It was about the velocity of the year and the events. Lock him up alternative facts. No. Russia did not help me. Yeah. Thats him. Mr. Rosenstein is your testimony today that you believe bob mueller is a person of high integrity. Is that right . Yes. And i think that bob mueller ended up at number one with us because hes already indicted or put out for former Trump Campaign officials one, a form other National Security adviser and he heads into 2018 with the fate of the presidency in his hands. Just been told weve had cameras on us while having this conversation the whole time. Thanks very much for joining us. Good night. This sunday looking back at 2017 and ahead to 2018. President trump. Did he keep his promises . I will be the greatest jobs president that god has ever created. The tax relief will be concentrated on the working and middle class. I will be president for all america. Well look at promises made, promises kept and promises broken. Plus, the 2018 political landscape. Democ
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been it was because of his handling of the hillary clinton case. the president sits down with lester holt, your colleague lester prepared all these different ways to try to get trump to say that it was about russia. he prepped. they had all kinds of ways to go. the president sits down and just says it, he just blurts it out. so the staff is telling us that if he s saying behind the scenes, figure out a way for him to say it to do minimal damage. the twitter factor and what he may say on twitter at any point. mike allen, thank you. you can sign up for the newsletter by going to signupaxios.com. morning joe, everyone, starts right now. sean spicer our press secretary gave alternative facts to that. in a situation like this, you have over time facts develop. somebody s version of the truth, not the truth. truth isn t truth. alternative facts. facts develop.
lawyer. that was the intention of the meeting. you just said it. that was the original intention of the meeting. it turned out to be a meeting of another subject and it was not pursued at all. and even the question of whether the president played a role in drafting a statement about that meeting has changed from no to yes. thou those specifics are damning enough. the overarching reality is this administration repeatedly insists you are entitled to your own facts. you re saying it s a falsehood and they re giving sean spicer our press secretary give alternative facts to that. i think it s very important to point out that in a situation like this, you have over time facts develop. fact counting is anything we ve never had anybody with a level of audacity he has, not even close. we ll leave it there it s in the eye of the beholder. no, facts are not in the eye of the beholder. you re always welcome to argue the case. just remember what you re seeing is what you re readin
time. i do that every single day and will continue to do that every day. welcome back to hardball. thomas jefferson once said that the whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. but that hasn t been the case in the trump white house as mark leave vitz writes notice week, trump places high value on his proxies and expects them to talk more or less as he does even if this might include advancing dubious claims and crossing certain lines of decorum. as a result the job carries significant rick for the spokesperson s own reputation. let s watch some of the performances from the president s press team, if you will, over the past year and a half. this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration period, both in person and around the globe. you re saying it s a falsehood. they re giving sean spicer our press secretary gave alternative facts to that. the president himself is