impromptu year end interview with the "new york times" which its own staff didn't know about until after the fact at mar-a-lagoo. he told them he could do whatever he wants with the justice department. spouted conspiracy theories object russia and claimed that he killed obamacare. today he is talking about building a wall, cragging down on north korea, jailing huma abedin, and the deep state justice department. that's a quote. and this is how we rung in the first press briefing of the new year w the white house being pressed to explain some of those recent presidential statements. >> does this administration believe that the deep state is a real thing, that there is this shadow government out there actively plotting to sabotage him? >> look, the president finds some of those actions very disturbing and he thinks that we need to make sure if there is an issue that it's looked at. >> is the president requesting that the department of justice investigate huma abedin? and how did he reach this