your 3-year-old have one of those play phones? >> reporter: today president trump called the times report a fake story, tweeting, i rarely use a cell phone. and when i do, it's government authorized. i like hard lines. but former white house aide omarosa manigault newman tweet the, he always used his personal iphone for calls even after being told over and over again about the security risk. >> this would be a gold mine in order to know how to influence him. what it is that pleases him, how you would deal with him in a negotiation. >> our thanks to our friend andrea mitchell for that report tonight. another break for us. and coming up, a look back, as we mentioned earlier, at other times when we've looked to our presidents during unsettling times in our country, when we come right back.