u.s. president trump and the republicans are on the defensive after two bombshell articles came out over the weekend. mr. trump slammed the new york times after it reported that the fbi was so concerned about the president s actions after the firing of the former fbi director james comey that it began investigating whether mr. trump was working on behalf of russia. a later washington post article reports that he concealed the details of his meetings with russian president vladimir putin. these reports certainly raising a lot of questions. our boris sanchez has reaction from the white house. reporter: the white house is dismissing reports of both the new york times and the washington post this week with press secretary sarah sanders putting out two statements. in both of them with press secretary dismisses the details of the reports, in one of them suggesting that the report is
asked. i think it is the most insulting article i ve ever had written. and if you read the article, you see that they found absolutely nothing. the word no was missing there. also this weekend, the wall street journal reporting that president trump s national security council asked the pentagon for military options to strike iran. the request came last year after militants aligned with tehran fired three mortars into the diplomatic quarter, home to the u.s. embassy. and last night, the president tweeting sharp words for turkey threatening to devastate its economy if it attacks kurds in sear skra. but t syria. but also he seemed to give some cover to turkey if it does attack the kurds. a lot to get to with fred pleitgen live in moscow. fred, good morning. reporter: good morning. certainly those two bombshell articles that came out over the weekend in the new york times and the washington post very