joining us, sir. >> great to be with you. thank you for watching. if you can't watch live, set dvr. collect out facebook page. put up new video. "hardball" with chris matthews starts now. trump to the press we're going to do something about it. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. in his speech this morning donald trump reiterated his line that the media is enemy of the people and he going to do something about it. that's 10:30 this morning. let's watch. >> a few days ago i called the fake news the enemy of the

people. they are. the enemy of the people because they have no sources, they just make them up, when there are none. and i love the first amendment. nobody loves it better than me. nobody. who uses it more than i do? but the first amendment gives all of us, d gives it me, to all americans the right to speak our minds freely. it gives you the right and me the right to criticize fake news and criticizing strongly. the fake news doesn't tell the truth. so just in finishing, i say it doesn't represent the people, it never will represent the people, and we're going to do something about it. >> we're going to do something about it. this afternoon president trump made good on that threat.

cnn, political and other organization were stopped at door and told they were not allowed to cover today's briefing. sean spicer held cnn respond in statement saying this unacceptable development by the trump white house this is how they retaliate when they report facts they don't like. we'll keep reporting regardless. nothing like this ever happened in the white house in long history of coverage multiple -- exclusions of the "new york times" and other free media access to transparent government is crucial national interest. others have spoken out. a spokesperson said -- had we noted this time or at this time,

we women not anticipate in closed door briefings in the future. let's listen to sean spicer defending today's action. >> i think we have shown an abun den dance of accessibility. every time every single person can't get their questions answered, we have gone above and beyond in making our seem more accessible than any prior administration. you can take that to the bank. >> i'm joined by glenn, and bob, and dan rathers. i want to start with glenn, you're in there. this decision to segregate out journalist you're angry with from norm access to briefings and can gaggles what do you make of it? >> it's calculated to accomplish a goal. the first one to get sean spicer

off television which has not been going entirely his way. he has an audience of one. we know for a fact that the president watches him every day and critiques him. he trying to divide and conquer us. to have those excluded to get ingri for knows who were in the briefing. the last thing that they want us to do is whine about it so they get to say we are the media elites being denied our privileges. i don't think it's going to work this time. it's not about the press, it's not about us, it's about these guys answering question and sean spicer giving contradictory or answers that later are proven to be factually incorrect. >> dan, i remember richard nixon

saying the press was the enemy but it was picked up in the recordings. this guy is saying outside to the world, the press is the enemy of the american people. that's annesslation when you say the press is enemy. that's unamerican. dan, what do you make of this --s more than a flap. i don't think you have a white house that says that. >> president nixon says the inference was the present is the enemy of us. the nixon administration. it's a major -- to say the press is an enemy of the people. we need to do our job, keen asking the tough questions, doing the deep digging investigative reporting. we understand what's going on. it's an effort to divide and

conquer and divide the press among themselves. i don't think it's going to work. we have never seen anything like this in the white house. even during the worse of the nix on period. we didn't see this kind of think happening on any basis. >> if you were to look behind you, you saw that somebody one of your competitors roger or someone else, said you can't come into the room. what would you have done? >> i would have walked out of the room. the wall street yournl would have done it if they had realized what was going on. a great deal of this is calculated and it's a smoke careen

screen. what did happen donald trump and russian intelligence. a lot of this is designed to throw over the coverage of the important stories and having us talk about press access. this is going to continue. president trump thinks he is winning a so-called information war. we'll see as it goes along. >> bob? >> first of all, glenn makes a good point we should not whine. at the same time we need to continue the in-depth inquiries. the other question to ask is there any justifification for trump and people like in his white house responding this way

and the onl justification i can think of is - it accounts for emotional spasasm this is enemy of the people, reporters have talked to people in the white house, trump white house about sensitive intelligence operation that we find out about in the press and i think trump is horrified this is out there. trump is a newcomer saying how do reporters now about these things and so it's -- we have to stop it. we're going to do something, as he said the other day, he calling the justice department and this leak investigation. >> he talking there's nothing to a story, which is extraordinary.

they use comey to say there's nothing to this story about my people's relationship with the russian during the campaign. >> it's not clear what happened. but something happened. that's not going to work either, in the media business we need to show and be advocates for transparency and over the decades i have tried to make the argument to people in government its to your benefit to have the public and the press know what's going on because if not, you go -- dan knows this so well, nix nix nixon bunker and you become isolated and the anger gets translated into nixon plumbers and become illegally so it's everyone's interest to get this

done. >> one of the great things about our space program we were open about it. we said there was a man abaoard. we were open about it. this comes after cnn first reported that the white house chief of staff reince priebus asked fbi official to push back. that conversation started two stories administration objected to. one by "new york times" characterizing trump's campaign as intelligence officials. another cnn describing both sides as being in constant contact. glenn, this is your world of trying to figure out the stories. the white house, the old trick of flak erie, you deny the story. you say the story is inaccurate.

because the piece doesn't fit the fact when 90% does. what's the white house flaker ri here? >> that's what is curse about this. a couple of things are happening, first of all, in some instances, the white house is not responding to inquiries on fact which makes things difficult. the other thing that i find interesting of this white house is their use of categorical denials. on one of the stories, i forget which, reince priebus described it as garbage. you hear from spicer unbelievable or in an instance

yesterday talking about something being 100% wrong or true. i never heard that kind of language out of any -- i think that kind of stuff is going to come back to hunt them. because nothing is ever 100% true. >> trump today attacked fbi on twitter. he attacked the fbi. tacked the fbi. he trying to -- being unable to idea who is being unable to leak -- "they cannot find the leakers been the fbi itself, classified information being given to media that could have devastating -- find now. by the way he is attacking leaking and fake news. if the leaks are real, they are

real and not fake. if it's fake, then nobody is leaking. here is what he says. >> they have no sources, they just make them up, when there are none. i saw one story where they said nine people have confirmed. there are no nine people. i don't believe it was one or two people. i said gave employee a break. i know the people, i know who they talk to. they said nine people. they have nine sources. they make up sources. >> there's the president going through the sources. you used fbi to break watergate. >> trump is not right -- >> what is he talking about. do you think he knows the nine sources? >> i don't know.

>> how can he know that many people at fbi? >> i know -- why is he making the decision. i know the people who work on that story. the editors are careful. this ea they are not going to say there are nine sources if there are not. our interest is to have a war with the trump white house. it's not in trump's interest to have this war. again, somebody needs to find an equally bring yum here. we won't respond or give an answer. that is not good press policy. someone needs to fix that. >> the american people needs to know there's nobody between them and the truth. the last person they want to hear about is the president and

them between the truth. thank you. you're in the middle of this. coming up, the war against the media, what should reporters do. when reporters are kept from doing their job. do you jump and say here is my chance. plus the latest on the trump campaign and rushisia. we're learning more tonight about what white house told fbi about those reports they didn't like. >>trump throwing cpac. bashing hillary clinton against as the crowd chanted lock her up. it's wednesday get out campaign

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at cpac by attacking the media. >> the media didn't think we would win. we are fighting the fake news. it's fake. phony, fake. a few days ago i called the fake news the enemy of the people. they are the enemy. they make up sources. they are dishonest people. they shouldn't use sources -- they should put the name of the person. they always bring up first amendment. and i love the first amendment and nobody loves p better than me. nobody. i mean, who uses it more than i to. i say it doesn't represent the people. it never will represent the people. and we're going to do something about it. >> he said he wasn't going to limit his attack to words with speeches. this afternoon the white house

did take extraordinary step. the news media was shut out by press secretary. so what should press do in response to that kind of treatment. what should they do to protect first amendment. in january before he took office he blasted cnn. remember this? watch this. >> go ahead -- not you. >> since your attacking -- >> you're organization is terrible. >> she asking a question don't be rude. >> can you give us a question. >> don't be -- i'm not going to give you a question, you are fake news. >> wow! that's standing for the american flag but not for the first

amendment. both of you, you had experience, you had people, you had guy there. >> right. he was put his name only the list to be included in this expanded group of people. it wasn't a full briefing. there was a pool group of small group. >> this was like a donut shop -- >> yes. >> chris, are you ready, your doughn doughnut are ready. >> there's a select pool. >> i know that, that's a pool. >> there's a gaggle and can full press briefing. everybody wanted to be part of the expanded pool group. people put their names on the list and sean spicer said yes, you, yes you, no, you. >> it's a selective thing. he picked out the reporters that

write -- is that true. >> yes. >> they are picking the people they accept. >> i would add that's something in the full press briefing which is sean spicer going to more conservative outlets, the president called on 19-year-old who asked about the -- >> about the visitors office. the visitors center and go to new york post the paper of record, fine. then we goes to fox. >> is there a friendly face here, let me find a friendly question. >> 30 second commercial during the broadcast of the oscars. this is interesting. let's watch. >> the truth is our nation is divided than ever. >> the truth is the media need

to be held -- the truth is we need to put the safety of the american people -- the truth is -- >> why do you think a newspaper of that nice they don't have much margin in these newspaper they don't go broke. they take ads, they buy them. >> i know people there. i know the people who run it. they believe as i do thi is actually a possibility of a great renaissance moment for more than journalism. >> for print too. >> yes. what the white house is doing to us is trolling. they are trying to get our --

get us to respond. >> they want you to be the other side. >> yes -- >> not the job of reporter -- >> don't represent -- >> that's not your job. >> i know. his accusation is we have to ri rise to meet the challenge to show we wroork hard to get the story straight it. that we do the depth. that we do things right, the right way. and i think if we do it that way, this is donald trump going to end up producing another golden age in american journalism. that's what "the washington post" is hoping. >> even if you have the story or you don't. they got the story that nobody went after which is a cover up.

a lot of other dirty tricks that went with it. that happened. and nix on people didn't want us to know it happened. they don't want other papers to study the connections between the trump people during the campaign and the russians that's what causing all of this heat. >> i think you're right. you can call it fake news or whatever the prosecuesident wan but the fact speaks for itself. the cpac speech, which is "washington post" story, this reported real fact and lead in fact to general flynn resigning. >> right because he was talking about sanctions obama people put on thesiansor what they did during the campaign. >> it was real fact and it lead to real world ramifications. >> i think that the main purpose

aside from dividing us and trolling us, the president cannot believe when it continues to russian story. >> thank you. by the way, you're organization is the one kept out today, right? >> yes, that's nothing go to happen again. >> spoken with authority. good for you. connections between trump campaign officials and the russians. this "hardball" where the action is. with every click...call...punch... and paycheck... you've earned your medicare. it was a deal that was made long ago, and aarp believes it should be honored. thankfully, president trump does too. "i am going to protect and save your social security and your medicare. you made a deal a long time ago." now, it's congress' turn. tell them to protect medicare.

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priebus asked fbi official to push back against the recent stories that trump aides community kated with russian during the campaign. the fbi declined priebus request. democrats many have been calling for independent investigation. political interference is a grave abuse of power. reince priebus committed breach of the fbi's independent. the ranking told associated press the white house is not permitted to -- joined by nbc news investigative reporter,

ken. >> there's something there. nbc news confirmed that fbi did obtain there was contact between certain aides over the summer designed to favor donald trump in the election. the question was did some of the stories over step and describe contact it's with contact with russian intelligence officials. u.s. doesn't know whether there was russian officials. they don't know significant of this information. there's there there. this is not go to go away. fbi is investigating the contacts. question is whether collusion is open question. >> how rare would it be for the president to have chief of staff call up top officials to say put out word there's nothing to the story. >> the white house account is opposite of that. white house went to deputy staff

to say the story is wrong. is there a way to correct it. no, we're not in the business of correcting record. the fbi did not want to be confirming part of it and denying it so they said nothing. our reporting is there were contacts. >> how does a reader trying to follow the story, how do they begin to decide whether there's a there, there. if trump had something to do by getting himself elected. that's a bad mark, maybe impeachable if it from true. >> that's an incredible story on its face. the next question, were there any -- >> offers quid pro quo.

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so, i have been with cpac for a long time now you have a president finally. it look you a long time. >> welcome back to "hardball." that was president making his return to cpac. it was a step toward year long which begin with democratic won for president. he made clear take over of the moment is complete. >> the victory and the win was

something that really was dedicated to a country and people that believe in freedom, security and the rule of law. our victory [ applause ] was a victory and a win for conservative values. the core conviction of our movement is that we are a nation that put and will put its own citizens first. the era of empty talk is over. >> it was a typical free willing speech reminiscent of his speeches before. let's go to man himself, max,

did you know he was going to do what he did today was use this as a kree degar against the media? >> no, i did not have advance warning of what he was going to talk about. i knew he was going to come and thank the activists. >> what d do you think he meant by we're going to do something about it, the media? >> i think what he going to do is get tough with those he feels are not honest with them and don't deal with him squarely. >> do you think he has right to decide which reporter cover the white house?

>> no. >> he decide who was in and who was out? >> was that briefing or smaller group of reporters he pulled together. >> everybody they decided -- there wasn't a amount of space because they let certain in the door and others they didn't. they didn't let cnn, they didn't let "new york times." they decided who could come in and he wasn't. the news organizations are raising hell. >> look, the president -- there's no law to say how the president has to operate with the press. he has right to set way he interacts with the press that's clear. >> that's an opinion. we cover a lot of tough white house, tough people, jack

kennedy, once killed subscription to the herald true tribune. he didn't try to shut them out. i don't like the way you have been covering me, you cannot come into my press briefings. >> he is picking and choosing who he want to let into white house. vital information that the public needs, this idea yes, we can talk about presidents have sat down with different columnist, this is white house briefing. this is press conferences. this was wrong. media organizations even the ones competitive are saying look, there is where we draw the

line. >> let ask you this, story behind the story here, is there's heavy coverage by cnn and other organizations that there was regular contact during the campaign, if it's true, if it's something there this guide got elected president by playing footsie with a foreign power. that's history in the worst way. >> it's if discovery -- you picked up today. what does it mean when he says we're going to do something about it. they excluded the groups of the reporters most critical of them. at what point does it become fake news when you're letting the people cover you who love you. >> you have a president who

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if you're gonna make an entrance... [car driving upon the water] ♪ welcome back. ever since donald trump was elected president awards shows have been political. let's watch. >> there was one performance this year that stunned me. it was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imdated a disabled reporter, someone he outranked in privilege, power and capacity to fight back.

>> i think what i have learned from working on "moonlight" is we see what when you persecute people. we get caught up in the details that make us different. there's an opportunity to see the texture of that person, the characteristics that makes that person unique. that person is different from me and i don't like you, so let's battle. >> this sunday's oscar will speak out against the president. here is trump back in 2015. >> the academy awards were terrible. boring. ugly sets, everything. i have perfect host for next year, me. >> he didn't get the job. joining me right now is "the washington post."

people like political speeches? what is do they or not? because we never get right wing. >> yeah, yeah. i don't think the people who tune into the oscars are tuning in to hear political speeches. i think they're still tunes in because it might be a favorite movie that they saw as getting nominated. they want to see what people are wearing. they want to see those celebrities a little more in a -- a little more intimate atmosphere. they're not watching for them to say something political. but i have to say, it's almost expected now with the oscars, especially if you made a topical movie to say something. to speak out about that issue and this year it happens to be speaking out about president trump. because he has weighed in on so many issues that these movies are actually about. >> i get the sense that whoever gets first dibs will be the

stars that they start repeating afterwards will be kind of boring. like if you're up front -- >> i think that could be. you don't want to step on somebody else's -- steal everybody else's thunder. >> i think you do. you want to be the first one to do it. >> that's true, you don't want to have your shoes stolen. but i think ted's right, nobody tunes in for that purpose. but as he also said, this is soup we're all living in now. this is the ether we're all living and breathing. trump as we've seen even today, so much of what his actions have been about is expression and is kind of limiting people's -- the press and things like that. that cuts right to the quick of the creative -- >> her's my upset. i love "la la land," i'm not putting it down. "hidden figures." we'll watch a clip from "hidden figures" which i think was possibly the most important movie of the year. let's watch. >> you're a computer at nasa. that's heavy stuff. >> yes, it is. >> they let women handle that

sort of -- that's not what i mean. >> what do you mean? >> i'm just surprised tt something so taxing -- >> mr. johnson if i were you i'd quit talking right now. >> i don't mean no disrespect. >> i will have you know, i was the first negro female student at west virginia university graduate school. on any given day i analyzed the levels for air displacement, friction and velocity and compute over 10,000 calculations by hand. so, yes, they let women do some things at nasa, mr. johnson. and it's not because we wear skirts. it's because we wear glasses. >> i wrote about the strength of this year's oscar nominees in the hollywood reporter. "hollywood figured out something about itself. it's not about fwlam mortar and looks and being picked out

because you're good licking, it's about people have a personal commitment in their life, they say here's something i care about and i'm going to make it work." that's why i love "la la land." two young people who love black jazz, they love the jazz culture of our country as a white guy and he's going to build his life around it. she wanted to write. she didn't get it because of her looks or passing an audition, she wrote a play nobody went to but the person who did -- >> no, i'm totally with you. i mean, so many of the movies are reflecting deep core values. let's not forget "arrival" which opened -- speaking of politics, it opened the friday after election day and i thought no one is going to feel like going to the movies. this is a movie about mutual understanding. it's about overcoming paranoia. it's about welcoming the stranger and overcoming -- >> from another world. >> fear of other. and it's done gang busters. these movies have done very well, "hidden figures" is a huge hit. >> they're not robot movies. sorry, ted, hold the robots.

we'll be right back with you, ted, my friend, to start off the picks, make your picks, i love upsets, tell me what's coming. you're watching "hardball," where the action is.

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we are back with ann hornaday of the "washington post" rand ted johnson. he's going to give us best picture predictions for sunday. look at the top six categories, best picture, best director in the hour in main acting categories. what's the big surprise coming, ted? >> big surprise, i think denzel washington for best actor. people have been saying hey, it's going to be casey affleck, but washington won the sag award, that was a bit of a surprise for people and actors make up the biggest part of the academy branches so -- >> he's the meryl streep of the male side. he's already gotten two. >> yes, that's right. i think it may be setting some sort of a record. i'm sure there's a record in there he'll set. >> i know he got it for "training day." ann, what's the big surprise?

we were talking. >> i could see a scenario where the two front-runners for best picture are "la la land" and "moonlight" and i could see a scenario where that votes splits and "hidden figures" could sneak through because it's a beloved movie. people agree with you, chris. it's the one movie that over the holidays i recommended more than any just because it's just such an easy movie to love and it appeals to so many people. >> the way they did it, so tricky talking about race and ethnicity in this country but they found a way to make a movie mainly about african-americans which was so incluesive in the way it grabbed everybody that went to see it. it wasn't like a small movie. it was a big -- you have to go for these scenes, these scenes, these attractive people and the way the cop stops and you realize they're doing good stuff and he gets out of their way. he was not necessarily a good guy this cop but he became one. >> it does have this -- it's an old-fashioned popcorn movie you can take the kids to. >> i don't care if you're right wing -- well if you're nasty right wing don't see it. if you're a reasonable conservative -- >> it's impossible not to love this movie.

>> i have family members that amaze me how much they like ma that movie that would amaze me. ted johnson, thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> not enough time for you, we can do a whole show with you, brother. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you, ann hornay day. that's "hardball" for now. "all in" with chris hayes starts right now. tonight on "all in" -- >> they are the enemy of the people. because they have no sources, they just make them up when there are none. >> it's trump against the truth as the white house lashes out at the media and blocks news organizations from briefings after being forced to admit reince priebus asked the fbi to push back trump russia stories. >> i'm not a sloppy guy. >> what we now know about white house efforts to influence the fbi. and the central question -- can the bureau be trusted to investigate the president? plus, as town halls continue around the country,