INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. HE'S BECOME WITH MORE OF THE
CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVEN'T HEARD BEFORE.
>> WE SAT DOWN FOR A WIDE RANGING TALK, FROM HEALTH CARE,
THE BATTLE FOR HEALTH CARE TO NORTH KOREA.
BUT WE STARTED WITH THE NEWS THAT'S DOMINATED WASHINGTON, THE
PRESIDENT'S DECISION TO FIRE FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY.
>> LOOK. HE'S A SHOWBOAT.
HE'S A GRANDSTANDER. THE FBI HAS BEEN IN TURMOIL.
YOU KNOW THAT, I KNOW THAT, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.
>> Reporter: MONDAY, YOU MET WITH THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY
GENERAL, ROB ROSENSTEIN. >> RIGHT.
>> DID YOU ASK FOR A RECOMMENDATION?
>> WHAT I DID WAS I WAS GOING TO FIRE COMEY.
MY DECISION. >> YOU MADE THE DECISION BEFORE
HE CAME IN THE ROOM? >> HE MADE A RECOMMENDATION.
BUT REGARDLESS OF RECOMMENDATION, I WAS GOING TO
FIRE COMEY. >> Reporter: LET ME ASK YOU
ABOUT YOUR TERMINATION LETTER TO MR. COMEY.
YOU WRITE, I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU INFORMING ME ON THREE
SEPARATE INSTANCES THAT I'M NOT UNDER INVESTIGATION.
WHY DID YOU PUT THAT IN THERE? >> HE TOLD ME THAT.
>> Reporter: REGARDS TO THE RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION?
WAS IT IN A PHONE CALL? DID YOU MEET FACE-TO-FACE?
>> I HAD A DINNER WITH HIM. HE WANTED A DINNER BECAUSE HE
WANTED TO STAY ON. AT THAT TIME, HE TOLD ME I WAS
NOT UNDER INVESTIGATION. >> Reporter: THAT WAS ONE TIME.
>> ONCE AT DINNER AND TWICE DURING PHONE CALLS.
>> Reporter: DID YOU CALL HIM? >> ONE CASE I CALLED HIM.
ONE CASE HE CALLED ME. >> Reporter: DID YOU ASK HIM, AM
I UNDER INVESTIGATION? >> I ASKED HIM, IF IT'S
POSSIBLE, WILL YOU LET ME KNOW IF I'M UNDER INVESTIGATION.
HE SAID, YOU'RE NOT UNDER INVESTIGATION.
>> THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT, SO HELP YOU
GOD. >> Reporter: HE GAVE SWORN
TESTIMONY THERE'S AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN AND POSSIBLE COLLUSION WITH THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT.
YOU WERE THE CENTERPIECE OF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
WAS HE BEING TRUTHFUL? >> I KNOW I'M NOT UNDER
INVESTIGATION, ME, PERSONALLY. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT CAMPAIGNS
OR ANYTHING ELSE. >> Reporter: THE SENATE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE WANTS INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR FINANCES,
YOUR BUSINESS' FINANCE. CAN YOU TELL US WHETHER YOU,
YOUR FAMILY, YOUR BUSINESSES, YOUR SURROGATES HAVE ACCEPTED
ANY INVESTMENTS, ANY LOANS FROM RUSSIAN INDIVIDUALS?
>> YEAH. I JUST SENT A LETTER --
>> Reporter: OR INSTITUTIONS. >> I SENT A LETTER TO LINDSEY
GRAHAM FROM ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS LAW FIRMS IN THE
COUNTRY, THAT I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA.
I HAVE NO INVESTMENTS IN RUSSIA. NONE WHATSOEVER.
I DON'T HAVE PROPERTY IN RUSSIA. I BUILT A GREAT COMPANY.
BUT I'M NOT INVOLVED WITH RUSSIA.
I HAVE HAD DEALS OVER THE YEARS WHERE I SOLD A HOUSE TO A VERY
WEALTHY RUSSIAN MANY YEARS AGO. I HAD THE MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT,
WHICH I OWNED FOR QUITE A WHILE. I HAD IT IN MOSCOW A LONG TIME
AGO. OTHER THAN THAT, I HAVE NOTHING
TO DO WITH RUSSIA. A LOT OF PEOPLE GIVE ME HIGH
MARKS IN TERMS OF WHAT I'VE DONE IN TERMS OF FOREIGN POLICY.
>> Reporter: KOREA. YOU MENTIONED YOU TALKED TO THE
NEW PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT MOON IN SOUTH KOREA.
HE HAS A DIFFERENT APPROACH THAN THIS ADMINISTRATION'S APPROACH,
WITH REGARD TO NORTH KOREA. HE FAVORS THE IDEA OF UNDER
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, SOME DIALOGUE WITH KIM JONG-UN.
YOU HAVE ALSO MENTIONED THAT, AS WELL.
DOES THIS CHANGE YOUR STRATEGY, KNOWING THAT HE HAS A MORE OPEN
ORIENTATION TOWARDS THE NORTH? >> HE'S MORE OPEN TO DISCUSSION.
I DON'T MIND DISCUSSION. BUT IT'S UNDER CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES. I CAN PROBABLY GIVE YOU A MUCH
BETTER ANSWER TO THAT IN A MONTH OR TWO MONTHS.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >> Reporter: SOMETHING HAPPENING
IN A MONTH? >> NORTH KOREA IS A VERY, VERY
DANGEROUS ONE FOR SOUTH KOREA, FOR JAPAN.
FRANKLY, FOR CHINA, AND FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD.
AND I THINK WE'VE HANDLED IT VERY WELL, VERY FIRMLY.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED BY OTHER PRESIDENTS, IN THE PAST.
UNFORTUNATELY, NOW, IT'S VERY FAR DOWN THE LINE.
AND I HAPPEN TO BE PRESIDENT. >> WE'VE SEEN U.S. SPECIAL
FORCES IN ACTION IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD RECENTLY, IN
MANY WAYS. YOU'RE GIVING -- YOU APPEAR TO
BE GIVING THE MILITARY MORE AUTHORITY TO MAKE CALLS AS THEY
SEE FIT. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN
AFGHANISTAN? >> AFGHANISTAN IS ALWAYS A
DIFFICULT PROBLEM. IT'S BEEN FOR MANY NATIONS, NO
DOUBT ABOUT IT. >> Reporter: WILL YOU BE ADDING
TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN? >> WE HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION.
SOME PEOPLE WOULD LIKE ME TO. I HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION.
>> Reporter: DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR LEGITIMACY
SOMETIMES? THAT YOUR LEGITIMACY IS UNDER
ATTACK? >> WE HAVE A VERY DIVIDED GUN.
THE REPUBLICANS ARE BEHIND ME. >> Reporter: SOME SAY WHAT'S
BEEN PROPOSED IS NOT GREAT HEALTH CARE.
>> SOME DO. NOW, IT'S IN THE SENATE.
THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
IT WILL COME BACK TO THE HOUSE. WE'LL END UP WITH GOOD HEALTH
CARE. YOU HAVE UNDERSTAND, WE DON'T
HAVE HEALTH CARE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OBAMACARE IS DEAD.
THERE'S SO MANY IMPORTANT THINGS HAPPENING.
SO MANY IMPORTANT THINGS. AND TO BE PART OF IT, AND TO
HELP PEOPLE. I'M HELPING PEOPLE.
I'M HELPING THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY.
WE HAD A GROUP IN THE OTHER DAY, WITH POLL NUMBERS THAT WERE SO
GOOD. SO GOOD, SO STRONG, IF THE
ELECTION WERE HELD TODAY, I WOULD WIN BY A LOT MORE THAN I
DID ON NOVEMBER 8th. >> WHAT A CROWD.
LOOK AT THIS. >> Reporter: DO YOU MISS THE
CAMPAIGN? YOU SEEM TO BE IN YOUR ELEMENT
WHEN YOU'RE AT THE RALLIES AND THE CROWDS IN YOUR OVAL OFFICE.
DO YOU MISS THAT? >> I LIKE THAT.
BUT I LIKE THIS EVEN MORE. I LOVE GOVERNING.
I LOVE -- I LOVE CREATING GREAT HEALTH CARE.
I LOVE THE PROCESS. I LOVE THE MANAGEMENT OF IT.
I LOVE THE GOVERNING OF IT. AND I THINK WE'RE DOING A GREAT
JOB. >> WE'VE BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO THE
PRESIDENT TWEETING AFTER MOMENTS LIKE THAT.
HE HAD TODAY, REITERATING WHAT HE SAID.
THE STORY THAT THERE WAS COLLUSION BETWEEN THE RUSSIANS
AND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, HE WRITES, WAS FABRICATED BY DEMES
AS AN EXCUSE FOR LOSING THE ELECTION.
>> BECAUSE OF YOUR INTERVIEW, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION SAID AND WHY JIM COMEY WAS FIRED AND WHAT
THE PRESIDENT TOLD YOU. NOW, THE PRESIDENT'S TWEETING
ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING. HE SAID ON TWITTER, AS A VERY
ACTIVE PRESIDENT WITH LOTS OF THINGS HAPPENING, IT'S NOT
POSSIBLE FOR MY SURROGATES TO STAND AT THE PODIUM WITH PERFECT
ACCURACY. >> THAT'S GOING TO MAKE TODAY'S
BRIEFING A LITTLE INTERESTING. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> RESETS THE BAR. >> LESTER, THANK YOU VERY
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