"the new york times" and "washington post" report that president trump's lawyers and aides are lookingo discredit special counsel robert mueller's investigation into russian connections. "the new york times" even suggests that the trump administration is taking a page from the clinton administration which publicly challenged ken starr in the 1990s. i want to bring in jason miller and paul begala. jason worked for the trump campaign, paul worked for president bill clinton. now they both work for cnn, so they have to answer my questions. jason, i want to start with you here. is the white house and the outside advisers trying to discredit the investigation, present the idea of a conflict of interest? it sure sounds like that when the president was interviewing with t"the new york times"? >> i'm not part of the president's external legal team or external kmauncommunications, but it sounds like these lawyers are doing their job, which is to go through and look for every pushback point to go through and make the case that they're defending the president. and to make sure we're rooting out an

new york. john, great to see crow. >> so much news, we had to be in two cities at once. >> that's right. so let's get right to it. up first, "the new york times" and "washington post" with new reporting that president trump's legal team is trying to undercut special counsel, robert mueller. the president's lawyers are investigating the investigators in hopes of discrediting the russia investigation. >> "the washington post" also reports that the president is asking advisers about his ability to pardon his aides with, family members, and possibly even himself. this as the president has re-shuffled his legal team. we have it all covered for you. let's begin with cnn's senior washington correspondent, joe johns, live at the white house. good morning, joe. >> john, i think reshuffling is the word. the president has already signalled that he is geari inin for a fight against the special counsel investigators, citing conflicts. and it appears now that the president's team is looking to the past for information to discredit the investigators. "the new york times" and "washington post" reporting that the president's lawyers and aides are looking to undermine the special c

say that with the new york times washington post so blame blame not just. clinton blame the fact that we don't we don't have a media that's out there for public information anymore maybe you are maybe i am other independent people but the corporate media their main goal is not to inform you or to activate you or to protect you it's to make money yeah you've also talked about not just this became will news thing but you were going to lot of different outlets and they've all kind of fallen into this to that is where the money is and they're covering the i call it the soap opera of politics the soap opera of nonsense and nonevents a trump tweet gets a twenty four hour cycle and meanwhile there's so much deeper news that's going on even if you agree even if they're saying look trump's a moron and his tweet is idiotic even if they're saying the truth on that thing that thing is still covering it's a deluge of nonsense that is covering what people really need to know about climate change and everything else the bottom line is you know people in this country are s

news conference. >> typically upholding american values such as press freedom and the institution of the presidency. mr. trump, for his own reasons, did not. >> jesse: greg, president obama used to call on "the washington post," "new york timest wasn't a fake press conference. the president trump calls on someone from a conservative outlet -- jim acosta sets it's a fake news conference. >> greg: the press keeps losing this fight because they are out of practice. no one has come at them like this without their biases or assumptions. every time they jump into the ring with trump, they get winded and fall down. he is a different beast altogether. he's a real estate developer from queens. he's not a harvard -- not getting a law degree at harvard. what kills him is that the media has nothing in common with him but he has more in common with the people. he can reach the people. they can't reach him or the people. incidentally, it drives them crazy. scott adams said it best. a 71-year-old man is making the press look old. it's amazing. >> jesse: they look like they are whining and complaining. >> dana: jeff bezos says you basically have to evolve or die. he's talking about it from a business perspective. it's true that the media ha

but also of course "the new york times." "washington post," cnn, others. it has the been those entities, that have -- that, week in. week out. given us the truth about what really happened. recently "the new york times," president's son. and, i hate to admit it, but who have often times produced this information, at a more rapid rate than of my own investigative committee in the congress has been able to do. >> congressman. appreciate you being with us. thank you very much. >> thank you, andersen. >> cnn special report on the first son, donald trump jr. now in the brightest and hottest spotlight probably in his life. s again? that's cool. feeling good in slim fit? that's cool. looking fabulous in my little black dress? that's cool. getting the body you want without surgery, needles, or downtime? that's coolsculpting. coolsculpting is the only fda-cleared non-invasive treatment that targets and freezes away stubborn fat cells. visit coolsculpting.com today and register for a chance to win a free treatment. binders, done. super-cool notebooks, done. that's mo

his op-ed pieces have appeared in the new york times, washington post, los angeles thes, financial times and paperback edition of his latest book, national security" and it was published this year by oxford university press. he is the author of the article security breach any current issue of harper's magazine. i contain that this book, national security" meant is one of the most profound and insightful books you will ever read. it is with real pleasure, please welcome professor michael glennon. [applause] >> thank you very much for that kind introduction, thank you for inviting me to be here and for organizing this wonderful conference. it is really a privilege to be a part of it. it was worth coming from boston to figure professional sex make this speech, thank you very much for that. a couple of years ago, i did write this book that i'm hope might shed -- i hope might shed some might on the assassination of president kennedy. explain the phenomenon that professor sachs just alluded to. the dominant of the national security bureaucracy and american policymaking. on my ownrew as legal c

the associated press, "new york times" andnd "washington post," all of them.i >> oops, not 17, 16.er of record on n eighth avenue, they sponsored shakespeare in the park where a donald trump-like julius caesar was stabbed to death at the end. >> kimberly: how about that? how about them apples? you guys are fantastic. coming up, we have more with the panel. nine republican senators opposea the current bill to repeal and replace obamacare. will the g.o.p. be able to keep a major promise they made to the american people? that and much more as this special edition of "hannity" continues. then smash it into a tree. your insurance company raises your rates... maybe you should've done more research on them. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. liberty mutual insurance. the uncertainties of hep c. wondering, what if? i let go of all those feelings. because i am cured with harvoni. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. it's been prescribed to more than a quarter million people

like i said, right now at cnn, earlier it was "the washington post" and the new york times. it's been other networks, it's been other outlets. this president continues to demean the media, are gop leaders going to support him? i want you to know we reached out to the white house earlier this week to invite a spokesperson onto the program given all the president's media attacks. unfortunately they did not respond to our requests. but joining me now is a panel that can examine this from every angle. with me carl bernstein, legendary investigative reporter who broke the watergate story wide open along with bob woodward. he's now a cnn political analyst. kelly mcbride, media ethicist and vice president for the pointer institute david zurawik, olivia from the new york magazine and ben ferguson radio host of the ben ferguson show and a cnn political commentator. we're having trouble with the live shot. carl we're going to address cnn's error this week, the resignation of three reporters. that is something the president and his aides are now exploiting trying to demean this entire

the associated press, "new york times" and "washington post," all of them. >> oops, not 17, 16.al of 4. the paper of record on eighth avenue, they sponsored shakespeare in the park worried donald trump like julius caesar was stabbed to death at the end. >> kimberly: how about that? how about them apples? you guys are fantastic. coming up, we have more with the panel. nine republican senators oppose the current bill to repeal in a place obamacare. will the g.o.p. be able to keep a major promise they made to the mecca people? that much more on the special edition of "hannity" ." it creates a seal of the dentures in my mouth. just a few dabs is clinically proven to seal out more food particles. try super poligrip free. ♪ take the zantac it challenge! pill works fast? zantac works in as little as 30 minutes. nexium can take 24 hours. when heartburn strikes, take zantac for faster relief than nexium or your money back. take the zantac it challenge. if you've got a life, you gotta swiffer i hawhen i think about beingght trelated to thomas jefferson,. it certainly makes me feel a sense

he has reportedly resigned on the same evening that the washington post and the new york times have bothes, saying donald trump's lawyers are seeking ways to undercut, undermine, the investigation into russian meddling. this investigation led by special counsel robert miller. one of the reasons why certainly people are speculating that he has resigned is because he had warned donald trump's lawyers not to go after robert mueller. is the white house going to war over this investigation? that's probably one of the interesting questions and that's what these articles raise. are we heading for a showdown between the president of the united states and this special counsel that has been appointed to look into whether or not rush hour meddled in the us presidential election and whether or not there was collusion between the trump campaign and russia to do so. if you we re campaign and russia to do so. if you were looking at these reports, what they seem to say is that the investigators have been investigated into whether or not there are any conflict of interests, whether or not they've given t

time of night. what we all like, fwls 5:30, the news gives us something. "the new york times," "washington post," axios, somebody has good story. somebody in the white house is feeding this stuff out. it is almost always negative toward the president. what is going on? why are so many people in the white house, i had a report he sitting next to me. she laughed when i said has the leaking stopped? it hasn't. it is like a titanic. it leaks, it leaks. they don't have any loyalty to the president. why are these people, and i'm no pal of what they're doing there. why would somebody take a political job at the white house and trash the guy who gave them the job? who are they loyal to if not the person that they took job from? the president in this case? >> because for many of them, they feel president isn't loyal to them. >> what? >> they should quit. >> they this quit. >> no. they haven't. >> they're doing the country a service. because a lot of what we found out comes from leakers. look. this is not normal behavior. >> working at the white house is an honor and a privilege. it is a tough job. >> wh

russians and then re-characterizes when they finally have to come forward because of some, "new york times," "washington post" story or whatever. >> i would be more concerned if the episodes themselves, the meetings turned out to be of some substantive meeting in the sense they pointed in the direction that there was some cooperation and collusion going on. so far what we've seen doesn't seem to do that and it's not hard for me to imagine people associated with the president's campaign might have forgotten. this meeting seems to be eminently forgettable, almost laughable. >> bret: again, they are saying for someone to meet with somebody from a foreign country is different than someone just meeting who has oppo research. >> that may be so but were having a conflation being made between this woman whom the kremlin, perhaps not truthfully, but they are saying they don't know any about it. putin doesn't know this woman. you can't be a prominent lawyer in moscow without in some way being connected to the kremlin because the kremlin is connected to nearly everything. that doesn't make her a russian agent, certainl

on the front page of "the new york times," "the washington post," reporting on what's going on inside the white house as they try to deal with all this breaking news. the reports are there's a lot of suspicion among staffers and the president's top people about who is giving information to "the times" and "the washington post." you can imagine the climate inside as they try to deal with all this. >> there are two threats to the psychology inside the west wing, one is just that, looking around and saying who is leaking this stuff, and is family turning on family? is every advisor sort of in for himself? there's no sort of sense of a real alliance. that's one thing affecting the psychology there. the other thing is, the president, who remains completely consumed by this story line and, therefore, not advancing an agenda elsewhere. >> how can he not be consumed, when it's on the front pages of every newspaper, how can he not be consumed. >> i used to laugh back in the '90s with clinton and the white house compartmentalizing. there was something to it. if you talked to people inside the c

evidence, not the manufactured cnn, "new york times" evidence, but follow the evidence to where it goes. lou: it's stunning to see the nonsense "the washington postthe left in this country is going to do that. but they are eating up taxpayer dollars, time, and frankly subverting an administration. mueller is an obvious hack. >> they have legal action they can take against former director comey. if mueller won't do it, you need to find someone who will. catherine herridge talked about the legal issues related to what comey leaked. i dealt with classification issues. i signed document that said everything i create is classified government document. they classified my bronze star narrative because they thought there was too much information in there. lou: senator mark warner sounds like he's trying to make all the excused in the world for james comey because it suits the left in this country. there is nothing impartial about what's going on with that senate intelligence committee whatsoever. warner is guiding him by the warner is guiding him by the . . . trump's son, this lawyer meeting. lou, we have to have people who call for this to happen. you h

early in the week, there was a story in the washington post and the new york times which suggested hehe power to pardon. when it came to that question, he was asking around, that question, he was asking around, that was just according to white house aides talking to the new york times and washington post. this morning he tweets on the back of all about, saying when it comes to the power of pardoning, everyone agrees ido power of pardoning, everyone agrees i do have it. this is a bit of the showman coming out, playing to his best. and it was part of a massive twitter storm. with subjects ranging from 0bama cared to his former rival hillary clinton. it needs to be taken into some context. i'm not quite sure whether or not the president was entirely being serious when he said, he would pardon himself. laura, this is all in the run—up to another extraordinary week in washington where we are expecting donald trump's sun and son—in—law to be questioned by congress. give us an idea of what is going to happen. when it comes to the enquiry into whether or not russia modelled in the us presiden

"squawk alley" is back after this a used car, >>> major newspapers such as "the new york times," "washington post of others are teaming up to ask congress to grant a limited anti-trust exemption to allow them to negotiate for digital advertising collectively to compete with the on-line platforms that dominate the space, google and facebook "the wall street journal" publishing apiece ove the weekend entitled "how anti-trust undermines press freedom" charging news companies cannot compete with these tech giants facebook and google and for more we are joined by the author of that op-ed, news media alliance and president ceo david leading the effort thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much for having me. >> so you say this so-called due op poly of google and facebook of internet advertisers is more threat j threatening to the news business than having the president of the united states calling out your prominent members as fake news and failing publications why is that? >> you know, more people are consuming more hard news than ever the demand for our product is bigger than ever and i think p

then he read "the new york times," "washington post," read all of the stuff and you start thinking what the world is going on? i want to focus on the real issues. >> sean: i want to get to the media just a second, but that also played a part in this and that's one of the five big institutions that don't want the president to succeed and are trying to delegitimize him in preventing his agenda from being enacted. you mention the crowds and i watch the speech that you refer to very, very closely as i have all of his rallies, and i covered many of them. my question to you is you had a very successful run as a chairman of the rnc. you helped elect a lot of the people in the house and the senate. it was in the bill that i would've chosen, but they worked hard. >> they got it done. >> mitch mcconnell didn't get it done. and john mccain comes back and did what he did and we wish him well. but i did not like what he did last night, nor did any of them run on the skinny repeal bill. to get into conference to hope that they could fix it there. my question is this. to the extent that the republican

it's being reported in "the new york times" and "the washington post." have yet to confirm that detail. but it's being reported in "the washington post" and "new york times." this is the end of a day that saw the president dealing with blowback from his review and his threat for special counsel robert mueller. jeff zeleny with us for more. first this red line and new idea from "the washington post" about the lawyers or president trump talking about or looking into or trying to explore possible pardons. >> anderson, it's so interesting. and it gives you a sense of how much detail and time and attention the president and his team are spending on this, vis-a-vis the rest of their agenda. this has in many respects consumed a lot of his schedule, a lot of his time. and they are having these active conversations. we have heard it from speaking with officials who are familiar with this as well. but the red line is so interesting. because in the interview last evening, the president was asked if the family finances, if that's what robert mueller started looking

dick gregory filled, in became the media sensation of 1960, '61, he was profiled in the new york times, washington postnated with the serve ilrights era, it opened the door for not just younger black comedians, but younger black comedians who never had a cha e chance -- he was very influential on the nightclub stage, he was very influential in the streets during the civil rights movement. he marched with the student nonviolent coordinating committee. he was shot, spat at. once he became a celebrity, he used the power of celebrity, to raise the profile of his activism. >> he made an impression in so many levels. the difference between a racial joke and racist joke can be a real challenge for any comedian. dick gregory was able to guide post wasn't he, for people who would follow like redd foxx or richard pryor, who certainly would use race in their jokes, but in a way, comedy about race became healing too. >> yeah, well, it's all about intent. what is the intent behind the joke, is it to make people understand, raise awareness of the cause, fight for what's right or is the intent to hurt people, put peo

let's get off fighting the newspapers, fake news, "the new york times" "washington post". cnn. be a much better country. >> i totally agree, but they have to stop what they're doing. until they do, he's not going to stop defending himself. >> that's the problem, yes. >> shannon: there's the debate about taking the bait or not taking the bait. >> exactly. >> shannon: good to see you both. >> thank you so much. >> shannon: as we await his arrival in germany, lot of people said that he seems most presidential when he's overseas because he's all ab american strength, america first and whether people like that or not, i think people back home like to feel that projection of strength. >> leland: well, absolutely. there is no more powerful sight in the world, whether you're an american ally or american enemy than what we are about to see on that screen, which is air force one pulling up and the president of the united states walks off the 747 and over to marine one. no matter where in the world he travels, that sends a message. >> shannon: that's quite an image. stand by for that. we

he said that he thinks there may be some conflicts of interest so "the new york times"/"washington post" reporting now that the president's legal team actually looking into that possibility effectively trying to discredit robert mueller, even saying that they're looking into the possibility of what are the president's pardoning powers. now, john dowd, who is part of the president's legal team firing back, pushing back against that reporting. here's what he has to say. he says the story is not true. it is nonsense. the president's lawyers are cooperating with the special counsel, robert mueller, on behalf of the president. this headline raising a lot of alarm bells for democrats and republicans who would see this type of activity as really problematic in terms of challenging the special counsel potentially stepping over the bounds of what he can do as president of the united states, steph. so expect this to get a lot of scrutiny throughout the day even though his legal team is knocking it down. >> i want to talk about his legal team. changes to the team. his original lawyer now out of th

new scrutiny. "the washington post" and "the new york times" reporting this morning that president trump's legal teamng to find multiple ways to discredit them. the goal according to the newspapers exposed due to conflict of interest and undermining the investigation. the president shakes up the legal team with new leadership. the president said hours earlier, he planned a more aggressive pushback. the post reports the legal team is taking a look at where the president's authorities stand on issuing pardons for aides and family members, but maybe also for himself. this morning, the president's lawyer called that reporting nonsense. we are covering all the developments this busy morning. susan malveaux is on capitol hill and caitlin collins is at the white house. the white house says nonsense, much to do about nothing. >> reporter: good morning, poppy. we are hearing donald trump is reshuffling his legal team in wake of the investigation. the lawyer is going to see a reduced role.

t to the "new york times" to the washington post," we've had fake news for years. a pure witch n respectively and the the um is lacking among press corps for politics. t's been fake for years and most are left leaning lawyers, corps.y, among the press and particularly, on t.v., i katie in the clinton year clinton, who shing was trailing in the polls, couldn't stand bush, this has for decades. the left controls media generally with the exception of -- some talk radio and fox news. for those organizations and thank -- i hank god, i prayed for trump's victory. i was for him from day one, he outsider and tells it like it is. cally t playing plate correct game that republicans play, as well. just as guilty down in d.c., as are the democrats or hey would be investigating hillary clinton right now who obscured law and justice. host: al is next, silver spring, maryland. al, go ahead. caller: hi. i want c-span can sometimes talk of precisely in terms numbers. i have been listening to you for a long time, i don't on exactly what they spend healthcare and in terms of numbers.

new york studio. >> it is very lonely, but it's also 8:00 here, i can confirm that also. >> very good. up first, the "new york times" and "the washington post" are reporting that president trump's legal team is trying to undermine special counsel robert mueller. the president's lawyers are investigating the investigators in hopes of discrediting mueller's russia investigation. >> it comes as the president reshuffles his legal team after being frustrated with how they're responding to the daily russia revelations and perhaps one of the first tasks reported to "the washington post." the president is asking advisors about his ability to pardon his aides, his family, even himself. >> let's bring in one of the reporters from "the washington post" story who can give us the entire scoop. we have national reporter carol laning. thanks so much for being here, carol. >> glad to be here. >> so tell us more. the president's legal team is trying to find some chin ks in the armor obviously of robert mueller's legal team and they're, what, looking into their political leanings? donations? what are they looking into? >> there's a long list of things they'r

who goes to fork court for you isn't the guy to go up against mueller's team, the "new york times" and washington post reported they have been dock extensive research into people on mueller's team. i think this is significant. he is making a change by actually firing a long-time loyalist, showing the number one quality he cares about loyalty isn't what he's going to promote right now, which in terms of having a legal defense team ready to take on this is probably smart. >> all right. annie carn nip, ken delelaneyde thank you to all for joining us, a lot more on this breaking news tonight the walk post reporting again jeff sexes the attorney general last year as a senator discussed trump campaign-related matters with the russian ambassador. >> that is according to u.s. intelligence intercepts. >> that story breaking right now in the washington post and all around the political world. this is requested hartball" where the action is. scaramucci. >> we are getting more news on jeff sessions, it's a busy night, all sorts of stories breaking right now. we are on top of them. we will be back to tell you more

i think that part of the purpose of this, we now have the "washington post" and "the new york times" reporting very similar things which is they're essentially looking into bob mueller, where they're going to find out dirt on bob mueller. that's clearly also meant strategically speaking to have a chilling effect on mueller and his investigators. that we are out there looking at you. >> intimidation. >> you know, we are not going to just sit back and let you roam all over his finances. we're going to draw lines and if and when you cross them, we're going to have stuff on you. that is not an accident. that is purposeful to make sure bob mueller knows the stakes that he's playing at here. and i think the trump camp -- the trump white house, it seems to me that's a strategic earth on their part. >> as if there wasn't enough tonight, jeff, we're learning the spokesman for president trump's legal team is resigning tonight. what do you know? why? >> we doe know that marco corallo, the spokesman for the president's legal team, who really has been in this role for a couple of montzs or so, he

talking about it, allegedly during the week there were several newspaper reports, the new york times and washington poste president have been asking about his powers but they were careful to new onset, saying he was not asking about simply pardoning himself, he was asking what powers did he have. seeing that in the paper, he couldn't resist. donald trump is a showman remember, that's one of the reasons why he tweets in the way that he does. he is trying to direct the and they are going for it in many different ways. but this was a twitter storm this morning. it was on so many varied subjects. when your phone goes beep on that time on saturday can only mean one thing and thatis saturday can only mean one thing and that is trump is tweeting. your phone must be constantly in that case. a word about sean spicer and anthony scaramucci. what change coming to speak it? the two briefings, if you compare the two first briefings, it could not have been more different. that initial briefing when sean spicer came out after the inauguration angry and berating reporters for reporting the size of donald trump is much

new reporting this morning. the president's lawyers are looking for ways to undermine the investigation by robert mueller? "the washington post" and "the new york times" report aides are scouring the backgrounds of mueller and his staf, searching for conflicts of interest they can use to undercut the probe. >> "the washington post" also reporting the president has asked about his power to pardon aides, family members, even himself. one adviser said the president was curious about the reach of his pardoning authority. this follows the earlier attacks on mueller and those involved in the investigation. >> reporter: christine and miguel, mt. trump and the white house increasingly focused on the investigation into the russian meddling of the 2016 election. there are indications that the scope is expanding. president trump talked about robert mueller and the idea he could be looking into the trump family's finances. the president said he thought that would be outside of the r purview of that. the legal team is look at strategies here. the washington host and new york times are both reporting that the president is also looking into ways to disrupt this inv

but it's been "the new york times" and "the washington post" and other networks. who knows who his target will be tomorrowsome >> stay with us. we want to bring in the rest of our panel. jeffrey, let's start with you. there are republicans raising serious concerns about this. here's the congressman from new york. >> when i was 10 years old, we looked up to the president of the united states. we're trying to understand the difference of right and wrong and set our own moral compass to be future leaders. being presidential is being that role model. and i don't believe that some of what he's doing on twitter is setting if right example for my kids. >> jeffrey, is the president setting the right example for america's kids? >> look, i know lee zeldin and i have a lot of respect for him, but i disagree with him. the logic that this could result in violence against journalists, let's just flip this and wonder -- i mean, cnn, and i don't want to pick on cnn. cnn, "the washington post," "the new york times," liberal media in general, gives air times to democrats who say th

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a signing ceremony make it retroactive to january 1 economy booming country thinks "new york times" "washington post happily to have republicans success in 18, and 20 that is what i would recommend. >> mike murphy i love your plan as you laid it out but the one thing though is president trump is advoiding the mainstream media and taking his message to the people, by a via twitter a lot of times it things like this isis victory important point but a lot of times it is also getting off track on some things that seem a little bit -- uh -- >> unimportant to say the least, so do you think he needs to get the message clear on twitter or is he actuallyiappealing to base wants important and unimportant stuff as well. >> i once said to him, 10% less trump would be one hundred percent more effective. and he raised eyebrow looked at me said exactly what -- >> talking about my tweets. >> i said i love 80% of your tweets -- between 80, a, 95 i think there are times he hurts himself like a football player trips himself up falls on the ground, because some tweets i think distract us but there is a bigger story rea

general by a least three of the biggest newspapers in the united states the new york times the wall street journal and the washington post johnson writes a review of one hundred ninety articles from the new york times wall street journal and bezos own washington post over the past year paints a picture of almost uniformly uncritical. times boosterism coverage in fact the last time there was any kind of investigative journalism found in any of the big three was a new york times critique of amazon's labor practices almost two years ago in august of two thousand and fifteen so in a world where freedom of the press has preached a lot more than its practice just how much free rein does the mainstream press give to the world's super rich and powerful let's find out and start watching the hawks . at the bottom. you know that i got. it so. well for the watch of the heart say i'm tired robot and i'm to have a lot. of those so let me ask you do you think that the media goes soft on the super wealthy or super powerful yeah because the super wealthy and the super powerful own media that's not a metaphor they literally own the media

you have cnn, the "new york times," the "washington post," all retracting stories and facing national out to be wrong. >> i agree with you. and i think part of the explanation for that is they care about each other. it's the echo chamber. one of the four basic psychological necessities of life is recognize of peers. they don't care what the american people think, they care what those other journalists on the sister networks think how good they gored donald trump today. i think that's part of the problem taking them down today. they are not going to send out a certified letter to all of those viewers to make sure they know the story has against corrected. david: we never had a president, i don't think, maybe andrew jackson, who fights back the way donald trump fights back. the tweets are one of his means of fighting back. he has been criticized, and sometimes rightly so for his tone. but they don't get away easily from him. >> it's a new era. and because of social media, i think reagan would have loved to hit back. by had to stay calm and keep smiling. he had to act like he believed in

we have two other astounding pieces of journalism from the new york times and i think "the washington postone much which talking about how the trump campaign is trying to discredit robert muller. the second one talks about how they're having conversations about whether it is possible for trump to pardon his aides and whether he can pardon himself. in the spotlight or in the shadow of those stories, again, the underlying thread here is they have done nothing to convince the american public that they are dealing with them in a straight manner, that everything that has come out of their mouth has been a complete and total lie. i think that is a huge problem going into in. >> scott, do you want to respond? >> i think we talked for several days now. the path out here for donald trump jr. and for kushner is to go testify. they've agreed to do that, just as they said they would. i think the private testimony is interesting and it doesn't necessarily mean they won't testify in public if that's what the senate committee wants them to do. i would also point out one other issue. the implications of h

we have two other astounding pieces of journalism from the "new york times" and i think "the washington postne much which talking about how the trump campaign is trying to discredit robert muller. the second one talks about how they're having conversations about whether it is possible for trump to pardon his aides and whether he can pardon himself. in the spotlight or in the shadow of those stories, again, the underlying thread here is they have done nothing to convince the american public that they are dealing with them in a straight manner, that everything that has come out of their mouth has been a complete and total lie. i think that is a huge problem going into in. >> scott, do you want to respond? >> i think we talked for several days now. the path out here for donald trump jr. and for kushner is to go testify. they've agreed to do that, just as they said they would. i think the private testimony is interesting and it doesn't necessarily mean they won't testify in public if that's what the senate committee wants them to do. i would also point out one other issue. the implications of ha

. >>> "the new york times" and the "washington post" both publishing word for word what he said aboute priebus and steve bannon. the words were words that i can not legally say on television, and let me let that sink in for a minute. i can not repeat what the white house communications director said about the white house chief of staff without losing my job. >> i don't think you could put it on hbo. >> you could not. big thumbs up to the "new york times" and the "washington post" for publishing it exactly as he says. if you have an opinion about what he said, you can always check us out on twitter. >> they even put the disclaimer out there, like before you read this, you should know. >> every day seems to bring a new surprise. thank you very much. >>> 5:46 right now. we see a little bit of a foggy start behind us. plenty of sunshine to come. >> it will be a nice day and we're going to see some sunshine also in san francisco later this morning, early afternoon. it's going to be a nice and cool day. but we do start out with the fog as we get a live look outside right now at the golden g

not a week goes by without "the new york times," cnn, "washington post" touting a new store that reliesions of unnamed sources. some have been interesting and newsworthy, others have been false. a majority have been x granted. in your report by the tenant of homeland security confirms it's not your imagination. this administration is averaging at least one link per day pertaining to national security. protecting the country has taken a backseat in the eyes of many bureaucrats to undermining the president they work for. to me, he joins us tonight. mustafa, thanks for coming on. >> thank you. >> tucker: them and make the obvious point, which is i'm not against all leaks. i have benefited from a lot, i think the public has a right to know more than it does. and sometimes they are useful. people don't like them, but tough. but some of these leaks out of this administration are coming from career bureaucrats who shouldn't be divulging sensitive information which they have privy, have access. and also our leaked purely for the purpose of undermining a president they don't like. in so doing th