the white house trying to clean this up, but sort of strange that they didn't go to president obama back in 2011 and just get the facts, martha. martha: yeah. so the president's uncle has been given legal residency here in the united states, so one question would be if the be white house had anything to do with that. >> reporter: well, i pressed jay carney on that as well, and he insists that president obama, white house staff did not get t(áqthey've-hux allowed this te handled as a local law enforcement, as an immigration issue there in the boston area and have not inte

when omar obama said the other day, and there were reports he said the other day, that president obama when he was law school student, stayed with him in kim bridge. i thought it was right to ask him, and the president said he in fact had met omar obama when he moved to cambridge for law school and he stayed with him for a brief period of time until the president's apartment was ready. >> so bottom line is, jay carney saying that back in 2011, when they first got the question, they told "the boston globe" the two had never met because they failed to ask the president directly. they say these details came it in court, they cleared it up, asked the president directly. for the record, they're also saying that the president played no role in his immigration case at all. >> it's very interesting, and yet another question jay carpey didn't want to get but you asked it, ed. thank you so much. >> a very rare delivery. triplets born in california. why they're so special, next. ppó >>> welcome back. get ready to meet three little girls who share something unique. they're identical triplets born

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it's unclear what evidence they were looking for, even though omar obama was mentioned in the book. today, press secretary pinpointed the problem. listen to this. >> nobody asked him in the past the president said he met omar obama when he moved for law school and stayed with him until the apartment was ready after that they saw each other once every few months while the president was in camebridge, after law school they fell out of touch. >> in case you missed it jay carney says the president never asked if he met his uncle the white house says the president has not seen his uncle in 20 years. uncle omar was re-a.loued to remain in the country because of his good moral character. the white house says they did not intervene in that hearing. >> all right. joining us now, former speech righter for president george w. bush. mark they say nobody ever asked him they started information in the newspapers like boston globe without having asked him according to the white house. do you believe it? >> i don't buy that. the president's uncle nshg country illegally is arrested for dui and says

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watch jay carney backtrack today. >> the president said he had, in fact, met omar obama when he moved to cambridge for law school and stayed with him for a brief period of time until the president's apartment was ready. after that they saw each other once every few months while the president was in cambridge. after law school they gradually fell out of touch. the president has not seen omar obama in 20 years and has not spoken with him in roughly ten years. >> they said three years ago he's never met him. is that a small thing or a big thing? these are all huge things. it goes to the trust of the president. whether it's politics, business or personal relationships. when you have a breakdown of whether or not someone is a person of their word or not, rebuilding that is almost impossible. the american people are seeing barack obama for what he is. he says one thing and does another. he's been lying to the american people. he's been exposed. these little lies, like lying about whether you met someone or not that's been significant in your life, listen, those are big things. uh it goes to

. >> when omar obama said the other day, and there were reports he had said the other day that presidenta law school student had stayed with him in cambridge, i thought it was the right thing to do to go ask him. nobody had asked him in the past, and the president said he in fact had met omar obama when he moved to cambridge for law school, and he stayed with him for a brief period of time until his apartment was ready. >> so that's what jay carney says. the only real difference here was that he, jay carney, physically asked the president face-to-face, whether he met with the uncle, and that was the difference. the president said, yes, i met with him and stayed with him for three weeks. i spoke with the attorney for the uncle. the uncle's name is an youngo obama. but the uncle threw a congratulatory party for barack obama when he graduated from harvard law school. that's where they're trying to iron out some of the contradictions. >> the uncle came as a student to the united states. was about to be deported, but what, for 50 years, there was this case going on, and only in the last few d

the white house press secretary now says this -- >> the president said that he, in fact, had met omar obamaen he moved to cambridge for law school and he stayed with him for a brief period of time until his -- the president's apartment was ready. >> reporter: in recent days the uncle said barack obama stayed with him for three weeks in the 1980s. why the differing accounts? >> back when this arose, folks looked at the record including the president's book and there was no evidence that they had met. >> reporter: jay carney says it was when he asked the president in person that the president acknowledged he had stayed with his uncle. it could be simple semantics but the white house was first asked about the relationship a couple of years ago after the uncle had been arrested for drunk driving and it came to light that he was fighting deportation. that's given ammunition to republican critics. >> just goes back to this thing of the white house not being completely forthright with facts with the public. it's what's contributed to his trut worthiness numbers going way down. >> and political obs

might that not include your deal uncle omar obama, here illegally, arrested for drunk driving? you know, the one who told police right after his arrest that his one call would be to the white house, the same white house that subsequently said not only did you not know this guy but you had never even met him. then, shock! barack obama actually lived with this uncle for a time when he was in law school. and then they kept in touch. and you wonder why more than half of america says that you are not honest or trustworthy. mr. president, lives are at stake. americans have been thrust into a danger zone by you. maria silvais only one person whose chemo treatment was canceled along with her insurance. how many other americans will suffer because your policy caused them to be dropped from their health care? so what's that you were saying about people with pre-existing illnesses being covered? i think not. i nomknow maria silva has a pre-existing illness. i know she is no longer covered. i know her life is at stake. i know you did it. mr. president, the clock is ticking. >>> after the b

nobody had asked him in the past, and the president said, in fact, he had met omar obama when he movedambridge for law school and he stayed with him for a brief period of time until the president's apartment was ready. after that, they saw each other once every few months while the president was in cambridge, and then after law school, they gradually fell out of touch. >> why wouldn't you ask the president in the first place? in 2011 when you told the world a falsehood, and you said, we scoured the book, and he wasn't in there, so, we concluded he didn't know him. that's the oddest response i've ever heard. i think -- well, i am not going to speculate, but clearly, this administration has trouble finding the truth and saying it. and if you don't ask the principal, you're not going to get the truth, and they know that. >> a drunk driving incident ahead of an election, 2011. >> right, that's the problem, is everyone's families are filled with, you know, are fraught are tension and strain ties. when you become the president of the united states, you are held to a different standard and mo

, but the white house press secretary now says this -- >> the president said he in fact had met omar obamaed to cambridge for law school and stayed with him for a brief period of time until the president's apart was ready. >> reporter: in recent days, the understanding -- why the deferring accounts? >> back when this arose looked back at the books, and there was no indication that they had met. >> reporter: it could be simple semantics, but the white house was first asked about the relationship a couple years ago after the uncle had been arrested for drunk driving and it came to light he was fighting deportation. that's given ammunition to republican critics. >> it just goes back to this thing of the white house not being completely forthright with facts with the public. it's what's contributed to his trust worthyness numbers going way down. >> reporter: political observers say something else could be lingering. >> i think it does raise an interesting question whether or not the united states is comfortable with this idea that he has relatives that had trouble with dui or immigration probl

. >> the president said he, in fact, had met omar obama when he moved to cambridge for law school andth him for days in the 1980s. why the differing accounts? >> back when this arose, folks looked at the record. >> reporter: jay carney said it was when he asked the president about staying with his uncle. the white house was asked about the relationship a couple of years ago after the uncle was arrested for drunk driving and it came to light he was fighting deportation. that has given ammunition to republican critics. >> it goes back to the thing of the white house not being completely forthright with facts with the public. it is what has contributed to his trust worthiness numbers going down. >> reporter: and political observers say something else could be lingering. >> it raises questions about the white house coming to the idea that the relatives had trouble with dui or immigration problems or other else. there are other politicians with relatives with similar issues. >> reporter: the push back of the president not being comfortable with members of his family saying he wrote about t

omar is not a lie. that's been proven. >> president obama, nephew obama is the liar. >> he's not. by the way, they never asked him two years ago. >> three. >> three years ago from the press office. they never asked him first. this time asked hill and he gave a truthful answer. >> come on. >> one of them that he unequivocally lied about is the video about benghazi. that was a complete fabrication. they arrested a man, used the power and resources of the government to railroad a guy. >> if you want to go to benghazi do you think it's just possible that the government couldn't tell us the whole truth because things were happening in benghazi that were -- >> purposely lied to the us. >> though there are things we shouldn't know and you would support us not knowing p it is a cia action. >> the that never justifies affirmatively lying about a video. >> we didn't lie about a video. what did he lie about? >> said this was a spontaneous -- >> he knew better. they did know better. >> how did we get to benghazi? the. >> you have a duty. you don't care about lying. you said he doesn't lie. >>