beverly hallberg joins us. does this look like a media cocoon to you?rter: it is an extension of what we saw during the election, you had members of the election, now members of the administration deciding which reporters could ask questions. i will give president biden credit, he did have peter doocy, not something he seemed to run by his staff and let peter doocy ask a question. thank goodness for peter doocy because he's asking tough questions, more than what ice cream flavor joe biden likes. i'm thankful that joe biden is doing that but we will see more of this where plenty of reporters who are there for the briefing don't get a chance to ask a question. >> we have the moment between peter doocy and president biden from yesterday. take a look. >> i know he always asks me tough questions and always has an edge to them but i like him anyway so go ahead and ask your question. >> thank you, mister president. >> kind of a nice moment and i'm sure peter doocy appreciated it. how do you think joe biden did on a substantive level with questions about the co

and people have come up to me hey, that beverly hallberg trained me, she's amazing, with help for public speaking. what are the lessons right now? i really feel, i have spoken to a few lawmakers since wednesday, what do you think, how should lawmakers be addressing the rest of the country and i say this because i think people get used to talking to others they know well like your constituents but i feel like it becomes more clumsy when you have to speak to an entire nation, and i think a lot of lawmakers are feeling that. what should they be focused on? >> first of all, there needs to be a recognition that words matter, just as i'm calling out the words that the president-elect used, i'm going to call out the words of our president, president trump right now, his words where i will use this mildly, not helpful this week. i think many are rightly saying his words led to what we tragically saw on wednesday with people entering the capitol. so words do have weight. words do matter. that's first of all. second of all, though, something i have seen that's consistent and people speaking out on