Transcript for Trump passes up opportunity to call Putin a liar

The brand-new fallout from the president's summit with Vladimir puti hisat response on Russian meddling and another contradiction ofop inteence officials has white house oicials screaming to explain.the presidt is tweg just moments ago about fakenews. Our senior white house correspondent LI the key question of president trump. She starts us off. Good morning, Cecilia. Repor George, good morning to you. This has authing to do with fake news. It H everything to do with continual head spinning explanions from ts president and this white house. Now, for the second time this week tareeren damage control mode. I asked T president is Russia still threat, he saowhe preside says, no, in this case didn't ly mean no. Faced with mounting criticism that he's too soft on Russia, ident trumnow says he has been tough on Vladimir Putin behind clod ors. The president telli CBS new he holds personally responsible for meddling in 2016 election. 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Now for the second this week, the white house is clp press secretary Sarah Sanders Sahe president wn't actualg no tour Quon about whether Russia is still targg the U.S Had a chance to speak with present after his comments and the president was --ha you very much and was saying no to ans quons. Eporter: Except he answered not just onc but ice. I know you don't believe that toehe ca No. And as for wanting to questions, he went on to answer another one from another repo There's bn no president ever as tough a I have bee on Russia and I think president putinwsetter tn anybody, serge a lot better thedia. Reporter: So we asked for clarification of the clarification. Dan coats saioihe threat is still ongoingm Russia. Does this white house believe at currentlys is threat is still ongoing. E believe it still exis. Reporter: From Republicans the falloutas erce. Think it's clear that Russia is trying tnterfere with u.s.elections. Mistrust our ili services and believes the words of pun.orter: So congress is scratchi head. Of journalists scratchingir heads but back to myex the white house says once again the prents being misunderstood but this is ally rsing a lot of serious qutions Abou credibility here and whether the American public can trust what the president himself sand then what his aides out to explain or try to sayafr. That's the question, Cecilia. You ,ell saw the press conference in Helsinki. We all just watched you six F away the president looking him inheey he answer your qu EP, look, these can be confusingiences in we Saul pool sprays where the S isllsee what the president is doing and ons on the back end. Th be noisy. This was nhat case. It was quiet when I asked my on. The president looked right at me. Made eyeontact when he answerednd I said in my St he ansre the qstion twice. Wharah Sande says mnt he didn't want to answer M Quon, gege he then went ononother another reporter's question, so a lot of people really just not buying that Cuse. Saw what we saw, Celia, thanksy much. Let's bring in Bossert who is the aer foromd security fornt trump a you've seen all this inigence. We know that president trump was first briefed Abo T intelligence back in August 2016 as a candidate. Two weeks before the inauguration, receivedull Bries well. Had cont access intelligence officials since then. How doxp as meone E for more than a year, and a half why the pnt has so much trouble clearly and convci accepting this case for Russian interference Good morning. I thin it's just the constant frustration for him that it gets turned into ue T legitimacy of the outcome ofhe elec which, you know, he justan't tend it ends up being spunhat way. I'll tell you, I was in T briefing, the two weeksefore the inauguration, that one focused primarily on the cyomponent O what the Russians did. Not information operations those inrmion operations are ongoi agree wh the FBI director said he dnve it but that we also had a briefing F the homeland security secretary over the weekend. Question coming out O that crisis, summit crisis with vlad putin,he house said yesterday they were idering this proposal, what thident called incredible from vdimir Putin that would allow u.s.el ag to interview those suspected in ran if Russian intelligence ailings cou interview people suspected, he sa oomg crimes against ruin including Michael Mcfaul. A host of officials S is appalling the white house is even conring thisproposal Yeah, I would agree. Yoow,t this point entertaining a proposal like in a mng might allow to you get through the mee and accomplish your otherbjectives T if the president comes back home, rest that and then still cders that would be a significant mistake. In fact, it's galling really because having the evidence, sally that I've seenere's no invesgative benefit to that. Itust benefits Russia and clouds the matter a little bit I don't think the president will take tt seriously at the end of the I think it's good for us to remiim probably a bad idea. If you Wente house right now what would you vise theresident to do about this wholeio ? Ll, I think he needs to do two thing, right now he' ting a little of the Helsinki P. That was a good thing. There's S a lot of negative ve I think whae needs to do is go out and reassure the 29 now nato members that there's still ity in THA organizion and the collective defense THA oer so that they don't feel as he walked away from tm walked to Putin. 'S reallyhe only sub stand stiff T heads to . The rest I domestic political te that wl play itself ou Thanks Now to new details about that woman used

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