tape. it s a terrible tape. i ve been fully briefed on it. there s no reason for me to hear it. i said to the people, should i? they said you really shouldn t. i know everything that went on on the tape. and what happened? it was very violent, very vicious, and terrible. the president also said he doesn t know if the saudi crown prince was lying when he denied having any involvement in the murder of khashoggi. a statement that conflicts with the cia s assessment that mohammed bin salman personally ordered the killing. that brings us to the weekend presidential brief, a segment we broi bring you every sunday night, highlight the information the president will need when he wakes up tomorrow. joining us is cnn national security analyst and former national security council adviser, sam vinograd who helped prepare the daily brief for president obama. the president says he ll be getting a final intel report soon on the khashoggi murder. how important is that final report? ana, if the
never said we were the enemy of the people. no. he didn t talk about the news. he didn t talk about anything. i m only saying it very differently than anyone s ever said it before. after that interview aired, admiral mccraven issued this statement in response. i m a fan of president obama and president george w. bush, both of whom i worked for. i admire all presidents regardless of their political party who uphold the dignity of the office and use at a office to bring the nation together in challenging times. i stand by my comment that the president s attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in my lifetime. when you undermine peoplethe pe right to a free press, you threaten the constitution and all for which it stands. retired general mark hurtling
understand what is going on in the white house, the single most powerful office in the world and how it s being conducted and what the president s thoughts are. and so these presidential press conferences are essential to good governance. thank you so much, david gergen, lieutenant general mark hurtling, thank you both for being here. general, thank you so much for your service. thank you, ana. the white house getting ready to submit the president s answers to the special counsel in the russia probe. but while the president says they were no big deal to answer, he has his reasons for not sitting down for an interview. hear why next. here we go.
we re finished. what are the odds, 1 in 100? i don t do odds. you own casinos, sir? very successfully, actually. we gave very, very complete answers to a lot of questions that i shouldn t have even been asked, and i think that should solve the problem. i hope it solves the problem. if it doesn t, you know, i ll be told and we ll make a decision at that time. but probably this is the end. the president is expected to submit those written answers to mueller s questions this week, and the president says he very easily answered those questions. i want to bring in cnn s borris sanchez outside the white house tonight. borris, what more did the president have to say about his new acting attorney general, matt whitaker and mueller s investigation? reporter: president trump opened up about his new acting attorney general during his interview, most notably, answering questions about previous comments made by whitaker, statements made by his
you never do. you are a rude, terrible person. talk about somebody that s a loser. she doesn t know what the hell she s doing. excuse me, don t do that. you ask a lot of stupid questions. decorum, should the president have to follow his own rules? it would be welcome if the president were to call off attacks, especially it s been especially unseemly once again to go after women, especially especially to go after black women. he has a history of doing this, and we all know the pattern. as to the fake news itself, listen, he does have a good story to tell about the economy. this economy is doing well. but the midterms were the perfect place to tell his story. instead he spent the entire midterm trying to scare the hell of us about these migrants