brian stelter is not even going to put up for that as long as there is a story there or we're going to milk it ok pat i just i think you guys are grasping at straws here no no no i'm trying to make a point here and i it's a valid point i think is well all right i'll come on line i'll have a little bit of fun you know you're acting like you know what was his name bob you're acting like you're actually in fact senator dole right now get off the grass ok time pass right confounds me chattering let me go it is hard patrick patrick again what i'm just saying is that anything i know no matter how bizarre and how you know out of the park it is they will pick up on this ok because they have picked up on every single else real false imagined and run with it like fools they would do it again patrick. russia versus trump does that hypothetical peter liberals love during hypotheticals by the way. i'm just going to say yes peter one hundred percent really one hundred percent they would open up a shrine to vladimir putin outside cnn's offices in atlanta they would start rachel maddow would go to sau

our senior media correspondent host of "reliable sources," brian stelter is here. analyst and adviser to four previous presidents. david gergen, the media, quote, causes war, according to the president in this tweet. now, just -- your initial read on that. >> wrong. it's just not true. we've had a lot of wars over the time of history, and the press has not caused any of those wars. i do think it's true, poppy, that at least in one war the press was a definite cheerleader. and that goes back to the end of the 19th century, and when we had the famous newspaper rivalry between hurst and pulitzer and we went in and won. i think -- brian may disagree with this. i think we did too much cheerleading in advance of the iraq war. under president george w. bush. but in both cases, the press was cheerleading an existing administration. it was not causing a war. >> the explanation i just asked david irvin, brian, who worked and knows the president well, friends with him. worked as a campaign strategist with him. you know, and he said to me, yeah, i think this goes too far. but

brian stelter is not even going to put up for that as long as there is a story there or we're going to milk it ok patrick i just i think you guys are grasping at straws here no no no i'm trying to make a point here and i it's a valid point i think is well all right i'll come on line i'll have a little bit of fun you know you're acting like you know what was his name bob you're acting like you're acting senator dole right now get off the grass ok talk that's right confounds me chattering let me go it is hard patrick patrick again what i'm just saying is that anything i know no matter how bizarre and how you know out of the park it is they will pick up on this ok because they have picked up on every single else real false imagined and run with it like fools they would do it again patrick. russia versus trump does that hypothetical peter liberals love during hypotheticals by the way. i'm just going to say yes peter one hundred percent really one hundred percent they would open up a shrine to vladimir putin outside cnn's offices in atlanta they would start rachel maddow would go to saudi a

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brian stelter is not even going to put up for that as long as there is a story there or we're going to milk it ok pat i just i think you guys are grasping at straws here no no no i'm trying to make a point here and i it's a valid point i think is well all right i'll come on line i'll have a little bit of fun you know you're acting like you know what was his name bob you're acting like you're acting senator dole right now get off the grass ok time pastor i can see that he's actually going to go it is hard patrick patrick again what i'm just saying is that anything i know no matter how bizarre and how you know out of the park it is they will pick up on this ok because they have picked up on every single else real false imagined and run with it like fools they would do it again patrick. russia versus trump does that hypothetical peter liberals love doing hypotheticals by the way. i'm just going to say yes peter one hundred percent really one hundred percent they would open up a shrine to vladimir putin outside cnn's offices in atlanta they would start rachel maddow would go to saudi and s

brian stelter is not even going to put up for that as long as there is a story there or we're going to milk it ok patrick i just i think you guys are grasping at straws here no no no i'm trying to make a point here and i it's a valid point i think is well all right i'll come on line i'll have a little bit of fun you know you're acting like you know what was his name you're acting like you're acting like senator dole right now get off the grass ok that's right confounds me chattering let me go to you as hard patrick patrick again what i'm just saying is that anything i know no matter how bizarre and how you know out of the park it is they will pick up on this ok because they have picked up on every single else real false imagined and run with it like fools they would do it again patrick. russia versus trump does that hypothetical peter liberals love during hypotheticals by the way. i'm just going to say yes peter one hundred percent really one hundred percent they would open up a shrine to vladimir putin outside cnn's offices in atlanta they would start rachel maddow would go to saudi a

we get more from cnn's senior media correspondent brian stelter. >> reporter: our viewers may spot these in the morning papers because they are appearing in 350 newspapers across the country. some big papers like "dallas morning news." and smaller papers as well. every editorial is different. the message is it is great to criticize the media. it makes the media better. calling us names can be dangerous. let me show you the examples from the local papers. they have more impact coming from local communities where the journalists and writers know the readers. here is one from new mexico. we are not the enemy. we are the people. here is one from athens, ohio. it is not just president trump attacking the press, but local officials going the attack. one more from benson, minnesota. "the swift county monitor news." attacks on journalists will lead to violence. there has been the criticism of the effort. here is an example from "the san francisco chronicle." this is saying we are not participating because it plays in the trump narrative that the media are aligned against him. i think this effort

i want to get right to our senior media correspondent, brian stelter, because brian, this all began with an interview with lebron james right here on cnn. >> yeah, this is one of those stranger than fiction stories that i never thought we'd be talking about. it starts last night when don lemon replays his interview with lebron james. the interview was mostly about how lebron's opening a new school in akron, his hometown, all about what he's doing to help the community. but the two men also talked about lebron's disdain for president trump. so apparently trump was watching and he tweeted about it. we can put on screen the tweet. the president lashed out at both don lemon and lebron james, saying don's dumb and so so lebron. and then he says, i like mike. we'll get back to that. but what's happened today is really interesting. lelen fired back. lebron james tried to ignore it and just work with the students of the school. but some reporters asked malia tru -- melania trump for a reaction because cnn used #bebest and here is the first lady's statement. she's definitely siding with lebron ja

so i want to bring in now cnn's senior media correspondent brian stelter. brian, good evening.o take a look at what she said last night on her show. >> okay. >> here it is. >> in some parts of the country, it does seem like the america that we know and love doesn't exist anymore. massive demographic changes have been foisted upon the american people. and they're changes that none of us ever voted for and most of us don't like. there virginia to california, we see stark examples of how radically in some ways the country's changed. now, much of this is related to both illegal and in some cases legal immigration that, of course, progressives love. >> well, brian, you broke it down for us. so let's take a look then we're going to discuss her response which is just in. here it is. >> the america that we know and love 4 doesn't exist anymore. >> no nation, no society, has ever changed this much this fast. >> what is fox news peddling here? >> demographic replacement. >> massive demographic changes. >> fox is peddling fear. white christian america's fear of change, of losing power. it

it's the point of being irrational it's not even fun to watch anymore ice to poke fun at you know brian stelter i mean the stupidest guy on t.v. but at the even now that's not funny forty seconds before we go to the break. first of all tom i love you the dead i give you a kidney not mine but somebody else's if you needed it and i got it he wanted there are two things my friend and i want you living in the past you're living in the past you're talking about white house new pools but let's say this is where paul wake up and over till you hate trial. can you get past it ok well you know going to clean your game to see if you're going to say an example of of ideological possession you know. kind of created a lot of those called me here's one summer two years older than here. twenty seconds lionel keep going. but it's true business is no twitter is look they told f.d.r. with the fireside chat you can talk on the radio the presidential need i say more we've got to wake up and smell the coffee kids it's a new day ok i'm going to jump in here guys we're going to go to a short break and after that short

. >>> brian stelter is cnn senior media correspondent and host of "reliable sources" is with me now.we will talk about omarosa but i want to talk quickly about the fact that the event happening today and trying to cover what is happening in a balanced way. you wrote in a piece, i thought it was really well said. how should newsrooms approach these stories? al tompkins of the pointer institute said his main notion, quote, is that no problem, including race i-and hate gets smaller by ignoring it. it's a profound thought. it still doesn't help us know how to balance, yes? >> i think a real challenge for these organizations. it's actually, in some ways, similar to the challenge of covering terror groups. you think about how do you cover isis? do you shine a light on the horror or do you try to deny a group oxygen? there is a similarity in some ways between that problem, that challenge and the problem of an extremist here at home or in the united states who has hateful thoughts and part of a hate group by giving them attention, you're, in some ways, helping recruit or at least that is the

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. >>> i'm brian stelter and this is "reliable soursces." this hour new york city mayor bill de blasio is here and says rupert murdoch's media empire damaged the country. he'll tell me why in an exclusive sunday morning interview and later in the hour, you saw laura ingraham's co comments in the week echoing white nationalism. what exactly fox is peddling with our panel and one more thing talking about fox and the empire there, it's all part of a trump hall of mirrors, we'll show you how sean hannity handed over his radio show to trump's lawyer. that's coming up later this hour. but first a simple question, is she a whistle blower or is she a fame junky? is omarose manigault-newman doing with her new bookmaking startling claims against her former boss donald trump but should the press take her seriously? this is a story that will be unraveling for days to come, ultimately a story about credibility and it is incredible. ten years ago she was a reality tv villain and one year ago the highest ranking black employee in the trump white house and

and back with us to discuss this is cnn senior media correspondent brian stelter.his this morning and other news as well. good to see you by the way. >> you too. it'sen interesting way to think about the retore cal exercises when he says polls are fake are highlights certain polls he likes or attacks robert mueller, trying to control what information is acceptable. that's what david leinhart suggested in this interview. this is an especially bad week when it came to the president's campaign against independent information. here's part of what david said. >> he essentially is on a campaign against anyone who represents an independent source of information. the media, mueller's investigation, the fbi, the national security apparatus, the congressional budget office, scientists in the case of climate change, i could go on and on. but trump essentially wants a monopoly on information and wants to attack anyone who threatens that monopoly. >> kind of an interesting framing and interesting way to think about the president's criticism of the media and criticism of the mue

. >>> i'm brian stelter. it's time for "reliable stou sources." this is our look at how the news gets made. breaking news from president trump. he's upping his language against the news media and robert mueller. new york times columnist is here with a theory about what's going on. >>> plus, think of him as the story teller in chief. are we in the news media over analyzing his statements and stories. should we be analyzing him like a novelist? the president is really attacking the press with renewed vigor. it's something we need to analyze in detail because it's something that's being talked about the news rooms across the country now. you might say his attacks are becoming normalized in some way. let me show you what i mean. i think it's as simple as this. president trump's newest attempt to strip away our legitimacy and humanity is coming through on twitter. he's posting these kinds of tweets. here is one i want to look at. he is saying the fake news hates being called the enemy of the people only because they know it's true. he's claiming he is

and don lemon. >> brian stelter and don lemon from cnn called trump supporters all racists.w us. come on. give me a break. they started the war. i see him, i'm gonna shoot him. bye. >> on sunday, brett stevens from "the new york times" wrote about voicemails he has been recently receiving. one in particular where the caller said, quote, i don't carry an ar, but once we start shooting you, you aren't going to pop off like you do now. you're worthless. in his op-ed stevens warns we are approaching a day when blood on the newsroom floor will be blood on the president's hands. we'll be right back. this is not a bed. it's a high-tech revolution in sleep. the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it intelligently senses your movement and automatically adjusts on each side to keep you both comfortable. and snoring? how smart is that? smarter sleep. to help you lose your dad bod, train for that marathon, and wake up with the patience of a saint. the new sleep number 360 smart bed, from $999. smarter sleep will change your life. about medicare and supplemental insurance. medicare is great,

brian stelter, cnn, new york. >>> well, u.s.es have fallen in love with the glitz and glamour of singapore. >> we've been dating for over a year now, and i think it's about time people met my beautiful girlfriend. >> what about us taking an adventure east? >> like queens? >> singapore. colin's wedding. don't you want to meet my family? >> the romantic comedy "crazy rich asians" clinched the top spot at the box office in the opening weekend here. >> now, the movie made $34 million over five days, beating expectations. it is the first major studio film in 25 years with a mostly asian cast. one media analyst says it's proof that diversity can be good business for hollywood. i want to check out that movie. >> i absolutely do. thank you for being with us for this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. >> and i'm rosemary church. we'll be right back with another hour of news from all around the world. do stick around. you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from an allergy pill? flonase relieves snee

twitter ceo jack dorsey sat down with cnn's brian stelter to set the record straight. >> the presidenthe truth around that idea? >> so, i think a lot of the statements behind the statement or the question behind the question is, look, shadow banning is a very widely defined term. there's not one single definition, so the definite that we found that seems to resonate with the most people is, you know, not amplifying particular messages or if someone puts out a tweet, hiding that tweet from everyone without that person who tweeted it knowing about it. so -- but the real question behind the question is, are we doing something according to political ideology or viewpoints, and we are not. period. we do not look at content with regards to political viewpoint or ideology. we look at behavior. and we use that behavior as a signal to add to relevance. we need to constantly show that we are not adding our own bias, which i fully admit is left -- is more left-leaning, and i think it's important to articulate our bias and to share it with people so that people understand us, but we need to remove

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twitter's ceo jack dorsey sat down with my colleague brian stelter to set the record straight.bout the policy about world leaders, keeping accounts up that otherwise might guess suspended suspend suspended or blocked. what would president trump have to say on twitter to get blocked? >> stepping back, we think it's really important for the world to see how global leaders think and they act and they treat the people around them. we think that's important. we think it's important to get into their minds and actually see how they think. because it can be more pretickettipr predictive how they're going to act. it could be informative as to if you should vote for them in the future or not. >> if a dictator called for a minority population to be killed, would you delete their account? >> anything that would incite violence or illegal or against our terms offer is ris, we're going to consider and consider taking action. but we have to take it in a context of where they are, of who they are, of the global conversation and whether it does serve the public conversation or whether it detra

hard to see how the answer is yes. >> in terms of brian stelter, i want to bring you in. in terms of being able to speak out -- because let's just be real again -- everyone on this list has been critical of this administration in some form or fashion. listening to director clapper saying it's not going to stop me from coming on tv and sometimes agreeing with the administration and sometimes not. revoking security clearance is not going to muzzle these people. >> someone like brennan might say this president is dangerous. now he's trying to prove my point. this revolving door has been going on for decades. you leave a government, leave an administration, be and then you get a tv gig. only thing different now is that there are more ex officials, more concerned about this president and they are on tv more often expressing their concern. that's why i found it so striking them calling this an enemies' list, others a black list. why would the president want to have a perception out there that he has an enemies' list, other than to distract from omarosa. i don't know. >> and mue

it's the point of being irrational it's not even fun to watch anymore ice to poke fun at you know brian stelter i mean the stupidest guy on t.v. but at the even now that's not funny forty seconds before we go to the break. first of all i love you to dead i give you a kidney not mine but somebody else's if you needed it and i got it he wanted there are two things my friend and i want you living in the past you're living in the past you're talking about white house new pools what place is this is where paul wake up and over till you hate trial it can't you can't get past it ok whole grain old girl you're going to going to see you're going to say you know example of of ideological possession you know ok i. finished reading a lot of those called me kids once about two years older than me. twenty seconds lionel keep going. but it's true business is no twitter is look they told f.d.r. with the fireside chat you can't talk on the radio the presidential need i say more we've got to wake up and smell the coffee kids it's a new day ok i'm going to jump in here guys we're going to go to a short break and

he tells brian stelter what is broken about twitter and how he plans to fix it. >> there's a lot of emphasispolitics twitter. politics twitter is divisive and contentious. you see a lot of outrage. if you go to other twitters like nbc twitter or k-pop twitter, you see the opposite. it is important to see the dark areas of society to acknowledge and address them. i think the only way to address is through conversation. it is hard especially when it feels toxic and you want to walk away. we give people one tool right now which is to follow an account. >> you want people to follow stories or subjects or hash tags? >> we have been focusing the service today more toward topics and interests. >> it sounds like you are ready and willing to rebuild the house. renovate. >> we are ready to question everything. >> dorsey added he needs to overhaul the fundamentals of twitter, but did not commit to a ti timetable. >>> a somber sunday for catholics in pennsylvania. a report detailing hundreds of priests abuse for decades. we have more from polo sandoval in pittsburgh. >> reporter: christine and dave, one

. >>> i'm brian stelter. it's time for "reliable stou sources.". breaking news from president trump. he's upping his language against the news media and robert mueller. new york times columnist is here with a theory about what's going on. >>> plus, think of him as the story teller in chief. are we in the news media over analyzing his statements and stories. should we be analyzing him like a novelist?

also with me now, cnn's senior immedia media correspondent brian stelter. what more can you tell us about these gaming centers? appealing to a number of people who come at any one time, involved in a tournament, in this case, of this madden xbox game. >> this has been on the rise for the past few years. it's the first time i can recall where we've heard about multiple fatalities at one of these events. part of our society is immune from these mass shootings. we've seen this at nightclubs. >> all right, brian. we're going to have to re-establish that connection. it's very difficult to hear you. if you folks are joining us right now, what's taking place here in jacksonville, florida, you see the live pictures on the right side. downtown jacksonville. there's a gaming bar there. there has been a shooting. police are confirming there have been multiple fatalities but still unclear just how many people may have been inside this game bar, when what you hear on livestreaming is gunfire erupting. it's a horrible situation. police are describing it as a mass shootin

in a rare tv interview, jack dorsey tells our brian stelter what is broken about twitter and how he plansphasis today on politics twitter. politics twitter is divisive and contentious. you see a lot of outrage. you see unhealthy debate. sw we see a lot of negative things. i believe it is important to see the dark areas of society so we can acknowledge and address them. i think the only way to address them is through conversation. it is hard especially when it feels toxic and you want to walk away. >> let's bring back oliver darcy. it is all one twitter. what is he doing to fix it? >> we were talking during the break. politics twitter is twitter. everything these days is politics. he doesn't want to dive into real world solutions to help fix the hate and harassment that has really become and defined twitter. he talks in hypotheticals and philosophy about the size of the -- or the whatever he was saying. he doesn't want to get into the nuts and bolts of how to fix the hate and harassment policy on twitter and what to do about it. even the current solutions for reporting hate and harassment

brian stelter is with me. he is our senior media correspondent. this is your reporting.k us through how extensively we now know michael cohen worked with ami to bury this stuff. >> we heard about catch and kill for several months. it had been based on media reports. now for the first time, michael cohen in his own words is admitting to this behavior. that's part of the guilty plea. there's so much detail in these government court filings. some of the detail does involve this media company that was acting more like a political advocacy group than a newsroom. the "national enquirer," everyone knows it. it's a supermarket tablet. it does enplmploy journalists. it's incredible to think that behind the scenes, it was hearing about bad news for trump and burying it with the help of michael cohen. this was a partnership behind the scenes where they were weaponized to help trump and hurt his enemies. >> what about the guy at the helm of this? it appears from "the wall street journal" reporting, he is cooperating with prosecutors. >> that's the new development that i think make u

brian stelter and don lemon from cnn called trump supporters all racis racists. don't know these americans out here and they are calling us racist because we vetted for trump? come on. give me a break. they started the war. i see them, i'm going to shoot them. bye. >> first of all, just on behalf of my two colleagues here at cnn, they never did that. and that call is reprehensible. a couple of members of the president's inner circle have publicly broke within the president over this. white house counsellor kellyanne conway and the president's daughter ivanka say they do not believe journalists are the enemy of the people. from media wars to info wars he suggested the sandy hook school shooting was hoax and that the september 1 th terror attacks were an inside job by the government. i'm talking about alex jones. he is the founder of info wars. and he is now feeling the heat himself. you tube, facebook, and apple all announcing they're removing his content from their platforms. here's how you tube explained its decision. quote, when users violate policies repeatedl

. >>> i'm brian stelter and this is "reliable soursces."edia empire damaged the country. he'll tell me why in an exclusive sunday morning interview and later in the hour, you saw laura ingraham's co comments in the week echoing white nationalism. what exactly fox is peddling with our panel and one more thing talking about fox and the empire there, it's all part

meantime, brian stelter is also with me by phone to give us a better idea of what some of these gamingments are like. brian, according to scott, we don't know how many people were attending this tournament, but people can be online with this tournament from all parts of the globe. what do you know about the scale of tournaments like this and a gaming center that attracts a number of people who don't necessarily want to be in the comfort of their home to do this, to participate, but they go to a game bar like this? >> yeah, this is something that brings people together. it's a sort of community sense at these locations. esports is a growing part of the media business where people come together to play games, some amateur, some professional, so they compete in tournaments. at some point, there can be huge amounts of money on the line. this was not a national tournament though. what we're seeing in jacksonville today was an early stage, local tournament. people trying to qualify to get to go to las vegas for a national tournament. so you definitely had dozens in the room. we don't know if

. >> i think brian stelter pointed out that she started at number five on the best seller list and went to number two as soon as the president started speaking about it. >> let me ask you this. this is a very important issue that's near and dear to our hearts. more than 300 newspapers across the country banded together today in support of the free press. there are some of the headlines on screen right there. we don't want to naval gaze too much here, but obviously our job is to hold every administration accountable. but the president responded on a day such as this with this tweet, the fake news media is the opposition party, is very bad for our great country, but we are winning. once again, i go back to we're not supposed to be shocked anymore, but on a day when the press is banding together and saying the press is not the enemy, the president responds in that way. >> the point of the freedom of press is for every american to be able to speak their mind. you know, we kind of see not only the tweet, but the actual action at john brennan, which is a different way of threatening that free

now white house reporter kate bennett and senior media correspondent host of reliable sources brian stelter. you cover the first lady day in and day out why do you think she wanted to way weigh in here. >> this is the first lady who acts and thinks independently and when we think she zigs she zags. it's not uncommon. but it's within the time frame, within the contentious nature of the president's tweet. it's surprising this particular statement from stephanie grish am. again the first lady is trying to underscore considering her husband appear what his online habits are that that kind of is an option that helping and having positive behavior is something that should be applauded. i think this is her way of trying through the criticism, through the perceived hypocrisy quite frankly to have her own voice. it's not the first time we've seen her be independent. of course we watched her take the separate motorcades earlier this year. we watched her go to barbara bush's funeral and sit among presidents her husband criticized. go to the border to see for herself what's happening with immigration.

. >> thank you both, david gergen, brian stelter, appreciate you being with me. >>> top of the hour. 10:00 a.m. eastern. good morning, everyone, i'm poppy harlow in new york. totally legal. those words from the president this morning. he also says, done all of the time. yet when it comes to that meeting that his son, don, junior held with the russian lawyer in trump tower, supposedly on dirt on hillary clinton, the president still insists i did not know about it. and with that, his latest attempt to douse the potential legal firestorm only adds fuel to the flames. this morning, it is far from clear why if the meeting was so routine, the president himself dictated that highly misleading statement about it when the news first broke. well, this morning, the president says more clearly than ever before, that meeting in trump tower was held, quote, to get information on an opponent, which may, in fact, not be legal at all, depending on the source of the information and how it was obtained. kaitlan collins joins me now in bedminster, new jersey, where the president is on vacation. so he's

i'm brian stelter.are talking about leadership and truth telling in politics, president trump's lies are catching up to him. paul manafort, guilty. michael cohen, guilty. it's causing journalists to use the word lie in new ways. i mean, here is a fact check by the "washington post" showing trump's claim about cohen and the payout to stormy daniels describing it as a flat out lie. that's notable because it's the first time ever that the post's fact checkers have used the term. by now we all know trump lies in tweets, he spreads false information at rallies and he spins and miss leads when he sits down for friendly interviews on "fox and friends." at this point he has said so many untrue statements you may not remember this campaign promise made by then candidate trump. >> in this journey i will never lie to you. >> is it time for news rooms to think of new ways to convey trump's lack of credibility? look, i know news rooms have been grappling with how to fact check trump in realtime, this has been a topi

i'm brian stelter. what started this week with former cia director john brennan is not going to end with brennan. the white house is reportedly planning to revoke other security clearances from other former officials who have been critical of president trump. let's talk about it now with ralph peters, a retired u.s. army lieutenant colonel and former fox news military analyst. thank you for coming on the program, i appreciate it. >> i'm glad to be here, brian. we all have to do our part in these dreadful, dreadful days in washington. >> what is the most dreadful part about it for you? >> well, the most dreadful part is that we have a president who does not respect our system of government, does not understand our government, who is not interested in understanding our government, who believes that the constitution is a menu from which he can choose only the most delectable items, who doesn't respect the constitution. that's one thing. but the twin -- the evil twin of that is that i believe, as a former r

say they had the interview with nbc's lester holt with "nightly news" next wednesday and with brian stelter next sunday. it worked out that hannity's interview happened this week and it was the first one so it was good that he's appealing to conservatives and having that voice be heard on that outlet, but don't think that that's the only place he's going to go to explain it and the other thing, too is that jack dorsey just kind of wants to get out there and be the face of this company and better explain his policies he's not someone who is on tv a lot so it is important for him to get out there, to do a media tour and start to communicate to the american people as well as journalists and analysts like ourselves what this decision making really looks like. >> it is has the reaction been favorable or unfavorable, sarah? >> it's so far been a mixed bag. >> a lot of people can say how can they have a voice demand on your platform? >> in fact, cnn put out an article saying they're in the platform and i'm in this cap, myself twitter is sticking to these companies saying we don't ban anyone becaus

brian stelter and don lemon from cnn called trump supporters all racists. they don't even know us.n know these americans out here and they're calling us racists because we voted for trump? come on, give me a break. they started the war. i see them, i'm going to shoot them. bye. >> it is shocking to hear, karen. that this person is calling in saying that, you know, he's a trump supporter and then saying if he sees them he's going to shoot them. that's pretty scary stuff. >> yeah. anything that has to do with violence, you know, it's disturbing because as an attorney, you know, we always have to be very professional. for the first time in 75 years, so he's not, you know, doesn't use the political ease. i mean there is ways to get your point across that doesn't insight hostility and anger. and i just -- it's over the top when you're getting people riled up to the point, you know, sick and disgusting i think are words that make you cringe. i think it reduces your credibility to the point that you're making. i mean there's ways to make the points that you can get across. they should do

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joining us to discuss brian stelter. >> that's okay. >> perform your favorite number. >> i can sing havana for you. then all of our viewers will abandon cnn. they got rid of the trump jokes and got rid of them early on. kevin hart made some comments at trump's expense. it was almost perfunctory. >> there are certain comedians, certain actors that try for the most part to avoid politics. it was notable. he was there sticking it to trump. and also making a comment about you can go ahead and kneel if you want to during these performances. that was notable. but i think so much of our politics, too much of our politics is about hating the other side. the other side said that about trump or something. there wasn't much of that at this awards show, compared to the tonys where robert de niro became the subject for days for saying f trump from stage. so, sometimes when you're looking at millennials, what are they talking about, maybe the lack of trump references is notable in that way. when you see an f the wall t-shirt, certainl