the time with foreign policy. and i have news for everybody, get over it. there is going to be political influence in foreign policy. that admission or confession if you will shocked the nation s capitol including individuals in the white house and mulvaney was quickly ordered to clean it up. he issued a statement claiming he had not said what he very clearly said. congressman francis rooney of florida, a former diplomat said in response to the attempted walk-back, quote, it is not an etch-a-sketch. how on life could you do those things when you just said it right there on national tv, unquote. rooney saying the admission shocked him and he wants more information. president trump and his aides are today trying to pretend they are not worried about this as cnn s boris sanchez reports now from the white house. reporter: president trump dodging questions today about mick mulvaney s damning press briefing in which the acting chief of staff admitted trump held back aid to ukraine in
reporter: donald trump feeling the squeeze, behind ben carson in now three iowa polls. but refusing to acknowledge the slip,matt lauer. i don t believe i did fall behind. it was one poll, a second poll. it was small polls. you ever been told no? my whole life has really been a no and i fought through it. i started off in brooklyn, my father gave me a small loan of $1 million. reporter: trump dodging, weaving and attacking. trump isn t letting up on jeb bush, ridiculing the once presumptive nominee for meeting in houston with his family. including his brother and father, two former presidents, to rethink his struggling campaign. he s meeting today with mommy and daddy reporter: as bush s frustration becomes increasingly evident. i got a lot of really cool things that i could do other than sit around, being miserable, listening to people demonize me and me feeling compelled to demonize them. that is a joke. elect trump if you want that.