Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Like The President is referring to the hoax as any allegation of collusion against him, his campaign, those around him. He doesnt make clear that interference is continuing to happen right now in this election when voters are being asked to go to the polls in a matter of weeks for those who vote early and in the 95 days that youve outlined. The president is out there campaigning for republicans at the same time theres interference happening. Its one thats not surprising when we look back at the history. Thank you for that. With us now from washington, Msnbc National Security analyst ned price. A former cia officer who served as Special Assistant to president obama on the National Security council. We have andy card, former white house Chief Of Staff and now an msnbc political analyst. Onset two veteran political reporters. I think all of us saw what
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My lawyers arent working on that. Im working on that. I write the answers. My lawyers dont write answers. I write answers. I was asked a series of questions. Ive answered them very easily. Very easily. Im sure they are tricked up because that i can ley like to people. A president claiming hes not relying on his lawyers for answering a question in a legal case. Way too experienced in courtrooms and deposition rooms to mike thake that mistake so t claim does sound false. Trump committing his collusion defense to writing is an important development. Tonight we know that was the backdrop for trumps recent Early Morning tweet storm about the probe where he made the sel selfincriminating boast he has knowledge of inner workers that the prosecutors scream and shout and threaten people. Comments he explained in a recent interview. On twitter yesterday you seemed agitated about what you might be perceiving the mueller investigation. Im not agitated. Its a hoax. Did anything trigger that . No. I
my lawyers aren t working on that. i m working on that. i write the answers. my lawyers don t write answers. i write answers. i was asked a series of questions. i ve answered them very easily. very easily. i m sure they are tricked up because that i can ley like to people. a president claiming he s not relying on his lawyers for answering a question in a legal case. way too experienced in courtrooms and deposition rooms to mike thake that mistake so t claim does sound false. trump committing his collusion defense to writing is an important development. tonight we know that was the backdrop for trump s recent early morning tweet storm about the probe where he made the sel self-incriminating boast he has knowledge of inner workers that the prosecutors scream and shout and threaten people. comments he explained in a recent interview. on twitter yesterday you
opponent of the media. we saw it in his presidential campaign. we re seeing it on the campaign trail now. we re seeing some republican candidates echo sentiment toward the base. what do you think ? it s playing the president wants to mike thake this a camp issue to frame this election around the media. with his base it s working. i don t think we should give him what he wants. we re not the story. the way we and our colleagues make the story about us is a mistake. i don t think we have to boycott or give everything to him in terms of coverage. there s a middle ground. you can go and choose what s newsworthy. i think there s too much at his rallies and too much basic coverage that makes no news. thanks so you and all of your colleagues still at the white