room. how did that happen? i sent them. something i probably wouldn t may be gotten away with in a more organized investigation, more organized administration, and the george w. bush of administration, for example, or the obama administration. the protocol, two mind that all of us have increased appreciation for over the last two years. [applause] in both of those administrations, there is process. if the fbi wanted to send agents into the h white house itself, o interview a senior official, you would work through their ndwhite house counsel and there would be discussions and approvals of who would be there. i thought, it s early enough, let s just send a couple guys over. sean: i wouldn t have tried, i wouldn t have gotten away with this in a prior w administration. really? this is week one of the trump
investigation that threatens to take down the trump presidency which began because of a conversation inside this london wine bar between papadopoulos and the australian ambassador the uk at the time, alexander downer. so for the australian high commissioner to reach out to me out of the blue considering i had no background whatsoever in the u.s./australian relationship, i found it odd, i have to say. initially i thought it was very odd. so down eer has only given o interview describing your meeting so i ll read his version of events. he said you, quote, mentioned the russians might use material they have on hillary clinton in the leadup to the election which may be damaging. so his memory is, at least accord this interview, that you said the russians had material that could be damaging to hillary clinton. is it possible you said that? anything is possible, jake. i have absolutely no recollection of ever mentioning that to this individual. he might have heard something.
there has been any president that done anywhere close. when you think about regulations and the supreme court and the stock market and the economy. laura: i like the fact you are impatient for change in a city that is slow moving. that s something, you are impatient. the most important thing we will be doing is tax cuts. you will see this economy take over like a rocketship. laura: thank you very much, mr. president. up next reaction to o interview with the president from both sides. later, a part of that interview you didn te. we asked the president about the entertainment industry attacks on him. i think it s disgraceful, but we power forward.
the last 48 hours. when lester holt asked why you fired comey and why you did it when you did. he said, quote, when i decided to do it, i just said to myself, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia, it s a made up story. the president inserted that in his answer. not once in his answer did he bring up hillary clinton s e-mails which was the justification they tried the first time around with rosenstein s letter. how critical is that? how does the white house get around that? they can t. the president weresident went o interview and spoke extensive limit. someone in the stall did not think it was good for them to do that interview. he threw them under the bus. they said this was all on the recommendation of rod rosenstein. all on comey s performance during the last year. particularly with the clinton e-mail server investigation.