department spokesperson heather nowart, this is a classic tit for tat and what is the state department saying about it? they are saying it is not a classic tit for not a classic t because the russians were responsible for this chemical weapons attack the first on british soil with weapons grade toxic agent, and that therefore the only two victims here are the british citizen, former russian spy, and his daughter. so, they re saying that this should not have been a retaliation against the united states and that russia is the one who is responsible for it. i tried to drill down on that with heather nauer at the briefing. andrea, go ahead. why haven t we heard from the president of the united states? the last thing we know about his communications with russia were his congratulatory call to vladimir putin when he did not
mr. president, any comment on ms. mcgoogle. reporter: stormy daniels attorney is literally taunting, daring, provoking president trump. let the president take to the podium and call her a liar. we have a president who will tweet about the most mundane things known to mankind, but for some reason he can t come out and talk about the affair. you know why? because it s true. he knows i m telling the truth. reporter: the president s only stab at a post 60 minutes tweet was generic, so much fake news. why haven t we heard from him? that will be up to his president. donald trump doesn t always zip it when facing accusations by women. the people magazine reporter. look at her, look at her words. you tell me what you think. i don t think so. reporter: if the president insists on keeping a stormy
$130,000 be paid to a woman in the days before the election? you re saying she made false claims but why would $130,000 be paid to her? again, false charges are settled out of court all the time. you have to ask michael cohen about the specifics. does the president have intentions of responding directly? why haven t we heard from him? that s up to the president. jen? on north korea, bloomberg reported that kim jong-un is in china now. does the white house see it as a precursor to talk between president trump and kim jong-un and has china offered to host the summit? we can t confirm the reports. we don t know if they are necessarily true. what i will state though is that where we are with north korea is in a better place than we used to be because the president s maximum pressure campaign in conjunction with dozens of countries around the world paid dividends and brought the north koreans to the table.
reporter: president of the united states is waving, pointing smiling. but when it comes to the hush agreement meant to keep stormy quiet, it has been the president hush lately. mr. president, any comment on mrs. mcdougal? reporter: taunting, daring, provoking president trump. we have a president that will tweet about the most mundane things. for some reason he can t come out and deny the affair. you know why he won t tweet about it, because it is true. reporter: only stab at a post 60 minutes tweet was generic. he is leaving the spin to his spokespeople. why haven t we heard from him? that will be up to the president. reporter: donald trump doesn t always zip it when
claims. why then would $130,000 be paid to her? again, false charges are settled out of court all the time. ask michael cohen. and you said the president denies the claims. why haven t we heard from him? that s up to the president. and in regards to north korea, bloomberg records that kim jong-un is in china right now. has china offered to host the summit? you know, we can t confirm those reports. we don t know if they re necessarily true. what i ll just state is that, you know, where we are with north korea, you know, is in a better place than we used to be because of the president s maximum pressure campaign in conjunction with countries around the world has paid dividends and brought north koreans to the table. we re looking forward to a summit some months in advance. raj, does the white house