Transcript for Trump walks back Russia summit comments

It is great to be back but, boy, that summit was so stunning, it was history sendinghock waves across the entry andro theorld right now and the president is R some pressure now T undo the damage. Tried to crify his comments yesterday he claimed he got one wor wng but there E no apologies this G. S up and testing that meeting with Vladimir Putin will prove to be a gre success. Our seniorhite house rresponden cilia Vega starts us off. Cecilia, these appears to be having sd thohts T his sec thoughts. Rep exactly, George. The president have walked back coms yest but he is now back to defendingis performance. He calls hiseeting with put a great success saying that only E media are saying otis. But, George, you know this, he seems to be forgetting the near universal ba even from allies in his ownparty. President trump back at the white house and in fullam ntrol mode. I Rea that there is need some clarification. Reporte from Thi president an almost unheardwa-back following worldwide back after that helsi press conference where he sided with Russia's Vladimir Putin over his own intelligence community. The president reading from a lly written script. I have faith and support for america'sreat intelligence agencies, always had. Repor it sounded like a full-thrted endorsement of the unanous findings T Russia did, indeed, interre with 2016 election, that ,nt this. Let me be totally clear in sa that and I've said this many times, I accept our intelligence community's sion thatruiang in the 2016 election took place. Ould be other people also. E'ofeople out there. There was no collusion tall. That no collusion off script written in the esident's own handwriting. In another off script moment -- I have a full fai in our telligence agencies. Oo.ey just TD off the light.that must the intelligence encies. There it gs.okay. U guys okay? Good. That wasange. Eporter: He now says he spoke WHE asked if he believes Putin over his telligenceagencies. My people came me Dan coats came to mend some others, they said theynk it's Russia. Iave president pun, he just said it's not Russ I will say this, I don't see any Reon why it would be. Repr: But now -- In a keyentencen my remarks, id the word would instead of wouldn't. Ence shoul have been I don't seeny reason why wouldn't why it wouldn't Russia. So, just T rt it, I said the word would instead of wouldn't. The ntence should have been I dose any reaso why it dn't be Russia. Repr: The president hedged on Russi top publicans did not hold . We belie the European union countries are our fri and th Russians are not. Reporter:n sth Africa -- President Barack Obama. Reporter:mer president Obama also speakingitut naming names. People jus maketuff up. We S the utter lossme among politicalde they' they're caught in a liendust double down and lie somemore. Ter: You heard him say it was aone-word mistakend said would when he should have said wouldn't so mh than that the president had chance to publicly condemn president Putin as he wasndingight beside him in helsinkiid do that. A onrd walk-back does not answer the qion Abo why he sided with an adversary. No, because the P conferenceent on for several minutes and saidead confidence in both parties spng our intelligence agencies and Vladimir Putin. Still hasn't condemned put and R tweet, Cecilia, he is tweeting saying so at the highe ends of intellig less confce performce in Helsinki. May hav mid something but I haven't seen a single per in the intelligence agency come T praise the president for that perfe. Reporter: You didn't miss anything, George I miss anything either. Oneingle intelligence person in thentelligence communitas come out to publicly pe president. Privately, ifact,y've been completely aghast ove his rformance that they witnessed in lsinki. The one official comment we do coats, he says, it's crystal clear there is no questi Russia D me in the6on, George, a perhaps most importantly he said theihreats tone our Deacy are ongoing. Devments in

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