>> jonathan, this is their story and they are sticking to it nonstop. >> yeah. and the staff has absorbed this. it's the donald trump message of this is the real story. this is what's happened. of course that's what started this scramble to justify, rationalize, find the evidence which has got devin nunes in all that trouble. >> mark halperin. >> you look at the history of this, at least a distraction for them and he brings on a lot of it himself, the most famous tweet about president obama. the most constant tweets, keeps it alive in the media. it does -- it does, jonathan said, it's so hard for this white house staff trying to learn how to do their jobs under the media and legal pressure of these investigations. >> again, we talked about this before, how well the guy is off mentally. any sane, rational person would know if i keep bringing attention to something, then i'm