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we're told the press secretary sean spicer will walk in any moment. he's bringing a cabinet secretary or someone else to start off the q&a. this briefing, by the way, comes amid reports that spicer may transition to a behind the scenes role in the white house. it's one of the questions that will likely come up during this briefing. we'll have live coverage as soon as spicer and company walk into that briefing room. >>> in the meantime, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner is heading to jerusalem to talk peace with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the palestinian president. this on the eve of that visit, israel broke ground on the first west bank settlement in some 20 years. orin leeberman is joining us live. i may have to interrupt you in sean spicer shows up, but set the scene for these talks that kushner is about to have. >> reporter: well, kushner may be looking for concrete steps here. tfs difficult to know. he hasn't played that open of a role in the peace process just yet but what it certainly signals, kushner'

what can sean spicer and the other lady do? if the man can't stick to the facts, he will say something different. [indiscernible] this man is not cut out for this. host: james from maryland. couple of tweets for you. sean from twitter said he under cuts the lies he tells to defeat us. working for him would be pure hell. fred saying i like the president. his administration messaging is okay. he provides transparency to the government. quinton in virginia, independent line hi. caller: they're doing a really good job covering for him. he's become a deity to a lot of people in the country because of their judeo-christian value. anything that he says, you can't go against. because the pastors and preachers around the country has treated him as if he was chosen by god. i seen them on tv. they never going to actually own up to what he is. host: you started saying that they provide cover for the president. how so? caller: because they spin everything to make it seem like that's not what he meant. he didn't mean it like that. well no, h

the incredible shrinking sean spicer.is misery. >> i'd love to speak to sean spicer on any show. it's great to see you both. thank you very much. "out front," breaking news, the white house finding new ways from blocking departments from getting answers from the administration. we'll explain. and america first. do trump supporters think he's gone too far? >> i think he can make it a little divisive. there's nothing traditional about my small business. so when it comes to technology, i need someone that understands my unique needs. my dell small business advisor has gotten to know our business so well, that it feels like he's a part of our team. with one phone call, he sets me up with tailored products and services. and when my advisor is focused on my tech, i can focus on my small business. ♪ mmmm. mmmm. mmmm... ugh. nothing spoils a moment like heartburn. try new alka-seltzer ultra strength heartburn relief chews. it's fast, powerful relief with no chalky taste. [ sings high note ] ultra strength, new from alka-seltzer.

sean spicer was just asked about it and he said the president was joking.o him in july 2016. >> when they would hack into a major party, but it would be interesting to see, i will tell you this, russia, if you're interesting, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 e-mails. i think you will be rewarded mightly by our press. >> we just pulled that off of the web, but a moment later, i asked him if it gave him any pause to ask a foreign government to hack into the personal e-mail of any person in this country. and eli, he said it gave him no pause, no, absolutely not. he was not joking in that moment like sean spicer is trying to argue or like the president was trying to argue later when he walked that back. how much longer will they try to make the argument that we're not seeing what is very clearly in front of our eyes. >> right, that's the gaslighting that we have seen for a long time from trump and the people around him. he is so cavalier about language and so, often times two conflicting things, and the whole thing on the media to take them at their word w

and so sean spicer may be overseeing that in a future role. now, we should point out that i talked to a different source over here earlier this evening who said some of this may not be completely set in stone, that the process seems a bit, quote, chaotic right now, and don, we should underniline, we've heard this about reince priebus, he was going to be on his way out, and heard different incarnations of sean spicer leaving the scene in various stages of the administration and those things have not come to pass. what we do understand from talking to sources this evening, this discussion is happening, sean spicer may be leaving the podium. no timeline set, though. >> staff shakeup. all right. that happens. >> reporter: yeah. >> jim, this is 2017. the white house is refusing to let you ask questions on camera or audio today. what is going on over there? >> reporter: yeah. >> is it the russia investigation, they don't want to answer questions? what is happening? >> reporter: it sure seems like the russia investigation. i mean, let me just paint t

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, it's true, you did. >> reporter: now you don't. >> you're free to use the audio. >> reporter: sean spicerle like the incredible shrinking man in the 1957 movie. not in a doll house but in the white house, playing cat and mouse with the press, briefings have been rare. friday, spicer resurfaced, wasn't able to give the president's views on climate wasn't able to give the president's views on climate change, exited asap. >> today is national leave work early day. >> reporter: wednesday, spicer ditched cameras, holding an audio only gaggle with the eyebrow raising answer to a question about president trump's gibberish tweet. >> the president and small group of people know what he meant. >> reporter: reporters scoffing in disbelief. hey, turn that off. no cameras, audio only. we too can pull a spicer, his briefings are getting shorter. >> thank you guys. >> reporter: one online commenter begged please tell me news outlets will play the audio only briefings over gifs of melissa mccarthy as spicer, be still my heart. "snl" may have been prophetic. >> when you kiss me and no one ever sees me aga

>> no times. >> i think sean spicer -- sarah sanders hasn't fared much better than sean spicer has. is an impossible job when the president is tweeting when he is doing this. sean more and more says i haven't talked to the president about that. many it speaks for itself. >> that was a great point. what about, i haven't talked to the president about whether the russians influenced our election. that has been the topic for months now. he never said, what do you make of this russian connection? >> nobody asked. he never asked him? what do they talk about? >> he said he was unaware if the president had seen the senate health care bill. that leaves to you wonder, what are they talking about? are they talking? or is this a strategy on sean spicer's part to evade the sges say i'm pushing this back on the president. >> that's like sessions saying, i don't remember. he doesn't remember anything. >> you know a press secretary in trouble when he uses the words, the president said. >> a criminal lawyer's way of talking. it can't vouch for it yourself. how many times has sean spicer or other memb

sean spicer may be overseeing that in a future role. i talked to a ditch source over here who said some of this may not be completely set in stone, the process seems a bit, quote, chaotic right now. we should underline we've heard these stories before about the white house reince priebus he was going to be out. those thing have not come to pass. what we do understand from talking to our sources this evening is that this discussion is happening that sean spicer may be leaving the podium. no time line set. >> so staff shake up, all right that happens. jim, this is 2017 and the white house is refusing to let you ask questions on camera or audio today, what is going on over there? is it the russian investigation, they don't want to answer questions? what is happening? >> it sure seams like the russian investigation. let me paint the picture for you don, you've been here at the white house before and sat in the white house booth with us here at cnn, when you walk through that briefing room you know when we have a press briefing at the white

and even sean spicer says it's going to be competitive. that shows us where we are. >> whose win would have bigger national ramifications? would it be for the republicans or for the democrats, do you think? >> i think if the republicans lose this seat, it would be big for two reasons. the first is, obviously, that it would raise the doubt, can they keep control of the house, this is a district like david just said that's been traditionally republican. the same question is, the members are looking at what is my vote on health care going to be and it's going to come back to the house as well and if handel loses this race, it's going to be make members more nervous about joining the health care agenda and trump's agenda overall. >> you know what else struck me, karen, one of the final questions coming from a reporter in the back was on russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election. gloria, i heard you were shaking your head. you know, it just strikes me the that sean spicer, karen, still cannot answer the question as to whether he think

sean spicer is wrong.he constitution says the president cannot accept foreign government payments and benefits or those from the states of the union. he's doing it. there's no doubt he's doing it. as one of the clients today said, attorney general of d.c. it's as if he's hanging out a for sale sign on the lawn of the white house. you just. can't do that. we saw what the travel ban, this is a president who doesn't care about constitutional violations and he's going to be slapped down the same way by general in this case as he was in that travel ban case now by two circuits. and i do have to correct several false statements in mr. spicer's remarks. first, crew is a bipartisan organization. myself and the push ethics czar serve on the board. second, there was no lawsuit that was filed after the press conference. the lawsuit was filed this the morning and as is normal we know the white house doesn't like when he talks to the res. as was normal, there's a press conference afterwards. and then final ly i have to

howie: i tried to press his with sean spicer. does the president neutralize some of the media criticism where what he did at the iowa rally. he criticized the phoney nbc network. they said rain may have dampened the turnout in the georgia special election. shannon: those who know the president well and know him for years say he leans into controversy. he's not afraid of it. expect him to keep fighting and punching. they talk about this shift, will there be a trump pivot. get used to it. howie: to the extent he's punching the press, is it losing its effect at all or does it rally -- ray: another 36 months like the next five will be exhausting for all parties involved. howie: is it fair to say the press loves this. the journalist targeted by uber for exposing its culture. why is the press wise man, i'm nervous about things i can't control... affecting my good credit score. i see you've planted an uncertainty tree. chop that thing down. the clarity you seek... lies within the creditwise app from capital one. creditwise helps you pro

what's next for sean spicer? >> reporter: press secretary sean spicer is move to a different role leaving an opening in the briefing room. he may shift into a role that oversees the job of press secretary and communications director. spicer's tenure at the podium has been filled with controversial moments from the first day of the administration. yesterday he held an off camera, no-audio briefing that barred reporters from recording any of his comments. despite restrictions, he could not answer whether the president has any recordings of his conversations at the white house. spicer said that he may have an answer to that by the end of the week. of course, they said that last week. >> my colleague, jim accost ai got to game him two thumbs up and a high five for how he handled things yesterday. he was visibly frustrated and made a really good point. if you were going to a city council meeting and you were trying to, you know, tell the people of your town what was happening and the inner workings of the meeting, you

sean spicer was kind of lucky to get the gig as press secretary. have -- she would have the gravitas and the juice, so to speak, to demand access in a way that someone like spicer couldn't. >> one more point about the role of the press secretary. one thing that has changed, jeffrey lord talks about ronald reagan. marlin fitzwater was a bridge between the press and the president. that's not how the trump white house sees that role. >> jeffrey, you said you were a big first amendment guy. are you comfortable with the role that the press secretaries have so far in these off camera, no audio? >> no. i've been a press secretary for a congressman and senator. you have to inform the press. if you don't want to say something, don't say something. but don't cut them off that's a mistake. one thing i would say, i do remember a press secretary who had this problem, and i don't know whether he had the formal title, but in the clinton administration, george stephanopoulos began briefing the press in that role, although i think dee dee myers held the title. but

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in some ways, the whole exercise asking sean spicer about this is sort of absurd. the president has all but spelled out his contempt that russia interfered in the election. his statements and tweets suggest the answer is no. but mr. spicer won't answer the question, are there tapes of the president's conversations with james comey? do people contribute to global warming? did president obama wiretap president trump? did voter fraud give hillary clinton the popular vote victory? all of them a simple or no answer, but we're not getting that, and in many cases mr. spicer says he hasn't asked the president about it. we're asking him as much of a test of the administration's transparency as much as anything else. so we keep on asking week after week, month after month and he keeps on saying this. >> i have not asked the president since the last time we spoke about this. and i haven't spoken to him about the reason. i don't know. i haven't asked him that specific question. i said i have not had a discussion with him on the question. i haven't talked to the president specif

sean spicer certainly couldn't deliver those answers.ion is why would he be in charge of an operation that also might not be able to deliver those answers? that's certainly a question to ask. >> what is it like in the west wing? i mean, do you know what the mood is like among the people who work there? i think about that all the the time because it just seems like it's got to be chaotic i guess would be one word. >> reporter: you do get -- i hear that word a lot. chaotic. and that is the atmosphere that president trump, that donald trump as you know, anderson, sort of thrives on. he likes having these different factions fighting with one another because he feels like it results in a better process, it results in better decision-making. now, you can take issue with that. obviously a lot of people do. but you know, it depends on who you talk to inside this west wing. anderson, there really is sort of an atmosphere in here that the president can do no wrong. you saw that happen at the cabinet meeting last week where he went around the table

howie: i tried to press his with sean spicer.does the president neutralize some of the media criticism where what he did at the iowa rally. he criticized the phoney nbc network. they said rain may have dampened the turnout in the georgia special election. shannon: those who know the president well and know him for years say he leans into controversy. he's not afraid of it. expect him to keep fighting and punching. they talk about this shift, will there be a trump pivot. get used to it. howie: to the extent he's punching the press, is it losing its effect at all or does it rally -- ray: another 36 months like the next five will be exhausting for all parties involved. howie: is it fair to say the press loves this. the journalist targeted by uber for exposing its culture. why is the press make nancy pelosi the issue in the georgia election loss. with no chalky . [ sings high note ] ultra strength, new from alka-seltzer. enjoy the relief. z286oz zwtz y286oy ywty thithis is the new new york.e? think again. we are building new airports

you are able to listen to sean spicer.hink what happened was that this press briefing has become a combative, political theater, where there has been a sense of frustration for the white house to be able to focus an end talk about the message of the day, when you have so many reporters with a specific agenda about what they want to talk about. which we know the obsession from some of these networks has been the russian investigation, and that is it. i think the white house decided, we will try a different way so the american people are able to listen to what the president is focusing on day in and day out, which is creating jobs for americans. >> julie: emily, which argued that these news conferences were a lynching. every time sean spicer went out there, it seemed like every reporter wanted to be seen on camera, so eventually he would get picked up on some website and it would be replayed in viral. reporters really nailing in. if they don't get the exact answer they're looking for, and the white house doesn't answer every

i think sean spicer was thinking out loud there. i think he was grasping for straws and trying to put lipstick on a pig. and it's very painful to watch, not only as an american, but it's also painful to watch my friend go through that. >> god bless you, robert traynham. i hope your friend, sean spicer, just watched you just now and if he didn't, i'll send it to him. what shouldn't democrarepublicao help articulate that donald trump doesn't speak for all of us. are you sad to find see sort of the political conversation on a day like today where it is? >> i am. but i will tell you, the other day, following on the heels of this, the president withdrew from the paris climate accords. and it was an awful day for the country, it was an awful day for the world. >> it was an awful day for your old boss, al gore. >> certainly, but the reality is, much bigger stakes here right now. and i do think it was a similar instinct. some part of it was this america first idea and appealing to his base and appealing to a very narrow portion of his base.

sean spicer is asked about this tuesday at the briefing.said he didn't know what the president's thoughts on it and would he get back to us. today, on friday, after the president withdrew from the climate agreement, he still didn't have an answer. when a reporter asked sean spicer about this he still said he had not spoken to the president. there's a point when the white house spokesman tasked on speaking on behalf of the president doesn't have an answer, how is that doing his job? >> pretty extraordinary. myself as a white house correspondent, seven years as white house correspondent. always saying, you have to go ask the president, he hasn't taken questions from the news media in weeks. only statements we have from him those on climate change, statements he tweeted a few years ago, climate change is a hoax. given the sensitivity of this issue, are they doing themselves white house officials a disservice by not simply answering that question? >> yeah. wolf, on this issue at least, i don't think he is doing himself a disservice for this rea

we're about to hear from sean spicer on sessions o, on a whol bunch of other issues. >> this is the firstar from sean since the comey testimony. i think the news sessions wants to testify publicly is a smart thing for sessions to do. we don't know if he'll claim any kind of executive privilege about his conversations with the president. we'll have to wait and see. obviously as the president famously said to jim comey there's a cloud about this and now sessions has been drawn into this. and i thang he wants to probably take an opportunity to clarify that his meetings were and when and his involvement or lack of involvement in the comey firing. >> i'm wondering will he finally say yes, the president has confidence in his attorney general? >> that's certainly the big question. we have asked this, we the press have asked this numerous times. they have dodged in several ways. the most recent being that he has confidence in his entire cabinet. so we still have not heard those magic words confidence in attorney general jeff sessions which they have to know allows this conversation to feed that c

sean spicer also stated that it's important to keep up with the lines of communication.f business we do talk about is that sean spicer, when asked about the tapes that the president said he might have in his possession, it said that we expect that we will get the answer to whether or not he has tapes by the end of this week. something to watch for there. >> sandra: we will indeed. john roberts, thank you. congress just a couple weeks away now from a scheduled summer recess, but the senate still working on a bill that would repeal and replace obamacare. republican study is expressing concern and whether that bill can pass in the house. mike emanuel live on capitol hill for us. mike, the senate health care bill has even rolled out, and is under attack from the right in the left. >> center, you're absolutely right. republican study committee is the largest group of conservatives in the house of representatives. in a letter today it issued a warning to mitch mcconnell saying, we write to express our serious concern regarding recent report saying that the senate efforts to pr

net interest income that saw sean spicer on capitol hill. how soon he can make it over here it is still anyone's guess. i think the real argument here at the white house is simple. number one, can they come to a consensus? more importantly, they have a number of different constituencies as it relates to the debate itself. his repeal and replace really what's taking place on capitol hill? not just here in the building, but throughout the entire carcass that winter, if it it's not going far enough, if this is in effect, obamacare-light. you'll see him take those questions today as you heard, mike emanuel report, he continues to grapple and figure out a way to meet the needs of that the carcass itself and get senators on board, and a great many others as he gets under way. julie? >> julie: thank you very much. and of course, will be watching for. it's must begin at 2:00 p.m. eastern, and as kevin just mentioned, sean spicer is not in the building at. we'll have to wait and see when that starts. kevin, thank you. let's bring in chris stirewalt,

press secretary sean spicer rejecting the claim by news max ceo chris ruddy that the president was weighing the option. spicer issued a statement overnight, saying mr. ruddy never spoke to the president regarding this issue. "with respect to this subject, only the president or his attorneys are authorized to comment." >>> in the wake of fbi director james comey's firing, the mere suggestion president trump might terminate mueller is drawing rapid fire from capitol hill. the top democrat on the house intel committee, adam schiff tweeting "if president fired bob mueller, congress would immediately re-establish special counsel and appoint bob mueller. don't waste our time." for the latest, we bring in senior white house correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: christine and dave, a friend of the president said mr. trump is considering the possibility of firing special prosecutor robert mueller. news max editor chris ruddy told pbs the president is actually weighing such a dramatic move, but a source close to the president told cnn there are many people advising the president to not fire mueller.

when we come back our look back at the last two days in the life of sean spicer when the 11th hour continuesthing before we go here tonight, two days in the life of spicer. even his critics admit it's not easy being sean spicer. we thought his high points from ♪ pressure. i feel it everyday. but at night, it's the last thing on my mind. for 10 years my tempur-pedic has adapted to my weight and shape, relieving pressure points from head to toe. so i sleep deeply and wake up ready to perform. ♪ now through june 11th, save $600 when you buy select tempur-pedic adjustable mattress sets. find your exclusive retailer at tempurpedic.com. >>> last thing before we go here tonight, two days in the life of spicer. even his critics admit it's not easy being sean spicer. we thought his high points from yesterday deserved a re-airing. as you watch this superb collection as compiled by the staff at the jimmy kimmel show see if you think someone might have dictated his talking points and sent him out there to insist the trump overseas trip had been a smashing success. >> i want to recap the incredible trip

sean spicer was asked about it today. want to play what he said. >> it's not hard to conclude that partisan politics may be one of the motivations between the suit. the suit was filed by two democratic attorney generals, the lawyers driving it are advocacy group with partisan ties process. it started with a press conference prior to filing. it challenges the sort of business transaction that everyone from penny pritser serving in the last administration and others have fajd in while in office. >> attorney patricia how to you respond. >> first of all our outside counsel is crew. and they are the former ethic counsel to george bush and barack obama. it's hardly a partisan effort. this is about corruption. the emolument clauses prevent the president from taking critics, payments, gifts from foreign governments and from the united states or any of the united states. and our concern is that the president, president trump with his extensive business holdings is tangled up with united states policies. and the people of the unite

will it be sean spicer or will sarah huckabee sanders or somebody else come to the podium since sean spicer along with reince priebus were spotted accompanying mike pence on capitol hill. all senators, all gop senators will be going to the white house at 4:00 p.m. to speak with the president. we will find out if that changes any minds. but again, the president of the united states did run on repealing and replacing obamacare but he also ran on not touching entitlements, not touching medicaid, making sure everybody had access to affordable and better coverage. the cbo score was very clear that this bill did cut entitlements, cut medicaid and did not give people access to better health care and in some cases, would drastically increase their premiums, those who could least afford it. they will have a lot of questions to answer in that white house press briefing. no doubt senator mcconnell will as well. he is going to be taking that podium at any moment. joining me is republican congressman chris stewart who represents the state of utah. congressman stewart voted for the house gop health

we've seen that with gary cohn and with you and with sean spicer day in and day out.n spicer was very carefully how he was answering this question and every other question. he kept looking down at the podium and reading a basically pre-written statements out loud, and the reason why you do that is because you know that president trump is right behind that dore behind him watching every word he says, so, again, i'm one of the few, wolf, that's in the category of sympathy for sean spicer because i do feel like he has arguably the toughest job in the world. >> me, too. >> but it should be donald trump as the one we're focusing on because he's the one making all the decisions. >> david axelrod, the president has toss have credibility with the news media as well, right? >> right, right. i agree with mark, and i have sympathy as well, but this is the job that sean signed up for. he didn't sign up for it unaware of the idiosyncracies of donald trump. what donald trump is that he's burning all of the people around him. none of them will have any credibility left and that's a

sean spicer giving the story plenty of new life. now it's evolving into an online battle between the trumps and the clintons. yes, we are still relitigating the 2016 campaign, and it is june 1st, everybody. good morning. i'm dave briggs. >> and i'm christine romans. again, first day of the month, but the same old same old -- >> same old same old -- >> snickering? i don't know what it is. >> bickering. >> bickering. 4:00 a.m. in the east. we have four new developments in the russia investigation this morning. questions of whether attorney general jeff sessions had another previously undisclosed meeting during the campaign with the russian ambassador. the white house no longer taking questions about russia, referring everything, everything about russia now referred to the president's lawyer. >> sources say former fbi director james comey plans to testify the president did, indeed, try to pressure him on the bureau's russia probe, and the house intelligence committee issuing its first subpoenas. the batch includes some signed by chairm

do you believe sean spicer? >> i don't believe sean spicer and that's what makes this so problematic. we have the entire intelligence community saying with high confidence that, yes, the russians hacked. and the president has done a small response for every time he's asked the question and now sean spicer is for all intents and purposes saying i don't know. this is their effort to try and move away from what has been one of the greatest impacts on our democracy ever. imagine if we had russians working in the election department as spies throughout our country? would we just allow that to go on? and for all intents and purposes, that is exactly what happened. >> part of what we'll answer questions of course, would be whether the president of the united states has tapes of his conversations with jim comey, right? as he sintimated on twitter he may have. your committee has put a deadline out, this week, this friday. you sate this friday put out any recordings you have. sean spicer was also asked about the tapes tod

if you'd rather be home, ask your doctor about neulasta onpro. >>> white house press secretary sean spicer having a bit of a tough time answering a simple question five months into the trump presidency. does the president believe russia interfered in the election? spicer has been unable to answer the question, this is on a variety of topics, nine instances. here you go. >> i have not asked the president since the last time we spoke about this. >> i haven't spoken to him on it about the reason. >> i don't know. i haven't asked him that specific question. >> i said i have not had a discussion with him on the question. >> i haven't talked to the president specifically about this. >> i have not had an opportunity to have that discussion. >> i have not asked him. >> i have not asked the president. >> i haven't asked him. i'll get back to you. >> pal nl meet face. >> john avlon, margaret talev and david drucker back with us. margaret, you sit in on these questions. this is a simple one, but does sean spicer not talk to the president? >> he talks to the president about things that the president w

neither he nor sean spicer nor kelly kellyanne conway have not answered the question. the idea that we need to ask the president ourselves, we'd love to. we'd ask him about his views on global warming and the russian investigation because on the latter sean spicer has a new tactic, referring all questions to that subject to the president's outside counsel. so, now on two of the most pressing issues facing the administration, the new line is basically, don't ask us. jim acosta was involved in one of those questions and nonanswer exchanges. he's joining us now. it seems like no one in the white house wants to answer whether the president believes in climate change. >> reporter: that's right. you'd think we were asking for the nuclear codes today in the briefing room. we were trying to ask if the president believes that climate change is a hoax. we've seen this pattern before. when the president clings to a false belief that, for example, president obama was not born in the united states or that president obama wire-tapped him at trump tower or climate change is a hoax, i

sean spicer expected to come out soon start taking questions from reporters.l of course have live coverage. >>> british police have identified a third attack ner saturder in london's terror attack, youssef swr youssef zaghba. he was placed on a watch list after attempting to travel to syria and having extremist material on his phone. police say youssef zaghba and two other men rammed a van into pedestrians on a bridge. the three attackers were shot and kill by police at the scene. >>> meanwhile, the uk foreign secretary boris johnson told british media that the country's intelligence service has questions to answer, like how one of the london attackers was well known to authorities and had even been featured in a documentary entitled "the jihadis next door." theresa may is facing rather tough questions when it comes to security especially by her opponents in thursday's national election. let's bring in our chief international correspond chrissian nana amanpour. give us a sense the serious questions surrounding the prime minister and her handling of the terror

sean spicer now five months into this administration still can't say where the president stands. white house press secretary sean spicer refusing to say whether president trump believes russia interfered in the 2016 election. >> i think i have not sat down and talked to him about it specifically. >> reporter: dismissing the unified assessment of the nation's intelligence community. >> it's very disturbing because this was a serious attack on our democracy and at the top of the united states government there ought to be a level of concern. >> reporter: spicer's refusal to answer this basic question adding to the mounting credibility issues facing the president's spokesman. >> i have not had an opportunity to have that discussion. i have not asked him. honestly, i haven't asked him. i can get back to you. >> reporter: president trump has addressed the issue with varying responses. >> as far as hacking, i think it was russia but i think we also get hacked by other countries and other people. i'll go along with russia. could have been china. >> reporter: but mr. trump does not appear

sean spicer still left room in the fact that it could be any country interfering. he said this. he said that, of course he is. he's concerned about any country and any actor that wants to interfere in the election. that simply is not strong enough for what some republicans want to hear. congressman adam kinzinger, a republican of illinois was on cnn's new day this morning saying the president needs to be more forthcoming about this because he said the same thing can happen in the reverse to a republican election here. so i'm still not hearing the level of acknowledgment of interference in the election here at the white house that you're hearing, really, across this town, across intelligence community, house senate republican, democrat, it doesn't matter. that is still not something the president wants to engage in because he's afraid that it delegitimizes his win, which of course it doesn't. he won the election. it's a separate thing but it's something this white house has struggled to come to grips with. >> astute of you because it mirrors what the president said in that news c

. >> sean spicer ending the daily briefing today. he started out that briefing with alexander acosta, his new labor secretary. we're going to get a debrief of all of this with reporters at the white house as well as a number of analysts. after he went from alexander acosta, he quickly went to the briefing, talking about the president's travel ban and the next main event. attorney general jeff sessions' much anticipated testimony in public before the senate intel committee. and that brings us to our word of the day. actually, it's two words once again: under oath. president trump says he's also willing to go on the record with his version of events involving james comey. but will his attorneys allow it? and the tale of the tapes. the president is given a deadline to turn over any recordings he has of his meetings with james comey, a move that could force trump to admit whether or not those tapes actually exist. again, we will debrief with our team of reporters and analysts. we want to begin, though, with peter alexander who is in that

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from the initial tweet to the president's response to sean spicer's briefing? this entire episode it seems to me is a perfect example of how much they are not in control of their own destiny at the moment. they want to keep pumping this distraction because of russia and other headlines. they can't even get out and control this. sean spicer breathes new life into it, what is completely silly fashion, and to me, it's an example of a communications operation that doesn't know how to proactively get out there and sell the president's agenda. >> how about making a funny joke about it? why not do that? he's offering a double covfefe this morning. or something. that would be what a press secretary would do, except not this one and not in this time. >> good covfefe, thank you. >> thank you. >>> the president is expected to pull out of the paris climate accord. his advisers are deeply divided on the issue. could they change his mind in the 11th hour? >>> at today's briefing, sean spicer would not say whether president trump has made a final decision on the paris climate

we saw the white house press secretary sean spicer brief reporters on camera, something he hasn't done in more than a week. let's go to our white house correspondent jeff zeleny. spicer was asked about the president's views on russia's election meddling during the campaign last year. we didn't really get a satisfactory answer. >> reporter: wolf, he was asked about that. that is something that republicans and democrats in the entire u.s. intelligence committee agree on. russia did interfere in the election. we've heard it time and time again in those hearings on capitol hill. we didn't hear it today in the white house briefing room. let's watch. >> i have not sat down and talked to him about that specific thing. obviously we've been dealing with a lot of other issues. i'd be glad to touch base. >> generally speaking, this conversation about russian interference in our elections, there's 16 intelligence agencies that say that they did. the former fbi director said without a doubt -- >> i understand. i've seen the reports. >> does the president share those views? >> i've not sat down and

it's remarkable not only that sean spicer hasn't talked to the president about it. that would actually surprise me that he hasn't. but it also confirms everything else that we've heard when we look at what comey was asked, we can also look at what comey was not asked. he was never asked about the underlying crime. he was never asked about the russian hacking. and if that's what happened, that's very surprising. because the president should be very concerned and as we look forward to the next election, we need to be sure. as clint pointed out 39 different states were affected. and it got very serious. so we want to make sure that our vote all counts. and we need to look at that. >> so, clint, at the fbi alone, what, 35,000, 36,000 employees, and down to the interns, people in the mail room, administrative assistants, they are patriots and they believe in what they're doing and where they're doing it. stories like the one tonight about what happens at the consumer end of intelligence does this have ac chilling effect? are people going to be less forthcoming about sour

during that exchange, sean spicer ignored my question about why the cameras were off, but a report we the conservative outlet, oann, went ahead and asked sean spicer the same question, and he said basically we're going to have days where we have the cameras on and where we don't have the cameras on. but if you look at the last several gaggles and briefings here at the white house, anderson, they've nearly been all off camera. so the question becomes, is this part of a new normal here at the white house where the press freedoms are being taken away, to have these spokes people for the president of the united states answer our questions in front of the cameras. >> the president took to twitter to criticize former president obama for his response to the alleged russian interference in the 2016 election. i want to read some of those. the reason that president obama did nothing about russia after being notified by the cia of meddling is that he expected clinton would win and did not want to rock the boat. he didn't choke, he colluded or obstructed and it did the dems and crooky hillary no

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sean spicer also did give us new information about what will happen next.e said the justice department is reviewing the ruling, and will work out how to implement it. the been trying to figure out how to make this ban on paper a reality in airports, customs, and the plans are moving forward, shep. >> shepard: we are waiting to hear how much the senate republican health care plan might cause taxpayers and how many americans will lose coverage. the congressional budget office is expected to release those numbers this afternoon, and we are expecting them shortly. we'll see if that happens. republican leaders have updated their plan, and now, and includes a penalty for people who let their insurance lapse. hear how works. after 63 days in the past year, face a six-month delay before a new policy could take effect. the analyst say the gold there is to try to get healthy people to buy coverage, and then keep them from dropping it. they say it also helps insurance companies pay for sicker customers who are more expensive to cover. before g.o.p. leaders added this

earlier in the day at the briefing white house press secretary sean spicer was asked that question and said company not answer it. >> how would you describe the president's level of confidence in the attorney general jeff sessions? >> i've not had a discussion with him about that. >> last time you said that there was a development. >> i'm answering a question which is i have not had that discussion with him. i have not had a discussion with him on the question. if i haven't had a discussion with him about a subject i don't discuss it. >>> a white house fish was asked once again. that official couldn't say whether the president has confidence in sessions. there's been friction between sessions and the president for several weeks. at one point during their conversation session offered to step aside and the president did not take that offer. however we're told by justice department spokeswoman that sessions is not being fired and not offered to resign. >>> jim acosta thank you. the "new york times" reporting that comey went straight to sessions after a february meeting in the oval office.

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it had been eight days until we had a on camera briefing from sean spicer.but the clip you played in the opening of the segment was remarkable because that was the press secretary for the president for the u.s. government saying he hasn't actually had a discussion with the president about this russia hacking matter. you know this is something that donald trump tweets about almost every day every other day he is tweeting about russia and fake news and what happened and what didn't happen. and for sean spicer to not be able to articulate whether or not the president believes what the u.s. intelligence agency's have concluded without a doubt which is that russia did indeed launch the cyberattacks to influence -- the influence the u.s. election last year, is really stunning. >> jill you are a woman of the law all your career yet i'm trying to to us us a a question pb can mueller prosecute a lack of concern? can he prosecute an attitude that appears to be normalization and appears to go against the grain of commonly accepted thought? >> i don't think that's again

you just heard kellyanne conway, sean spicer the other day. it's an open question they haven't flatly ruled that out. >> have you ever seen donald trump give something up for nothing? i think he wants to play this out as long as he can and then try to look magnanimous. >> there are other ways he can prevent him from testifying, namely to convince the republican chairman of the senate intelligence committee to call off the hearing because the president doesn't want that testimony to come up. >> he certainly could, wolf. he could try to invoke executive privilege, make a big show of it. and then chairman burr could say i'm shocked that james comey wants to discuss such private matters and then pull the hearing. >> knowing richard burr, i don't think that strategy is going to work. another strategy, he could just say to james comey don't do it. you were part of the administration, this is executive privilege. and then comey would have to make that decision. >> he could. he certainly could. i think if comey will think about answering questions in

sean spicer responded to that. >> he did. this is one of those issues where when you don't have an on-camera briefing for a week or more, a story like this lingers without you going on camera and pushing back. it's not just about reporters belly-aching but an opportunity for the white house to use the briefing room as an offensive weapon and give the president's side to this. a week or so ago, the president called the house bill mean. what they're focusing instead on, there's a big debate on the senate on their version of the health bill. the president wants to make sure that one is better. listen. >> the president wants the bill to have heart in it. he believes that healthcare is something that is near and dear to so many families and individuals. he made it clear, that was one of the priorities and the senate work its way through the bill as the house did, any ideas are welcome to strengthen it, make it more affordable and successful and deliver the care it needs. this is an area that the president believes passionately abo