regrets for what amounted to a 41-day wild goose chase in washington. my story didn t change. my story was always a straight story. my story was always the truth. but you ll have to determine for yourself whether or not his story changed but i did not. and a smart way to make sure he stayed honest in those hearings? well, it wasn t very stupid. i can tell you that. reporter: beyond the russia investigation, the administration facing criticism from republicans and democrats the like for not speaking out in russian meddling. the u.s. intelligence committee said there s no question russia interfered. reality is in two or four years it s going to serve vladimir putin s interest to take down the republican party and if we aren t upset about it, we have no right to complain in the future. reporter: three days after saying he didn t know if russia interfered in the election, spicer said the president thinks
a rare bipartisan action in a divided washington. but the russia investigation is threatening to overshadow the president s agenda. he raised new questions about the objectivity of special council robert moouler, suggesting he s too close to fired fbi director james comey. he s very, very good friends with comey which is very bothsome, but he s also reporter: the president didn t had to say he interviewed mueller for the fbi post one day before the russia role in the 2013 election. look. there has been no obstruction, there has been no collusion, there has been leaking by comey. but there s been no collusion, no obstruction, and virtually everybody agrees to that so we ll have to see. reporter: inside the west wing the president is growing increasingly furious about the widening russia probe. the president said he had no
i m going to clarify, i m not an actor. reporter: for the record, the answer to his question is april 1865 when actor john woux booth killed abraham lincoln. he s far from the other celebrity to engage in these kind of comments. yes, hollywood has long tended to that, but this kind of extremist talk is new. madonna said this in washington. yes, i have thought an awful lot about blowing up the white house. but i know that this won t change anything. reporter: in snoop dogg s video for lavender he shoots a cloud version of the president with a mock gun. and kathy griffin made her interpretation and cost her a
it was russia. of course, he s concerned about any country or any actor that wants to interfere. by saying it could have been any country and any actor, the white house is still taking the softest posture against russia from anyone in washington. from capitol hill to the intelligence communities. one earlier note at the g20 meeting in hamburg, germany that could be the first time president trump and russian president vladimir putin come face-to-face for a meeting. jeff zeleny, cnn, the white house. jeff, thank you. the white house is calling a dispute between qatar and other gulf nations a family issue that they should work out together. doha is accusing saudi arabia, egypt, uae and bahrain of trying to limit its sovereignty, after telling khadr they would only lift sanctions if a series of demands are met. list includes closing the al jazeera news work, stopping the
monsoonal rains that continue to move farther to the north, we ll see the chance of showers and thunder continue to the weekend and next week. george, natalie. thank you. all of that rain there in the southwest united states burning more than one state. a massive wildfire in the state of utah has burned 33,000 acres. or 13,000. the fire has been going on now for a week, but it s only 5% contained. it s already destroyed nearly two dozen buildings there, wow. very sharp response coming from the united nations after isis blew up an iraqi landmark. the great mosque of al nuri in mosul. basically, they re talking about the possibility of war crimes from what happened here. right now, you re looking at exclusive drone footage obtained by cnn of the old city of mosul before and after the destruction of the historic mosque. the terror group blames washington and terrain. iraq s foreign minister said