howie: the media on fire over robert mueller charging 12 russians. >> the white house hasn't said anything about that this is outrageous we were attacked. or we thinking of delaying the summit. >> at a minimum this should be postponed until there is a better understanding of what it is we want out of him. howie: this after the press pounds the president or talking tough with the leaders of britain and nato. >> he criticized prime minister

may on her own soil. are you giving russian president vladimir putin the upper hand heading into your talks given you are challenging the alliances he seeks to destroy. president trump: that's such dishonest reporting of course it's nbc which is worse than cnn. >> what we are learning is the media is more outraged when trump is scolding our allies, more so than when american politicians are encouraging mob action against our own leader. howie: the press chooses sides after a marathon house grilling of fbi agent peter strzok turns into a full-blown circus. >> i didn't say anything inaccurate. >> the witness need to be able

to answer the question. >> you are out of order. >> what i can tell you is, that text in no way suggested that i or the fbi would take any action to influence the candidate. >> that's a fantastic answer to a question nobody asked. howie: television loved the fighting and the fireworks, but did we learn anything. the president's pick of brett kavanaugh spork -- sparks debat. sara palin says sacha baron cohen duped her by impersonating a veteran in a wheelchair. is the press going to stand behind this? this is "mediabuzz."

[♪] howie: president trump just boarded air force one in scotland. the plane will be taking off shortly for helsinki, finland. the media have been constantly challenging president trump's disruptive approach during the european trip and some msnbc anchors particularly. president trump: on five of 29 countries were making their commitment. and that's now changed. >> what the president said about all the contributions going down is a lie. >> the president of the united states on the world stage lying to the planet earth. howie: in britain the president was asked about his interview with "the sun." today the * there was a story

which was done which was generally fine. but it didn't put in what i said about the prime minister. and i said tremendous things. fortunately we tend to record stories so we have it for your enjoyment. we record when we deal with reporters. it's called fake news. howie: joining me, mollie hemingway. gillian turner, a fox news correspondent and former national security official in the bush and obama administrations and juan williams, co-host of "the five." the president was quoted as saying some positive things about prime minister theresa may. mollie: he's more effective calling out particularly bad reporting. they also had audio of what he

said. it's not just quoting people accurately, but summarizing the whole thing accurately. howie: that doesn't in my view fake. this caused an uproar, particularly in the up k. how un -- in the u.k. she is feeding him at a black tie dinner. gillian: i would call it unusual. during my tenure in the obama and bush administrations. i didn't see the president do an interview where they are critical of a foreign leader in the hours before they met them. what caught fire was this brexit bomb story was not so much the president's message as the what i said the things he said. the message if the e.u., if brexit goes forward there would

be negative implications for the u.s. is an obama administration throwback message. that's something prime minister david cameron asked president obama to .deliver. howie: the president did say he also said some goo things about you. she said it's only the press. it's rare to have any admission of apology from this president. juan: i think he created the media firestorm, then he tries to manage it. he also went after the mayor of london. he says i don't feel welcome here. why did you let the crying balloon up for two hours. mentioning terrorism in london, in fact he has problems. brexit, terrorism.

that resonates at home. howie: the president got into a dust-up with cnn's jim acosta. president trump: john roberts go ahead. cnn is fake news. i don't take questions from cnn. john roberts of fox. let's go to a real network. >> we are a real network too, sir. howie: he called on john roberts. john acosta was interrupting, trying to hijack the question it's not a scrum where they are walking to the helicopter and everybody is shouting out. other said he should have stood up for cnn. john roberts said there are good journalists at cnn and the president's criticism was unfair.

later the president posted of a take-down of jim acosta. and then the white house pulled john bolton this morning on cnn's state of the union saying they didn't want to reward acosta's bad behavior. we heard them dismiss welker for his dishonest reporting. did it strike you as dishonnist? gillian: no. it was delivered in a critical manner. it was a provocative question. that was fair. i can understand why maybe a president with a good relationship with mainstream media would feel taken aback by a hard question like that. but it does not make it

dishonest reporting or fake news. john roberts did issue a statement saying he didn't find kristen welker's question dishonest. mollie: when president trump says the allied countries need to provide more for their common defense. that's something that has been said by the previous 7 administrations. he said it more harshly because they didn't get the result they were hoping for. the underlying assumption that it helps russia to have a strong nato is wrong. it helps the nato countries. howie: there has been a media explosion since friday afternoon after the mueller indictment of 12 russian officers. the white house has a different

view, and the president has repeated his witch hunt rhetoric. mollie: there is a lot of conflation in the media coverage. what happened friday with the russians is important. it goes to the heart of the putin regime. the witch hunt refers to the collusion theory, the conspiracy theory that russians worked with donald trump. there remains no evidence to support that. howie: rod rosenstein told the president before this european trip that these indictments were coming. a lot of journalists are saying why didn't he react substantively that these are members of the russian government under putin's control who thanked his elaborate campaign to interfere with the election. juan: we live in such politically polarized times.

what is conservative media saying about this? what are conservatives on capitol hill, the president's political allies think. lindsey graham says the president needs to confront vladimir putin directly on this. we have seen the recent tweets released by the house committee and they indicate there is an ongoing effort by the russians to interfere in the 2018 elections. the president said there won't be any perry mason moment with vladimir putin. howie: he said i will ask about the meddling, that's your favorite subject. is it the role of anchors and correspondents to say we think the president should speak out about the cyber hack, but anything more contentiously we

don't think it's a good idea to meet with vladimir putin. gillian: is that a rhetorical question? the fact that news anchors should be providing policy recommendations to the president is ludicrous. it doesn't mean they are not allowed to or not violating a journalistic code. mollie: it's important to deal with election meddling and it's important to have updates on our nuclear treaties. they are all important. juan: what is the purpose of this meeting? i don't see that russia will do anything. howie: the president of the united states wants to meet with the president of return. juan: i don't think this is left or right. i think it's clear russia poses a threat and the united states should say so. gillian: this is not the first

time he's coming face to face with him. they have had at least three meetings we know about. whether the media wants it to be or not, the trump-putin bilateral relationship is continuing. whether he meets with him now or three weeks from now doesn't actually matter. howie: something you said about the president's attitude toward nato and how it's been covered. you heard msnbc anchors saying he's lying. macron of france said he's wrong. is it trying to declare victory after making a demand. what do you think of that. mollie: it's hard to take msnbc seriously when they behave that way. if anything trump didn't accomplish enough to get these countries to increase their

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jeanine pick. this is a wildly qualified guy. >> brett kavanaugh would have been and natural choice for pretty much any republican president. howie: do you think the coverage has been fair? and six days later do you think it's starting to fade a bit? mollie: it's been less than a week since his nomination was announced and there were no stories in "the washington post" or "new york times" that would change the story. i think the left would like to see a culture war on this. and the right is not engaging them. it will be difficult to maintain a fight. howie: there is nothing that proves on his biggest issue roe

versus wade to return it. i have the position that the critical coverage is running out of gas. juan: i think the big story is mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader create a vote before the next term begins in october. >> don't you think the pest has concluded mcconnell can and it drains some of the drama out of this? >> i think the bigger point here is if you look at the poll numbers, the republican base is not as excited by this story the way they were for neil gorsuch. i think the democrats are still nursing that old wound from the republicans stalking garland. as you request more documents as this strategy game plays out in the senate it will come back to

more attention. howie: i took a little pleasure -- kavanaugh was the frontrunner in the beginning and fake drama the media fell for. a media producer reported that the white house cut a deal with anthony kennedy. in exchange for the president picking one of his former law clerks, he would retire. it sounds terrible and it's not true. gillian: the most of valuable currency for a journalist is a negative story about the administration. if it involves the president directly even more so. a lot of journalists are sacrificing the reporting standards to move the needle forward. this is a cut and dried example of that. howie: this is a story retracted

by nbc. mollie: it shows too much willingness to engage in conspiracy theories. this is a crazy conspiracy theory. nobody should have bought it. you saw a lot of reporters retweeting it. the most of valuable currency is our credibility. juan: this president creates almost an apprentice show where he is saying her saying here --s saying here are my picks. there was a lot of discussion whether it would be amy barrett,ing a strong anti-abortion force, or the president's sister was on the third circuit with hardiman, so there was a lot of back and forth. that's why you get the media reacting in a way that i think is not justified. but it's responsive to the media

circus. howie: in 2016 he went tefns of thousands of dollars in debt because he blew the money on washington national tickets for himself and his friends. the following year he paid off most of of those debts. mollie: i don't think the reporting was bad. it's important to know if people have debt or other obligations that might make them a less than ideal candidate. it's not a big story. but i don't think there is anything wrong with reporting it. howie: there have been other stories about bret kavanaugh coaching his daughter's basketball team, and blessed a sac --asacrament.

gillian: people want to know the person seek the highest court in the' land is a descent person. he experiment a lot of time in d.c. and been to ivy league schools. juan: merit garland, h kagan, ty wouldn't approved by this president. how there aren't up next, why fox's shannon bream moved her show from the supreme court because of angry protesters and how that somehow became controversial.

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howie: shannon bream has covered the supreme court for years and wanted to do her show at the supreme court on the night of the nomination. she was surrounded by protesters, some of them yelling and in her face and clear anti-fox. fox news executives on the scene were concerned and decide move the show back to the studio. she tweeted, very few times in

the field did i feel threatened. the mood here tonight is very volatile. but terry moran said i felt no threat. bream's experience was very different. one person who was there said there was some men shouting that bream was a blond bill bow. blond -- a blond bilblondbirks mbo. one guy behind us wearing mask wouldn't move. there were people yelling in our faces things that were anti-fox. police hadn't set up any barriers. it's hard to dean hour-0 long

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[♪] howie: it was billed as a major capitol hill showdown. a grilling for peter strong. but the hearing quickly became partisan rancor. >> i can't help but wonder when i see you looking there with a little smirk, how many times did you look so innocent into your wife's eye and lie to her. >> mr. chairman, it's outrageous. shame on you. >> mr. chairman, please.

>> harassment of the witness. >> i thought there were several republicans including louie gohmert who went way overboard. it felt like a public lynching. >> the democrats consistently attacked and interrupted and made a spectacle. whenever a republican was getting close to something, they would get out of order. howie: joining me is david bossie. trump's former campaign manager. david: this is not the first time that happened. you remember back in the 90s when we were running the clinton investigations. the democrats ran an obstruction based defense within congress to make it very difficult for us to get to the bottom of any of these questions. this is an old way to do things. but it's a very good strategy.

they did this on purpose. the democrats did this on purpose to nutty the waters. and to defend the indefensible. to defend peter strzok who in essence should have been attacked by every member of congress by both parties. howie: you are focusing on the democrats. you heard dana perino say it was a public lynching. david: i think congressman gohmert asked the question because of the sanctimonious arrogance way peter strzok was conducting himself before the members of congress. before it got to louie gohmert's questioning there was already the back and forth. i think he was feeling the frustration of not get together bottom of it. of people allowing peter strzok

to say the fbi won't allow me to answer these questions. howie: is it fair for the members of congress to say i want to answer the questions. david: when trey gowdy or jim jordan asks the question he says the fbi won't allow me to answer the question. but when a democrat asks the same question, he says the fbi will allow me to answer the question. we wouldn't have been there if it wouldn't have been for members of congress like jim jordan, mark meadows and ron desantis who have been pushing to get to the bottom of the facts. i think the mainstream media missed out this week. the conversation is all about the 12 indictments, all about peter strzok and we did or didn't mean. one of the questions has to be why isn't the mainstream media

demanding barack obama sit for an interview and answer the questions, what did you know and when did you know it. it has to be about -- these are the questions. er aspect of this happened under the obama administration. 100% of what happened, happened when barack obama was president. when peter strzok says the white house wants to know everything that goes on in the investigation. what did the president know, what did jim comey tell him. that's important for the media, but they are not talking about that at all. howie: i don't think we learned anything new. but there have been a lot of congressional hearings. has the coverage of the supreme court nomination been fair? david: i agree with mollie

earlier saying it's important to know what debts do they have, what do they spend their money on. but "the washington post" had a breaking news story in the middle of the night announcing breathlessly that they uncovered this baseball scandal. that brett kavanaugh loves the national past times. they try to make it one. that's what they do. that's what reporters do, that's what newspapers do. they wanted to inject something that fell flat. why? brett kavanaugh bought some baseball tickets and paid off the credit card debt. there is nothing there. the bottom line is he likes the washington nationals. they went 5-15 during the same period is not helpful. howie: do you think kavanaugh is

likely to be concerned liberal commentators are trying to stop the nomination or scuff him up before he gets on the court. david: democrat senator after democrat senator before he was nominated said we are against him, we are voting no. when mitch mcconnell moves this ball forward and says in august and september we are going to be having hearings and we'll be voting on this, the democrats don't have much say tonight. they already said they are going to vote no no matter what the circumstances. mitch mcconnell will get brett kavanaugh on the supreme court by the first monday of october. howie: i think that's why some of the air has come out of the story. the american and british press up in arms over the -- over the over --over the president on thd

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as fake news. steve hilton, host of "the next revolution." once an advisor to former british prime minister, david cameron. what do you make of the president going out at that news conference saying this is fake news, after doing this interview after clearly in "the sun" he criticized theresa may and that she didn't take his advice. how does that look from a british perspective? steve: from a british perspective, the british media and british public are strongly in a hostile disposition towards president trump. it was another example to feed what they see as this kind of ridiculous american president who doesn't know what he's talking about, blunders around the world. it fed the narrative they always

had about president trump. howie: hostile attitude or not, wasn't this a self-inflicted wound? didn't he create this controversy by granting this interview before landing in the u.k.? steve: yes, he did. but i would say in a helpful way because he pointed out theresa may's brexit plan. she continued to speak about her brexit plan in terms that were false. she said things about her brexit plan that weren't true. what the president said about the plan is it stops britain from doing a trade deal with the u.s., it stops britain having control of its borders and laws. all those things are true. what theresa may said is false.

the final point i would make is what the president was talking about in relation to fake news was not necessarily what he said about brexit. what he was getting at is what he said about theresa may personally. it's clear they have a strong personal relationship. howie: you wrote a column, you criticized him on fox. but you say most of people in the u.k. get a negative view of the president because of the snobbery and bias of the british media. that's a pretty tough indictment. steve: i'm pleased you picked that. that's my favorite point from the whole article. it go to the heart of how president trump is treated by the media. not just in the u.k., but here

in america too. a lot of this is cultural snobbery. they love someone like president obama who speaks like they do. but they ignore the substance. their trade is words. so when someone is really fantastic with words, they think they have got to be a really smart person. but they don't look at the substance. on policy grounds, if you look at what president trump talked about this week despite the criticism from the media. he has been tougher on russia than president obama. he was right about brexit, not wrong. he strengthened nato, not weakened it. the media looks at the words but the subject stains what matters. howie: when you arrived in

scotland, the cover of "the mirror" shows president trump sitting in churchill's chair with the headline, how dare you. what explains the anger toward the president of the united states. steve: everything in politics has got more angry. our seeing particularly with the protests you saw on the street and that commentary from the media. the mirror is a left-wing paper. it's a noisy left using president trump as their latest punch bag. i don't think it reflects anything substantively different in the u.s.-u.k. relationship. in the u.k. media you will see that reflected in a loud and rad

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americans. it mocked our values. it mocked the disabled. howie: joining us from new york, carley shimkus. sara palin and her daughter fly around the country to do this interview she thought was an interview on disabled veterans. him * what sacha baron cohen did to sara palin was horrible. and people have every right to feel outraged by this. the only problem with the outrage is sacha baron cohen loves it. he feeds off it. it's why he loves what he does. some of these conservative politicians fell into that trap. you can't blame them, but it benefited sacha baron cohen in terms of publicity for the show.

howie: he tricked dick cheney and others. sara palin said she riched off her mi -- she ripped off her mic. does cbs owe the public some response? carley: their reaction was giving no repacks whatsoever. they wanted the show to be a mystery which is why they didn't do much promotion for it. they will let it linger and see what the public things by the when the interview actually airs. sacha baron cohen was completely irrelevant 2 1/2 weeks ago. they are kind of glad the conservative politicians did a little bit of the heavy lifting for them. but it should be interesting to see what this interview does pan out to be fit rose to the level

of the criticism that existed so far. howie: i kind of forgotten he existed. let's put up the mugshot. stormy daniels arrested this week in a columbus, ohio' strip club. she is accused of putting their faces into her breasts. should it have been big news? carley: during a week of hard hitting news. this was the strangest alert i woke up to my phone in the morning. i think the reason it didn't rights to the level of major news is it didn't have anything to do with her issues with michael cohen or president trump. but her lawyer is trying to make it political saying these police officers are pro trump. but the police union said that's

not what happened. these were vice agents and they were at the strip club for a reason. they didn't only arrest stormy daniels. they arrested two other strippers. whether there is bias, we should leave it up to the legal issues. howie: avenatti even went to london to get more air time. still to come. who is taking a hit? is twitter getting rid of millions and millions of fake accounts? ♪motorcycle revving ♪ motorcycle revving ♪motorcycle revving ♪ motorcycle revving ♪ no matter who rides point,

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howie: twitter is make a big move that may make you feel less popular. twitter is purging tens of

millions of fake accounts. that's a good thing, because these may have been taken over by spammers and malicious actors. its stock dropped 10% in one day after the washington post reported it was dropping 7 million of its accounts. president trump only lost 340,000. barack obama took a much bigger hit losing almost 3 million. it's all about ego. i'm howard kurtz. you can see the segments and my daily columns on facebook. check out my new daily podcast. five top stories each day with guests. mollie hemingway, emily

jashinsky and others. we are back here next sunday. see you then 11:00 eastern with the latest buzz. eric: a fox news alert. president trump on his way to finland where he'll meet face to face with russian president vladimir putin. that happening tomorrow. right now we are getting new information on the agenda for that meeting and the president's expectations for that. welcome to "america's news headquarters," i'm eric shawn. arthel: demonstrators hitting the streets of helsinki. the commander-in-chief talking about his expectations ahead of the meeting president trump nothing