>> my people came to me, dan coats came to me and some others, they said they think it's russia. i have president putin, he just said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. i have great confidence in my intelligence people, but i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. >> that is the president of the united states directly contradicting our nation's intelligence agencies. but wait because a day later back at the white house the president essentially is saying would, wouldn't, that was a slip of the tongue. >> the sentence should have been i don't see any reason why it wouldn't be russia. sort of a double negative. >> i said this wednesday, i'll say it again, that was ridiculous, right? the president now says he misspoke, that despite his comments in the last 18 months