and kudos to them, by the way, for returning the favour, because it was the press corps and the whcaobama administration effort to kick them out of white house coverage altogether. so, bernard, we've spoken before in the podcast, when you've been pulling for president trump and all the wild and wonderful and interesting things you've been doing. but since this was announced by the press secretary, has it had an impact on the workings in the press briefing room and how information is is coming out? at least when i got there in the morning, there was a lot of discussion about how does this work? am i still on pool duty? who's going to send the reports? i mean, is the listserv still working? and then plus, you know, logistical questions about in the future, for example, how do some of these new media outlets that the trump administration has, you know...? there's a cost associated with going on air force one, and there's logistical challenges associated with coming to bringing a pool for kind of a supplemental duty, like a vice presidential event or, you know, that sort of thing. it's a

the whca controlled access to the pool because we who regularly do pool duty. is saying and inviting are. that's not hypothetical. because it was the press corps and the whca that blocked house coverage altogether. so, bern, we've spoken before in the podcast, you've been doing. but since this was announced by the press secretary, at least when i got there in the morning, there who's going to send the reports? and then plus, you know, logistical questions of these new media outlets that the trump that sort of thing. it's a huge logistical task that, you know... people today at least weren't sure that the white house had really thought through some of those day—to—day questions. so, i mean, really, there was a huge sense in my little area of the basement down there. well, speaking of freedom of the press, it's time to free the press, of the president's path. and, olivier, great to have you with us for your maiden voyage here. and you can catch up with all of the episodes it'll be under the global story bannerfor sounds users. hello, it's been a sunny sunday, at more of that to come in

so, you know, we believe and i'm no longer the leader of the whca, but i'm still very connected to it. the correspondents association believes it's important to have independent journalists in that pool, because that is the opportunity to ask questions of people in power and to report that news out and to report those facts out. so it raises a new challenge when the white house takes over that kind of control. >> yeah. and the white house correspondents association did say that it would no longer coordinate shared coverage of president donald trump in this kind of escalating dispute over the press access. all right, jeff mason, thank you so much. great to see you. >> you too. >> all right. amid upheaval and sweeping changes, president trump heads to capitol hill to share what's potentially next. follow cnn for complete coverage and in-depth analysis. the presidential address to congress beginning tuesday at 8 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. all right. still ahead, former new york governor andrew cuomo announces his run for new york city mayor, setting up a clash with current mayor eri