>> neil: moments ago, looks like senator john mccain with the supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. they are worried about mccain and the trump white house. he rejected mick mulvaney, the man the senate advanced to run the omd. see you tomorrow. >> i'm eric bolling with kimberly guilfoyle, juan williams, dana perino and greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five" ." shock and all, the mainstream media has been whining about not getting a chance to get president trump questions for they hounded the president for a press conference. he gave them one for the ages. here are some highlights. >> the press has become so dishonest that if we don't talk about it, we are doing a tremendous disservice to the american people. tremendous disservice. the media is trying to attack our administration because they know we are following through on

pledges that we made and they are not happy about it, for whatever reason. the family "new york times" wrote a big long front-page story yesterday and it was very much discredited, as you know. it's a joke. i don't mind bad stories. i can handle a bad story better than anybody as long as it's true. i watch cnn. it is so much anger and hatred. the tone is such hatred. i'm -- fake news, very fake news. i understand there's a certain bias for whatever reason and i understand that but you've got to be a little bit fair. that's why the public sees it. they see it's not fair. you take a look at some of the shows and you see the bias in the hatred, and the public is smart. they understand it. >> eric: the president stayed

at the podium for more than an hour and took dozens of questions from the full spectrum of media. it looked like a wwe arena with the mainstream media having fits about being called out for unfair reporting. this is vintage trump, camping trump. donald trump was in his element and it was awesome to watch. k.g., it was almost like, you know the whack a mole game? smacked down, boom. >> kimberly: edward scissorhands had ten arms. it was funny. i was thinking wow this is wildly entertaining. then i thought this is supposed to be a news conference and answering the questions but i think he came through a tough week and with everything that happened and he was like, enough already and laid down the law. what was interesting to me is there was a little bit of a

convivial atmosphere and when he said i'm changing the name, very fake news, even jim acosta laughed and the rest of the place laughed. it loosened it up a little bit and there was kind of an understanding like okay. this is how it's going to be. but guess what. he answered all the questions. he was up there for over an hour and great. i thought it was good. reminded me a little bit of the free accessibility when he was on the campaign and everybody was there and ask what they liked. >> eric: during the press conference, i had twitter rolling. i've never seen the twitter machine role as fast as it did. the trump supporters loved it, everything he was doing in the media types. i follow a lot of media types. they were aghast. >> dana: there was a little bit of something for everybody. there was a lot of news that came out of it but i would describe it as, bambi on ice

chasing a marble. there was so much stuff covered. alex acosta, who was the main purpose of the press conference, announced as the new labor department nominee. he's an amazing guy with a great background. i think his grandmother became a citizen late in her life. it's a beautiful story of success, and american success story. he also worked at the civil rights division of the department of justice. later on the president talked about the obamacare replacement is expected mid-march. he said there will be a new executive order on extreme vetting on the immigration piece, so that was news. and also afterwards the president rescinds the coal mining rule from the obama administration. all of that stuff happened in one day but that's the frustration. they are doing really big things and they can't get out of their own way because yes, he answered a lot of questions about the russia ties, mike flynn, et cetera. before we came to air,

"the washington post" breaks a story with an additional possible development or wrinkle in the michael flynn story about his fbi discussions on whether he denied to them that he talked about sanctions. i appreciate that they've done a lot and there's a lot of news out there. i like that he can kill people with kindness. if you are on the receiving end, it doesn't feel kind. he has the ability to be charming. but you have to nail it down because otherwise it's going to follow you. >> eric: the mainstream media has called donald trump thin-skinned. in the aftermath, they were ticked off, it was almost like he was insulting the mainstream media for calling them out on some things he felt they were mistreating him on. >> greg: i thought it was incredibly entertaining. i really think he could host a reality show if you want to do. i kept thinking how many average americans have wanted to say stuff like this to the press corps because their questions never get asked.

i want to focus on the media because for eight years essentially they've been interviewing themselves. when a "new york times" editor looks at president obama, they could have easily been roommates. they probably were roommates. obama could have been culture editor at "the new york times." now they are faced with a creature that is nothing like them and how you feel about donald trump's performance depends on who you have more in common with. if you have more in common with donald trump, meaning he is a blustery businessman, stream of consciousness, likes to joke around or you are a highly educated reporter in the beltway or "the new york times," you will love it or hate it. the one thing i find most interesting is it's a complete reversal of the republican president reporter antagonism. previously the president was the pinata and the reporters would

pepper him and hit him. but he treated the press like a confetti filled donkey filled with cheap candy. at the same time, he was in his element. i think we found out who should be his press secretary. he showed. he is the only person who can explain himself. he is so mysterious and abstract that you can't really create an ideal copy. no one can do him, even alec baldwin can't do him. the person who should be going out there every day and explaining donald trump is donald trump. >> eric: early this morning, he was so sick of some of things he was saying, he said i'm going to do a press conference and answer a lot of questions. steve bannon last week said he feels the press has become the opposition party. has the press diminished the legitimacy of the democratic party?

no one is talking about the democrats pushing back on donald trump. it's the media pushing back. >> juan: i don't think that diminishes the democrats. i think at the moment, donald trump is content to diminish the media. he went after cnn quite directly and said they are fake news filled with hate, all that kind of stuff. even as he loves "fox & friends" apparently paired he likes "fox & friends." but i thought to me, he went after hillary clinton repeatedly. he went after barack obama. he said he inherited a mess. >> dana: that's what obama said about bush. >> juan: and he went after the whole idea that the intelligence community is leaking and hurting him. he has lots of people he doesn't like and today you got full flavor, you know who he doesn't like. the surprising part was he still likes the russians and he still likes general flynn. >> eric: picking the media as your adversary rather than the

democrats is great strategy. there were people coming out all afternoon with response to the press conference, a lot of it negative and no one really care cares. hard to hear with the mainstream media was saying. >> greg: you mentioned wwe. a successful wrestler picks an adversary. even when he was making fun of jim acosta, he was complimenting him at the same time. you could tell they were playing their roles, just like professional wrestlers play a role. he is playing president trump and he's going to yell at you. it was so clearly -- it wasn't really adversarial as it seemed. >> eric: didn't he set this up? the media bit. he knows they are generally not liked. they have a lower approval rating than most things in the world. >> dana: that was consistent during the campaign. >> eric: by picking them, it's bipartisan. you can have disdain for that group whether you are republican or democrat. >> kimberly: he played himself today and no one does trump

better than the president himself. he said i'm having a good time. i enjoy this. and i think he was. he was doing it and they are going to say, trump riots. one of the headlines was trump brands at the -- trump rants. he called on cnn. he spent a considerable amount of time with jim's 14, who handled himself well. they put them in the cage on "saturday night live." >> juan: the question to me is, he makes fun of hillary clinton and the reset button. i laughed. i think to myself, it's like a stream of consciousness. going off, therefore an hour and 17 minutes. at some point, you think really?

that's an american press conference course like we used to make fun of countries who do that. >> greg: he is the fox news president. everything we have said he says. >> juan: he said -- when i vote for greg for president? then he goes off and starts a thing about oh, gee. to me, it's so much. there was so much in the press conference. >> eric: nbc took a shot at him and later on he goes back and says are we good? he has a little fun with him. >> dana: in "art of the deal," he said when it comes to publicity, the only thing worse than having bad press is that nobody is talking about you at all. he needed to change the subject today and he did that. i don't know what subject is going to come out of it. here's the thing about the

opposition party, if it's the media, he is -- a rising tide lifts all boats. subscriptions are up across the board for all mediums. internet web sites that require ace obstruction, hardcopy newspapers. he has made journalism great again. >> eric: you notice no one is talking about the democrats. no one is talking about the democratic party. i think it's brilliant. >> juan: i've got to tell you, i think the democrats are pretty happy. >> eric: you do? i've never met a democrat or politician who didn't want to be on tv. >> dana: i think right now the democrats are happy to be hanging low because they have no idea what to do. >> juan: president trump said today the numbers are 55% approval.

obviously he was upset about the gallup numbers that had them in the high 30s. the least popular new president in a long time but you look at the democrats and the democrats are like hey, we are able to label this resist because there's so many democrats who are excited, activated, organized. >> eric: the president also addresses the national security advisor dragon nation, the leak that led up to it, whether he has ties to russia and much more. stay right there. e in 24 hours. my insurance company definitely doesn't have that... you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™ liberty mutual insurance

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♪ >> kimberly: back to the news conference that everyone is talking about today. president trump address the resignation of his former national security advisor michael flynn amid leaks of classified information from the intel community. >> mike flynn is a fine person and i asked for his resignation. he respectfully gave it. i said doesn't sound like he did anything wrong there but he did something wrong with respect to the vice president and i thought that was not acceptable. in fact, i've watched various programs and read various

articles where he was just doing his job. it was normal. everybody got excited because they thought he did something wrong. after they thought about it, it turned out he was just doing his job. >> kimberly: the president set the record straight on rumors tying his business to russia and clarified his reported ties to vladimir putin. >> i own nothing in russia. i have no loans in russia. i don't have any deals in russi russia. russia is a ruse. i have nothing to do with russia. haven't made a phone call to russia in years, don't speak to people from russia. not that i wouldn't but i have no one to speak to. i spoke to putin twice. he called me on the election and he called me on the inauguration. i've nothing to do with russia. to the best of my knowledge no person that i deal with does. >> kimberly: obviously a lot to clarify and he addressed a lot of issues during the press conference which was quite extensive survey, answered all

the questions. here he is talking about russia, dana, and saying he has no direct ties and specifically what i thought was interesting and important was that he addressed the whole topic of general flynn and his resignation and put it on the record saying he did nothing wrong for her he was doing his job. >> dana: right. i feel like there is still some holes i don't understand. maybe people will let this go. i think it's good that happened in the first 25 days, not in 125 days. if you're going to make a change at the national security council, doing it right away is better. donald trump, the president said it doesn't sound like he did anything wrong but he did something wrong with respect to the vice president. according to the timeline that's been reported, he had known about that for two to three weeks. what was it after two to three weeks that led him to ask for the resignation? and we also found out that apparently the vice president didn't even know about this

until it was unfolding in the last three days. i feel like i don't think it was fully answered. it doesn't really matter to me exactly because i think that asking for the resignation was probably the right thing to do and he's moved on and there will be a new national security advisor. >> kimberly: eric, what do you make of this? there is the chronology, the timeline issue. statement by the commander-in-chief saying mike flynn did nothing wrong as it relates to doing his job and the specifics about russia. but should have communicated honestly to the vice president. >> eric: that's it. that's what i've been saying. the reason the resignation was requested was because he allowed vice president pence to go out there, after general flynn was saying i didn't have this discussion. and then pence saying i him. he didn't have any. he had phone calls, may be didn't speak about sanctions. you put the vice president in a

bad situation and he had to ask for the resignation. you don't want to put the vice president out there with false administration unless you are the obama administration and you purposely send out -- what was susan rice? >> dana: she was the national security advisor. >> eric: you send out false information for a reason. the reason why the resignation happened, not because of any conversation general flynn had with russians. it was because of the other part. >> kimberly: conversations didn't violate the logan act. >> eric: we don't know what the conversations were and we don't have any idea whether he broke laws or rules. we don't know but the resignation was for the other part. >> kimberly: the fbi investigated it. >> eric: until you hear the conversations, then you can make the assessment. nonetheless i think it was important, the reporter said president trump, what do you have to say about the russians putting a spy ship off our coast? not good.

what about testing a ballistic missile? not good. he put the russians on notice saying i know we are trying to have a relationship but i don't like some of the things you are doing right now. >> kimberly: i'm going to get to greg. and juan. the president addressed the serious issue of leaks and washington and he has ordered the justice department to investigate. >> i've gone to all of the folks in the various agencies and where i've called the justice department to look into the leaks. those are criminal leaks. put out by people either in agencies. i think you will see it stopping because we have our people in. we are looking into it seriously. it's a criminal act. >> kimberly: he wanted to be serious and i think this is the big headline that should be checked out and investigated. who is leaking this and putting in peril and jeopardy national security and engaging in this behavior? >> greg: imagine if he decided in order to uncover the leaks he

would seize two months of telephone records of various reporters or spy on one reporter and track his daily movements while seizing two days of his emails. if trump does that, there would be a revolt in the media but that's exactly what the patron saint of -- obama. if you live by the leak, you die by the leak. we know that's the way it is. >> juan: one of the obvious things is and a lot of people feel their jobs are being threatened in washington inside the national security council, inside the state department. donald trump. the drain the swamp thing has escalated tensions that might ordinarily be attributed to partisanship or someone doesn't like trump but in america you start threatening people's jobs, people get excited,

antagonistic. >> greg: you are right but so what? if you have the lowest learner civil servant loyalists lingering around like a bad belch in an elevator. >> dana: as catherine herridge has been reporting, the information in these phone calls that were leaked out is not going to a lowest learner type of bureaucrat. very limited number of people who had access to that information. there is a school of thought that it's probably former obama administration officials but the president just said that now that we have our people and maybe it will stop. i think for both sides, they need each other. the intelligence community and the president and whoever's trying to instigate a war between the two of them should step back, stop the leaks and get him what he needs in order to be commander-in-chief. >> juan: the other part of the story is i think there's lots of long knives out among top trump

aids. i don't think everything is heavenly and kumbaya in that circle in that circle knows you can influence president trump if you get your story out. he went after the story today that the intelligence community is withholding information from him and then the director of national intelligence says that's not true. i don't know but we will see. >> kimberly: directly had come over going to bring in our chief white house correspondent who attended the president's fiery press conference today, john roberts up next.

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this administration is running like a fine-tuned machine. see six more from president trump during his first solo news conference. john roberts was one of the reporters able to get a few questions and for the president. he joins us. what was your headline? >> good afternoon. i think the fact that the president gave us some information about michael flynn's firing, why he was taken out. a little more background on what the president knew about what michael flynn had been talking about and the fact that he had a pretty good knowledge of everything that had been said in the conversations and still thought that what he did was not improper. what was improper was what he told the vice president, not keeping in content with the phone calls. >> eric: john, i opened the show saying a press conference for the ages. you've been around a long time and have been to a lot of press

conferences. have you ever seen one like this? >> the last time i saw when i got was in july in west palm beach when mr. trump was very much in keeping with the way he was today but that's the most extraordinary presidential press conference, eric, i think i've ever seen and to me it really showed the sense of confidence he has after going through the general election campaign, the transition, to now as president. he was far more in control i think that he's been in previous press conferences and i think he probably very effectively it knocked down a lot of the stories that had been leveled against him, this idea that the leaks are real but the news is fakes fake. he might have a difficult time squaring that circle. >> kimberly: john, i want to talk to a little bit about the leaks and what you think is going to be the outcome there. where that's going to go next.

>> he let us know that he has asked the justice department to look into it which would make it a criminal investigation for it he says it's a criminal act. he's not the first president to try to get to the bottom of leaks. there's hundreds of people in this administration when you look across the size of the executive branch and all the agencies who want to dish dirt on him and finding those malls and those big haystacks is going to be very, very difficult. i think the idea he talked about that once he gets his people into positions of authority in those agencies that those leaks will start to tamp down, think of probably correct. i think there are a lot of people taking advantage of the vacuum of leadership at the top of these agencies to get as much out as they can but i think it will probably dribble down pretty substantially after the president gets control of the administration. >> juan: john, i agree with you. i think the news has to do with his defensive michael flynn but i'm also struck that he said the administration is a fine-tuned machine.

contrary to news reports and the fact that there was this back-and-forth and the vice president was unaware that he had been lied to by sleigh and would seem to indicate maybe not so fine-tuned. maybe a little bit of a clink in the engine. >> i have done some digging into why the vice president wasn't told about what the president knew about what michael flynn was talking to the russian ambassador about. the vice president isn't necessarily informed of everything that's happened, articulated white house counsel's office. john mccain said he would never want to be vice president because he didn't want to go to funerals and inquire daily about the health of the president. i think it's true that the vice president is in the dark a little bit about what's going on in the oval office and beyond that but i think in terms of being a well tuned, finally oiled machine, he might get some disagreement on that in certain circles, may be people inside

the administration. the idea that saying it doesn't necessarily make it true but the president gets to say what the president wants to say. >> greg: two questions. one about flynn and one about the leaks. can they release the tape of the conversations or is there some kind of reason why you can't do that? and we talked about this in the previous block, how many civil servant leftovers are there from the trump administration still lingering around? i'm sorry. obama. >> and you, like everyone else, asking two questions. let me see if i can take those one at a time. first of all in terms of releasing the transcript. i am told the material is classified because it was most likely obtained through an nsa or fda wiretap via a court warrant. the president could ask for it to be declassified and released. in terms of the number of holdovers, there were 30 at the

head of these agencies and so throughout these administrations, you've got millions of people who are career civil servants and i would imagine there is a substantial percentage of them might align with the democratic party. you've got potentially thousands of people who might want to dish dirt on the president. >> dana: to be clear, thousands of people would not have access to this highly classified information. that's a much smaller group. >> they might want to dish some water cooler dirt. in terms of the people who get access and deny you know about this better than i, people with access to this information, the circle is fairly small though it's spread across a number of different agencies. rooting out this person who is leaking this stuff probably would be very difficult. >> dana: easier because of the smaller pond. >> but we are also hearing about executive orders and things like that. that's unclassified and there's

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♪ >> juan: president trump took another swipe at president obama's health care law which he wants repealed and replaced. >> president trump: obamacare is a disaster. you can say oh, obamacare. i mean, they fill up -- people, you wonder how they get there. they are not republican people who are representatives. we have begun preparing to repeal and replace obamacare. >> juan: the ceo of aetna agrees with the president's criticism. >> there isn't enough money in

the aca today as structured even with fees and taxes to support the population that needs to be served. >> what you are saying is obamacare functionally is dead because financially it's not sustainable. >> it's in a death spiral. >> will you pull out in '18? >> we haven't made that decisio decision. >> juan: the question is, it's in a death spiral. what do they have to replace it? >> greg: death spiral opening for slayer and metallica. we have to retire that word because technically everything is in a death spiral. life is a death spiral. we are in a death spiral. >> juan: i think you are day-to-day. >> greg: it's now -- used to be mandatory on your 1040. you have turned your tax form into a sanctuary city.

if you say it's illegal then you have to question your beliefs and sanctuary cities because now you don't have to enforce the law on a tax form. >> juan: the irs is not saying they won't enforce it. if they are not enforcing it, if there is no mandate essentially then you are trying to kill the law. are republicans going to be held responsible for killing the law because democrats won't cooperate? >> dana: when president trump said he inherited a mass on obamacare, he's right. this was inevitable if you talk to some people that were against the law in the first place, the republicans, yes. they have a responsibility to find a way to try to replace it in a way that allows for competition and a market and coverage. it's difficult but as i hear they are working on it and i think as the president said you will see something in mid-march. >> juan: one of the complaint from capitol hill is that trump says it will be just as expensive in coverage as obamacare and republicans on the

hill are like mmm. >> eric: rand paul got upset meeting with paul ryan. he walked out. they are working on something to replace it. get rid of the mandate. obamacare is going to collapse. it was forcing people, if you weren't covered, you were going to have to pay the fee. i'm sorry. a tax. it became a tax. that's why they are saying we can't guarantee we are going forward because if there is no -- there's no way they can stay if there is government helping them out, feeding some of the offsets. it it is anti-competition right now. >> juan: i don't think that's quite accurate. the problem is you don't have

young, healthy people coming into the system. the five that's part of it. >> juan: some argue they think they should've had more of a penalty. >> kimberly: a couple things that are problematic. they address that in "the wall street journal." part of the problem is it's unworkable. the administration knew it's because unfortunately younger and healthier people in general were opting out of it. what you had is people who are sick and need a lot of services which arises the cost of the premiums, therefore making it unworkable long term. it's not sustainable. >> dana: the medicaid expansion thing is going to be a huge issue. there are 19 states they did not do the expansion. 31 states did. where you find the money to pay for those people because the president said want to make sure everyone's covered. so how do you do that? >> juan: and you have a lot of republican governors in those states who aren't going to be happy if their people are without coverage. i had, a college professor

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>> greg: while campus activists and so-called protesters shut down free speech with threats of violence, at least we know there's some justice in the world. caleb o'neill, a student at orange coast college has been suspended. was it for torching a dormer beating of a motorist? he film a video of a professor comparing donald trump's election to terrorism. >> it's an act of terrorism. one of the most brainy things for me and people in my life is that the people -- is not a stranger from some other country coming in and attacking our sense of what it means to be an american >> greg: for recording the outcome of the student has been removed for a semester. it forced to write an apology as well as an essay that explains his actions.

that's what i call reeducation. being punished for precisely what college used to teach you, independent thought. no word on whether the teacher will also write an essay on why she is still allowed to teach. caleb held the teacher accountable and for that he's being held accountable. it's an example in liberal culture where you are only a whistleblower if you are blowing the whistle on things liberals hate. i'm sure if the professor was making fun of 50-odd gender pronouns or skeptical questions about climate change, the student would be exulted. instead by shining a light on an example of academic intolerance he's given the boot temporarily. remember caleb's name and when he graduates, hire him. you know what, kimberly? this semester off, you should hire him as an intern. >> kimberly: i knew you were going to say that. >> greg: why don't you do it? making academic lemons into lemonade. >> kimberly: someone should hire him.

he's a courageous person who wasn't afraid to shed light on what was going on. if that teacher was talking about criticizing safe spaces and any of these other things, you are my hero. the student is a hero. instead, they suspend? permanently marked his record. >> greg: this is what kills me me. they suspended him because he violated a code of conduct with unauthorized use of an electronic device. why does he have to explain his actions of it with a technicality? >> dana: and write an entire essay. he should get an internship at "national review." or apply for a peter thiel scholarship for you drop out of school and get money to start a business. >> eric: "national review" wouldn't have him. i remember this story. in december? in december when this first came out and there was something in the california statute that allowed them to do this but it was dismissed as that's just a

line in the statute. there's no way they would hold him accountable for it. guess what. he's suspended. blown away. >> greg: i want to read his essay. we should get his essay and read it. caleb, well, call me. >> kimberly: direct message greg on twitter. >> juan: he should have written a critical response to what the professor had to say but i think he politicized it. nonetheless, there is no arguing with the idea that's what going on on campuses is one-sided and wrong, especially when you silence people you don't like. that extends to speakers. >> eric: how many pieces of information a teacher puts up in the classroom goes up on the internet? no one gets suspended for that. >> greg: or when people film cops trying to do their jobs, they get accolades. "one more thing" next.

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♪ >> eric: time for "one more thing." >> greg: time for... i hate these people. today, february 16th, national do a grouch a favor day. if you want to do a grouch a favor, stop coming up with stupid days. these days are so dumb. people sit around and say it's national almond day.

it is national darn your socks day. we've had enough days. stop it. you are boring the heck out of us. i hate those people. >> kimberly: can i hold the door open for you, grouch? >> dana: this week marks the third anniversary of the an demonstrations in venezuela. 3400 were political prisoners including the opposition leader. leopoldo lopez. take a look at this picture. marco rubio is meeting with her. she was here to meet with members of congress to try to pressure venezuela. marco rubio got invited to the white house for dinner and asked the president and vice president if he could bring lillian along. they said yes. i love this picture because i feel like this is the way to unite us. president trump is going to be able to put some pressure on the governments to release political prisoners. excellent use of time, social media, everything. >> kimberly: good that you brought it up.

acosta, a great pick. rubio wrote a nice thing about him. here's a cute thing. >> greg: i will be the judge. >> kimberly: bonding opportunity. this got 10 million hits. a dance center held a daddy-daughter valentine's day ballet class. these poor dads are all in for their sweeties. lord, help us. they shouldn't quit their day jobs. this was in philadelphia. the dads showed up. look at those outfits. we can't think these gentlemen to enough for making this very special. three videos garnered over 10 million views. amazing. >> eric: i'm so glad i had a boy. >> kimberly: can you imagine greg? >> greg: i do that anyway. >> eric: in all the hype and the coverage of the press conference, dana mentioned something i thought was very,

very important. donald trump signed legislation rolling back call mining regulations. take a listen to a very, very thankful: minor. >> president trump, we thank you very much for everything you've done for us, everything you're doing for our industry is needed. i've been mining in this industry for 40 years and this is an exciting time for our industry. thank you very much. >> eric: that's exactly what matters. americans and american jobs. juan, you are up. >> juan: hope he can deliver. it's what they have heart i let you know that one of the pandas at the national zoo is leaving. the panther was born in the u.s. but the rules of panda diplomacy require she must return back to china at age three and the day has arrived. since china gave us the pandas in 1972, panda loans and exchanges have been a critical part of u.s.-chinese foreign relations. she was so popular --

>> greg: got to go back. >> eric: set your dvrs. "special report" is next. >> bret: and expensive, wide-ranging and extraordinary news conference from president trump dealing with the media, russia, into leaks, obamacare, taxes, and more. in a way, no other president has. this is "special report" ." good evening prayer and welcome to washington. president trump insisted he was having fun during an afternoon news conference that started with the announcement of his new labor secretary nominee. 78 minutes later, the range of topics he covered were broad. his biggest focus, media coverage and fake news, explaining his firing of his national security