humira. and go. tonight, deflect and deny. president trump trying to muddy the waters when it comes to the hush money payments made to women during the election. he said this to fox news when asked about michael cohen s three-year prison sentence. i don t think they even paid any money to that tabloid, okay? i don t think we made a payment to that tabloid. i was asking the question. i don t think we made a payment. it doesn t matter whether trump made a payment to the tabloid. he was actually in the room with the guy in charge of the tabloid who made the payment and the reason trump is in serious legal trouble, possibly, is because prosecutors say he s the one who directed the payments.
let me ask you this, unfair question, i don t know if you know the answer, do you think this is a potentially undercounting thing? we there was a great report about trump supporters interviews with them and several were saying, they are feeling like it is hard to come out and be publicly for trump, they don t say they are, but they are. yeah, i think we re getting a lot of that, people who are in the closet trump supporters and one day they ll come up of the closet, but or they did for a day. but i don t know, i don t think people are laughing because they feel like everyone else is laughing, i feel like they re laughing because you re a closeted putin supporter, very different. i m in the closet on all issues. i don t want anyone to know what i think other than donald trump is dumb, but that was a joke. you will be tweeted at. we try to expandhe conversation here, you will probably be tweeted for that. not every joke is easy to understand on tv. i tell a lot of bad jokes
guy. might end up in a nuclear holocaust. but you might be you might be the dumb one. totally. he might be a really smart guy, who is playing a dumb guy. i think as joe is saying, there is nothing funnier than an arrogant dumb guy who thinks he s a genius. and that clip we said, think about john oliver, as much as i love the show, it is way more news than comedy, like, a lot of great news and throws in a joke to remind you ts is also a comedy show. your boss,immy fallon, he does it with the impression. we don t get a sense of where he stands, i dent thion t think he trying let s look at his trump impression. so it is time for me to take matters into my own abnormally gigantic hands. the only way to ensure the news you re watching is not fake is if i m the one delivering it, which is why i m starting the trump news network. this is tnn.
donald trump s mantra might be, i m not a liar, i just tweet a lot. walking back donald trump s wiretap tweets. how much of this stuff does the leader of the free world sincerely believe? did he really only learn about reports of wiretapping this past week when the allegation made its way to breitbart news? why didn t he consult his own fbi director before going public? and fbi director confirming today to nbc he s asking doj to reject the president s unproven claim. and does trump not believe the facts are available or does he not care? let s get right into it with erin gloria ryan, and back with us, former governor howard dean. your take on all of this, and the role of breitbart and these kind of reports?
i think it is people don t understand the psychology behind it. just imagine, american top official from new administration, calling russian ambassador, and the sitting president announces sanctions and tells him wait, don t do anything, we ll remove the sanctions. it doesn t matter whether trump authorizes call or not. what is most important, putin did believe that michael flynn spoke on behalf of donald trump, which means flynn was already a trustworthy agent. and while no one has been charged with any crime in connection with that, the fbi was looking at it. we have to take a pause. michael isikoff, david corn and garry kasparov, thank you for joining us. wish we had more time. we ll get you back. breaking news, fbi director james comey asking doj to reject trump s wiretapping claims, the white house backpedaling on the story. we ll bring back in the political power panel next on all that. are your allergies holding you back or is it your allergy pills?