sides of the racist controversy surrounding him. after critics and allies expressed concerns over chants at his rally, he distanced himself saying that he is unhappy with that send her back chorus, but at the same time he is embracing it. the president calling the crowd incredible patriots and then retweeting that sentiment today. i am joined by sarah westwood and i should begin by asking, what is the president saying now? well, martin, president trump this morning still standing by his initial attacks on those four progressive house democratic freshmen, but now he seems to be sending some mixed messages about that racist chant that broke out at his wednesday night rally in north carolina, and the president writing on twitter this morning from his bedminster resort. as you can see, i did nothing to lead people on and nor was i particularly happy with the chant. just a big and patriotic crowd.
his son to cancel the meeting. he did not tell the fbi about the meeting. and if anything, he further encouraged and emboldened the russians to hack. because he went out just about a month and a half after the meeting and said, russia if you re listening which is two years ago from today as you pointed out you would be rewarded for hacking hillary clinton s e-mails. let s go to kelly o connell in new jersey also joining us u.s. congressman danny heck of washington and glenn kushner. first to you, kelly in berkeley heights, new jersey not too far where the president is spending the weekend at the bedminster resort. i want to talk about the ten different ways we ve counted that the president has refused to answer questions on camera regarding cohen in that 2016 trump tower meeting in the month of june. are we hearing any feedback from
bedminster resort. good morning. the president refused to answer questions on camera about michael cohen and that infamous meeting at trump tower with the russian lawyer. still, we keep asking what did he know and when did he know it? reporter: these are persistent questions, alex, and the president commented in his own way but not engaged with reporters when we have been asking about this issue. it is important in understanding what the president s knowledge was, what his role may have been, what the intentions were when that meeting in 2016 was taken, and the fact that the stories have changed over time, and once considered an ally, michael cohen now appears to be squarely in the camp of being a threat to the president. but there s credibility issues all around. which one of the figures in this is to be believed? now, this comes at a time when the president also has other things on this mind like the economy, and improved numbers there, and the campaign trail. with all of this russ
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