he sat down multiple times this week with special counsel robert mueller. the white house thoughts on this this morning. >> on the issue of the house intelligence committee we've been working with them for several weeks on mr. bannon's testimony. we have to insure presidential confidentiality is preserved. that's a prerogative of this president and previous presidents and will be of future presidents. this is not just about steve bannon but about the office. and with respect to the special counsel, we're cooperating with their investigation as the president has long said, there was no collusion, they aren't going the find any evidence of wrongdoing. we'll cooperate and put this behind us. >> sandra: quickly, trey gowdy said he was troubled by almost every aspect of rob porter's employment at the white house and opened an investigation. i have not heard a response from the white house on that yet. >> as we said, we could have done better in that situation and we will do better going into the future. the security clearance process is an important one. we trus

. >> so robert mueller's actions are similar to -- >> i didn't say that. you're putting words in my mouth. i said both of those things are bad for america. that's all i said. jeff? >> russia responded to the president's tweets saying smart missiles should go to terrorists. what is the white house's reaction? >> the president has been clear on this front. russia has proven themselves to be responsible in part for this. they guaranteed that the use of chemical weapons by syria would not happen again. they failed at that. they have also helped enable syria by vetoing six different u.n. resolutions that protect assad. they hold responsibility in this and have proven themselves to be bad actors. >> is the white house or state department in any back channels to diffuse the tension? does the president hope to meet with president putin any time sign? >> i don't have any announcements. >> did the president meet with mike pompeo and if so, did they talk about syria? >> the president's national security team met today. that meeting was chaired by the vice president t

. >> harris: robert ray, former special counsel for whitewater, was telling you on the program yesterday what you are saying -- that if this happened, he said "he couldn't see grounds for impeachment over that. he couldn't see grounds for indictment over that." that's his opinion, but it's a fully have informed opinion. that there is not federal law on that. >> president trump: these are the people that ran the fec. the federal elections commissio commission. these people, writing stories that "trump did nothing wrong." i did nothing wrong. >> harris: mr. president, let's get into -- if we can -- michael cohen. he was her attorney. three years, he was sentenced yesterday. it may seem like he got a break because it could have been twice as much but it's still three years in federal prison. $500,000 in restitution. this is someone who surreptitiously recorded you -- >> president trump: terrible. >> harris: he is now known as a criminal liar. yet this is somebody who was in your inner circle. it's >> president trump: it happens. i hire usually good people. but it just happens. >> harris: wh