mr. trump: yes, i am. he worked very, very hard. there's been a long history of liking and disliking even within the republican party long before i got here. but i've had a great relationship with the republican party. it seems that both sides like trump and that's good. and you see that, i guess, more clearly than anybody. but we've had -- i'm not going to speak badly about anybody within the party but certainly there's a big history. i think paul really worked hard. and i would say that we will probably start going very, very strongly for the big tax cuts and tax reform, that'll be next. >> what's going to happen to americans when obamacare explodes? mr. trump: bad things are going to happen to obamacare, there's not much you can do to help it. eventually it's not sustainable. the insurance companies are leaving. they're leaving one by one as quick as you can leave. you have states in some cases soon will not be covered. so there's no way out of that. but the one thing that was happening as we got closer and closer, everybody was

ive had visa. >> mr. trump came with a visa. i signed the visa. that was sometime in '96. >> you helped arrange the h 1rks v see is a. >> yes. >> just to be clear, did she ever work in the u.s. illegally. >> not to my recollection. mr. trump took to twitter saying i have at all times be in full compliance with the immigration of this country. anything to the contrary is untrue. then donald trump offered to provide proof. >> they said my wife melania might have come in illegally. can you believe that one? no, no, no. they said, headlines. maybe she dame in illegally. let me tell you one thing. she has it so documented. >> are you still waiting for that press conference. >> everyone is still waiting. no one will be surprised that press conference will never come. >> we love you new hampshire. we together, we will make america great again. >> i think there is an issue with her immigration history and there is a doubt. it may never be resolved. >> nor may questions about melania's colle degreend whether or not she earned one. >> once people started ca

mr. trump: yes, i am. he worked very, very hard. there's been a long history of liking and disliking even within the republican party long before i got here. but i've had a great relationship with the republican party. it seems that both sides like trump and that's good. and you see that, i guess, more clearly than anybody. but we've had -- i'm not going to speak badly about anybody within the party but certainly there's a big history. i think paul really worked hard. and i would say that we will probably start going very, very strongly for the big tax cuts and tax reform, that'll be next. what's going to happen to americans when obe macare explodes? mr. trump: bad things are going to happen to obamacare, there's not much you can do to help it. eventually it's not sustainable. the insurance companies are leaving. they're leaving one by one as quick as you can leave. you have states in some cases soon will not be covered. so there's no wut of bte

trump is reversing, mr. obama cited the need to challenge rising global challengers. >> no challenge poses a better threat to our future and future generations. >> reporter: president trump called the climate change a hoax. and scott pruitt denied a direct link between carbon monoxide and global warming. >> it is not a contributor to the global warming we see. >> reporter: a cloud of suspicion over the russian interference in the 2016 election. the white house committee chairman cannot longer be trusted to look into ties of the trump team. >> reporter: house speaker ryan says he has full confidence that congressman nunes can conduct a fair and credible investigation. but pressure is building on the congressman to explain his actions and reveal his source. >> there was no sneaking around. i did not go to the west wing. did not talk to the president. >> reporter: the chairman of the house intelligence committee, devin nunes, said it was not a secret he visited the white house tuesday to review class y classifi

this apparently has to do with mr. trump's. mr. trump's tax avoidance maneuvers or loopholes has nothing to do with mr. russian -- with any russian ties, has nothing to do with our national defense. they may or may not like what ducks that mr. trump takes but he is not, under 6103 are required to disclose his tax return. 6103 starts off by saying tax information shall be confidential unless and it list as series of exceptions. if a child is missing, if there's a criminal action. none of those apply here. very clearly do not apply here. you're saying that there's some kind of a threat to our national security if he doesn't disclose the returns. i propose to you, if we have a disagreement with them we can invade their privacy, that is far more of a throat our national security than whether mr. trump's disclose his tax returns or not. >> will the gentleman yield? >> no i will not. >> it's not his time to yield? >> getting to know you and your individual talents, so i've been sitting here listening. so much of what you're hearing, i'm

first lady melania trump was not at the white house last night. dem, mr. trump has made no public appearances in the seven days since he launched wiretapping accusations against president obama on twitter and has had limited qact reporters. >> morgan: errol barnett, thank you. the white house confirms president trump has invited palestinian president mahmoud abbas to the white house. a spokesperson for abbas says he plans to meet mr. trump very soon to discuss resuming peace talks with israel. next week, the president meets with saudi deputy crown prince mohammed bin salman, and german chancellor, angela merkel. well, today, u.s. attorney michellpreetbharara said he was. mr. sessions has asked all 46 attorneys appointed by president obama to step down. it's not unusual for incoming administrations to remove holdovers from previous administrations. president trump's revised travel began ban goes into effect next thursday. it bars new visas for people from six predominantly muslim countries and temporarily shuts down the u.s. refugee program. just like the o

mr. trump denied all of it. >> i believe my husband. i believe my husband. this was all organized from the opposition. >> look at her. look at her words. you tell me -- >> reporter: and when her husband turned the tables on the accusers mocking some of them publicly, his wife stood by him. >> he treats everyone equally. so if you're a woman and he attacks, they attack him, they will attack back. no matter who you are. we are all human and he treats them equal as men. >> reporter: one accuser was a "people" magazine writer who profiled the couple in 2005. she claimed that donald trump forcibly kissed her at their palm beach home while a very pregnant melania trump was in another room. the "people" magazine writer said she ran into fifth avenue months after the incident and melania trump asked her why she hasn't seen her around recently that is the portion melania close to take issue with. >> reporter: mrs. trump's lawyer sent a letter to "people" magazine demanding a retraction saying that meeting on fifth avenue never happened. >> i was never friend with her

. >> mr. trump's investing in foreign countries and enterprises. you will find it in the disclosures and not in the tax returns. finally, the bases of this in queries is mr. trump's relationship with russian interests and somehow a threat to our national defense. the third thing is mr. trump's use of any tax shelters and corporate structures and maneuvers maneuvers. it had nothing to do with in russian ties or anything to do with national defense. they may or may not like what deductions he's like. he's not under 6103 required to disclose his tax returns. 6103 starts out saying a taxpayer's tax information shall be confidential unless. >> it lists a series of exceptions. if a child is missing or a criminal action, none of those applied here. very clearly do not apply here. >> you are saying there is some kind of a threat draw national security, i submit to you that if we have a political disagreement with somebody, we can invade their privacy and require them to disclose their personal information, that's far more the threat on national security in

people who voted to mr trump who are concerned about jobs, said people who voted to mr trump who are concerned aboutjobs, said even if a deceleration in the process would have an impact on my family. those who are concerned aboutjobs, they should be more concerned the night. today there are ten times more jobs in renewable energy in the united states tha n in renewable energy in the united states than in coal. there are four times renewable energy jobs states than in coal. there are four times renewable energyjobs in oil and gas. the solar industry is increasing by 6% and the job creation in the united states where as oil and is dropping by 18%. a measure like this is actually stealing jobs away from the united states, it is making products and services in the united states high carbon, that do not have a growing market in other countries. it is reducing the export from the united states and reducing job potential. this should be a concern. more detail on these new policies from donald trump, what he is putting in place, his arguments for it and his critics' arguments against it righ

while president donald trump wasn't mentioned by name he criticized mr. trump and said china remains committed. >> we can't allow china toe rape our done cubatry. >> reporter: mr. trump has had a rocky relationship with china after accusing the country of stealing millions of u.s. jobs. during a heavily choreographed press conference saturday, we asked where the u.s./china ruopp is heading. the question topic had to be presubmitted and preapproved. >> translator: we all hope american policy changes have positive effects, but if there are chaks china will face them head on. >> reporter: despite china's economic challenges and at a times choking pugs, the applause came when he announced china is suspending roaming charges for calls made in another province. adrian na diaz, cbs news, beijing. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," a look at a growing trend in skin care called micro needling and why doctors say it could be dangerous. >>> plus a first on "cbs this morning," airbnb's ceo tell how women play a major part many the company's su

mr. trump claims he recently learned mr. obama ordered what trump describes as a watergate-style water tap on trump tower in new york. he says it happened just before the election. mr. trump offered no evidence, and an obama spokesman issued a quick denial. it comes amid growing controversy over the trtion's possible russianitize. the president is spending the weekend at his mar-a-lago resort in palm beach. errol barnett is there. >> reporter: president trump is back on familiar ground here at his mar-a-lago resort in florida, and he's back to one of his favorite activities -- stirring up conversations with his tweets. after a week of speeches and addresses widely regarded as presidential, mr. trump made an explosive allegation, that the obama administration screptly election. the president's tweet storm started around 6:35 a.m. with this: "just found on that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower. nothing found." minutes later he asked, "is it legal for a sitting president to be wiretapping a race for president? a new low

mr. trump won michigan by fewer than 11,000 votes. margin of victory in a presidential race since 1940. how do they like him now? here's dean reynolds. >> reporter: among those who gathered at the hideout brewery in grand rapids last night the watch the president's speech, shirley hampton needed no convincing. when you saw him up there, did you see a leader? >> i do. i do. i see a man who stands behind his word. the most important thing that i love about him is he keeps telling everybody, we have the band together. >> reporter: but upstairs damien sanchez and chris peterson disagreed. >> who can argue against unity? but has he been a divisive president to this point? of course he has. >> i don't think unity should be an objective. i think where we disagree, we ought to be strong in that resistance. >> look at this place. isn't this incredible? >> reporter: grand rapids was the final stop on the trump campaign last november just hours before he won the state. at breakfast today we found an answer to the question about who could support

trump is now reversing, mr. obama emphasized the need the tackle rising global temperatures. >> no challenge poses a greater threat to our future and future generations. >> reporter: but president trump once called climate change a hoax, and e.p.a. administrator scott pruitt recently denied a direct link between carbon dioxide and global warming. >> i would not agree that it's a primary contributor to the global warming that we see. >> reporter: in 2016, the supreme court blocked mr. obama's clean power plant after more than 20 states complained it exceeded federal law. scott, mr. trump's order urges all federal agencies to suspend or revise any rule he believes unduly burdens domestic energy production. >> pelley: major garrett, thanks. after the president's announcement today, the democratic governors of california and new york said that they would continue to impose state laws limiting carbon in the atmosphere. 20% of americans live in one of those states, and john blackstone met one of them, a climate scient

he listed three items he is looking for in mr. trump's tax returns. those in the disclosure, you will not find them in the tax returns. his investments in foreign countries and foreign enterprises, those will be in the disclosure, not the tax returns. finally, the basis for this inquiry is mr. trump's relationship with the russian somehow, a threat to our national defense. the third thing is mr. trump's use of any tax structures or tax avoidance maneuvers or other loopholes -- it has nothing to ties.h any russian it has nothing to do with our national defense. they may not like what mr. deducts -- what deductions mr. trump takes but he is not required to disclose his tax returns. 6103 starts off by saying that tax return information shall be unless -- it lists a series of exceptions. you went through some of them. if a child is missing, if there is a criminal action, none of those apply here. they very clearly do not apply here. you're saying that there is some kind of threat to our national discloseif he doesn't our taxes. i submit to you that if we

the director of the fbi has rejected mr trump's claims that president obama ordered a wiretap on his election campaign office. leaders of the french centre—right republican party will meet today to try to resolve the crisis surrounding its presidential candidate, francois fillon. mr fillon says he won't pull out of the race. german politicians have reacted angrily to comments by the turkish president, who accused germany of nazi practices after several towns cancelled political rallies involving turkish ministers. now for the latest financial news, with sally bundock and world business report. a european car colossus in the making. france's peugeot citroen is poised to buy general motors‘ european business, including the opel and vauxhall brands. china's premier cuts the economic growth target for this year. we look at the risks to the world's second—largest economy. welcome to world business report, i'm sally bundock. also in the programme: deutsche bank plans to raise billions of euros in a share sale. details in a moment. general motors is set to announce a deal to sell opel

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he was detained because of mr. trump's travel ban. one undocumented immigrant attended. earlier cnn don lemon spoke about challenges. >> she has been living here since she was 14. she got deported because her crime, so to speak for providing for kids. which is what i had to do to keep working and paying social security and paying tax. >> i saw the story you mentioned about the woman who got fake social security card. there are many who say she broke the law. if she broke the law she has to face the consequences. that is a federal crime to have a fake social security card. >> maybe we should talk to the social security who collect contributions from people like me who use fake ids. i used it to work to pay social security so i would pay taxes. we caught in a system that doesn't make sense. we all do what we do to survive. being here is civil offense not criminal one. is her crime because she providing for her children? >>> still to come, president trump to rebuild his economic plan. that's ahead. pain used to shut me down during pick-up games. but with odor free blue-emu

because mr. trump never give up. you never give up, so i didn't give up. [ applause ] and last fall president trump won and you won and i also won. so last december, j.c. hosted an event to celebrate the victory of president trump in japan by inviting dan snyder, executive director of the acu and keys the trade commissioner and it was a big success. [ applause ] and this time i came back to cpac and i noticed something. so i have been here the last three days and i had some mysterious freedom, a sense of oneness here. i noticed i was not the -- i was not alone, but i was always with you working together to realize the idea of a conservatism, even if we're physically apart. [ applause ] so this year, i'm going to be more proactive and aggressive with the three focusing points. first thing, i'm going to devote myself to realize the liberty, the free society -- liberty of a free society by lowering the tax and also eliminate all regulations that are choking our business activities. [ applause ] and second thing, working

expect because mr trump called mr abbas now. we don't really know about the timing of what mr com has in mind forany about the timing of what mr com has in mind for any initiative in the middle east but he certainly wanted to get the view of the israelis first, which he has done, fulsomely. he has also got the view of some arab leaders who have spoken to the president of egypt, he has spoken to the king ofjordan and the number of other arab leaders who have given their input into what they see as their input into what they see as the way forward on the possibilities of some kind of resolution of the dispute or the conflict between the israelis and palestinians. at least they would have told them what not to do. he has taken stock of these viewpoints but he has been very slow to get to the palestinians. having said that, when george w bush came into office, he followed the clinton administration, which was very in gaugedin administration, which was very in gauged in peace process. when mr bush came into office, that stopped while

trump. and then later concluded that mr. trump -- it was hopeless and then they would focus on trying to undermine secretary clinton, especially with european allies. >> agreed. >> up until summer and through the fall, they believed that secretary clinton would win, is that true? >> i think the assessment was late in the summer they concluded, based on the polls inc. a lot of people were reading, that mr. trump didn't have a chance and they shifted to just focusing on just trying to undermine her. >> i tell you, if you were to tell me, and i know you didn't, i'm just saying if anyone were to tell me they concluded mr. trump was going to wirnn, i just say they're nuts because no one in the world thought that. every media organization, every political organization, every government organization i'm familiar with last fall thought secretary clinton would be the next president of the united states. >> i think the russians agreed. >> this is the point, a fine line but such an important point. and that is, how can you know for cer

the future mrs. trump telling the "new york post," it was a great surprise. we are very happy together. ♪ >> the couple wed january 22nd, 2005. >> i think of their wedding as almost a broadway production. >> hundreds attended the star-studded reception at trump's mar-a-la mar-a-lago country club in florida. champagne was served along with a 157 pound wedding cake. >> there was a moment donald wanted to sell the broadcasts to the wedding and melania put her foot down at that. >> the new mrs. trump wore a custom made dior gown from france adorned with 1500 crystals. estimated cost, 100,000 to $200,000. "vogue" featured her on the cover. after the wedding the trump's settled in at their three-story manhattan penthouse overlooking fifth avenue. they granted larry king their first post-wedding interview on cnn. >> you use the name trump? >> i use the name trump. >> because you're proud of it? >> i'm proud of it, yes, i am. >> and that name brought opportunity. the chief executive for aflac personally chose melania trump to tar in this ad saying she is the bride

democrats and republicans called on mr. trump to provide evidence. margaret brennan leads our coverage. >> i have recused myself. >> reporter: it began with attorney general jeff sessions' decision thursday to recuse himself from any investigation of russian meddling during the campaign after revelations he spoke twice with russia's ambassador to the u.s. last year. >> mr. president, do you still have confidence in your attorney general? >> total. >> reporter: mr. trump strongly disagreed with the attorney general's decision. that same day, conservative radio host mark levin accused the obama administration of using what he called "police state tactics. >> the incredible scandal is the obama administration was investigating top officials in the trump campaign, maybe even trump himself, during the course of the election. >> reporter: breitbart, formally run by stephen bannon, also published those claims on friday. then early saturday morning president trump posted four tweets. "terrible. just found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower jus

anita mcbride, chief of staff to former first lady laura bush, says mrs. trump is learning her way. m i think for mrs. trump, who is coming into this as not a politician's wife-- and in fact, , member, she's only been an american citizen for 10 years-- there's a lot to absorb. there's a lot to take in. >> reporter: this afternoon, the first lady joined her husband at the white house for a panel on empowering women. >> melania is a very highly acomplished woman, and really an inspiration to so many, and she is doing some great job. >> reporter: now, most first ladies take a little while to tackle the job. two months after michelle obama became first lady, she broke ground for the white house garden, but, scott, it was a bar before she announced her first initiative "let's move" fitness campaign. >> pelley: jan crawford for us. jan, thank you. still ahead, tracking your internet footprints. your internet footprints. but for both of them, the most challenging opponent was... pe blood clots in my lung. it was really scary. a dvt in my leg. i had to learn all i could to help protect myse

mr. trump and mr. obama have not spoken since the election. but reince priebus and former ba obama chief of staff have been in contact since mr. trump levelled the wiretap allegation last weekend. >>> the federal government launching a criminal investigation to find out how wikileaks released information on the cia. the cia releasing a statement saying the american public should be deeply troubled by the wikileaks disclosures. such disclosures jeopardize u.s. personnel and operations, but equipped adversaries with tools and information to do us harm. >> james comey speaking at a cyber security college at boston college warning to never expect absolute privacy. his first public appearance since donald trump accuse president obama of wiretapping. >>> and president trump's tough talk on illegal immigration may have a serious deterrent effect. according to statistics released by custom and border control, illegal crossings were down 40% last month. that reverses the 17-year upward trend. check out these numbers. family unit apprehension is down 66

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trump,ot vote for mr. but i want to give him a chance, but i think he could very easily and a lot of this controversy and taking our country done this rabbit hole if he would go ahead and release whatever is out there and let the chips all as they may. by all ofisheartened the -- on certain things. anyway, that is my comment. host: jay in concord, virginia. hawthorne, california. erma. caller: how are you? i think that the president should release his taxes. he is hired by the people of the united states. we pay taxes. we have hired him. i think that there is something wrong, he is a great manipulator, he reminds me of off, peoplemade follow love with a man, but forget about the country. it is the country first. he is being hired by the united states of america, he should be honest and show us that he is not a crook. host: one more thing to note for all of you. will, the federal reserve be holding a meeting and after that, janet yellen, the chair will hold a news conference. three things to watch from the

trump pursued business ventures with one of his partners. mr. chairman, i submit for the record the october 19 financial times article, dirty money, trump and the connection. submitting it now. we know that following six bankruptcies, mr. trump had trouble getting loans and financing for his real estate business. german bank deutsche stepped in when wall street stopped lending, giving at least $300 million in loans for trump properties. and more personally to trump's daughter of vodka and son-in-law jared buster, and deutsche banc has been five are currently transferring $10 million out of russia. >> thank you, mr. pascoe. time is expired. mr. renacci, you are recognized. strike the last word. >> thank you, mr. chairman. there's only couple of us on this committee that have ever filed a tax return and ever done a couple get a tax return. i'm not sure who all but i have for the last 30+ years and it's interesting, my friend from new jersey, you are railing of the things that you would never find on a tax return. i've done everything from internat

mr. trump denied all of it. >> i believe my husband. i believe my husband. this was organized from the oppositi opposition. >> look at her and look at her words. >> when her husband turned the tables on the accusers, his wife stood by him. >> if you are a woman and he attac attacks, he will attack back no matter who you are. he treats them and treat them equal as men. >> the writer had profiled the couple in 2005. she claimed that donald trump forcibly kissed her at their palm beach home while a pregnant melania trump was in the room. she ran into mrs. trump on fifth avenue and said melania trump asked her why she had not seen her around. >> that is the portion that melania chose to take issue with. >> mrs. trump's lawyer demanded a retraction saying that meeting on fifth avenue never happened. >> i would not recognize her. i would not recognize her on the street or ask her why we don't see her anymore. that was another thing like people come out saying lies. >> she briefly retreated from the campaign trail. but then melania trump came out strong in the fina

mr. trump claimed on saturday that his predecessor engated in mccarthyism and called mr. obama a bad or sick guy as gayle said. the attack broke the un's truce. . chip, good morning. >> good morning. during the tow 16 election mr. obama was a harsh critic of mr. trump and frequently campaigned against him, but their animosity goes much further enwhen mr. trump leds a fringe move mnlts. >> we're going to want to do everything we can to help you suck seeds. >> alf the vote he praised the man he once called worst president in u.s. history. >> mr. president, wit as great honor being with you. >> reporter: mr. trump and president obama spoke prior to it. it appears they buried the hatchet. >> do you like him? >> you know, i've enjoyed the conversations that we've had. >> we get along. doing know if he'll admit this, but he liked me. >> reporter: but with protests bogged down with allegations of collusion, mr. trump has talkin' the gloves off. >> i think president obama behind it because his people are certainly behind it and some of the leaks possibly come from that group. >>

director james comey repudiated mr. trump's wiretapping charge, and mr. trump's staff has been struggling to fill his silence. margaret brennan pressed the question with white house spokesman sean spicer. >> is the president the target of a counterintelligence investigation? >> i think that's what we need to find out. the president has made clear he has no interest in russia, and yet a lot of these stories that come out with respect the that are frankly fake. >> he doesn't mow whether or not... >> i think that's one of the issues we have asked the senate and house to look into. >> are you saying he is the target of a counterintelligence probe? >> no, no, no. i think what i'm saying is that there is a difference between that narrative and the narrative that has been perpetuated over and over again. the concern that the president has and why he asked the senate and how intelligence committee to look into this is to get to the bottom of what may or may not have occurred during the 2016 election. >> reporter: the press secretary was then handed a piece of pap

mr. trump ends the tweet by calling mr. obama a "bad or sick guy!" kevin lewis, a spokesman for former president obama, said in a statement: "a cardinal rule of the obama administration was that no white house official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the department of justice. as part of that practice, neither president obama nor any white house official ever ordered surveillance on any u.s. citizen. any suggestion otherwise is simply false." ben rhodes, a former top national security advisor to president obama, flatly denied mr. trump's charges, tweeting:" no president can order a wiretap. those restrictions were put in place to protect citizens from people like you." house democratic leader nancy pelosi, also in a tweet, said in part: "the deflector-in-chief is at it again." small groups of supporters of president donald trump held rallies across the nation today from palm beach, florida, near president trump's estate, to a state park near philadelphia. more than a hundred people gathered to show support at the washington

candidate trump's campaign. mr. trump began the morning on twitter defending the attorney general and his first meeting with russia's ambassador to the u.s., saying it was set up by the obama administration, then claimed in his words: "just out: the same russian ambassador that met jeff sessions visited the obama white house 22 times and four times last year alone." the defense of sessions was followed quickly by an extraordinary barrage of accusations against his predecessor, barack obama. offering no evidence, president trump accused president obama of tapping his phones at trump tower during the campaign, claiming: "nothing found. this is mccarthyism!" mr. trump went on to ask: "is it legal for a sitting president to be wire tapping a race for president prior to an election? a new low!" then another, saying: "i'd bet a good lawyer could make a great case out of the fact that president obama was tapping my phones in october, just prior to election!"

while president donald trump wasn't mentioned by name, mr. lee criticized the protectionist policies favored by mr. trump and says china remains committed to inclusive economic globalization. >> we can't continue to allow china to rape our country. >> reporter: mr. trump has had a rocky relationship with china, after accusing the country of stealing millions of u.s. jobs, and advocating for high tariffs on chinese goods on the campaign trail. during a heavily choreographed press conference saturday, we asked where the u.s.-china relationship is headed. the question topic had to be presubmitted and preapproved. >> translator: we all hope american policy changes have positive effects. but if there are challenges, china will mace them head on. >> reporter: despite china's economic challenges and at times choking pollution, mr. lee announced that china is suspending roaming charges for calls made in another province. adriana diaz, cbs news, beijing. >>> up next, the revival of a "la la land" landmark. >>> we close tonight at a los angeles landmar

fbi director james comey repudiated mr. trump's wiretapping charge, and mr. trump's staff has been margaret brennan pressed the question with white house spokesman sean spicer. >> is the president the target of a counterintelligence investigation? >> i think that's what we need to find out. the president has made clear he has no interest in russia, and yet a lot of these stories that come out with respect to that are frankly fake. >> he doesn't know whether or not -- >> i think that's one of the issues we have asked the senate and house to look into. >> are you saying there is a possibility he is the target of a counterintelligence probe? >> no, no, no. i think what i'm saying is that there is a difference between that narrative and the narrative that has been perpetuated over and over again. the concern that the president has and why he asked the senate and house intelligence committee to look into this is to get to the bottom of what may or may not have occurred during the 2016 election. >> reporter: the press secretary was then handed a piece of paper and

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