the white house demanding an apology from cnn white house correspondent. kellyanne conway says acosta the reporter from cnn had no right to touch the female white house staffer as he did. president trump: honestly i think you should let me run the country. you run cnn. if you did it well -- >> if i may ask one more question. president trump: that's enough. that's enough. that's enough. trish: my intel on all that went wrong there today and the blame lies squarely on cnn. the techs yas man who believes the president's tough immigration talk is really working. "trish regan primetime" begins right now. breaking right now. attorney general jeff sessions submitting his letter of resignation at president trump's request. this comes after the president repeatedly criticized sessions for recusing himself from the russian investigation. president trump: jeff sessions should have never let it happen. if he told me he would have recused himself i wouldn't have put him in that position. i think it was a disgrace. my enemies, people that are on the other side say for hi

cnn, if you did it well -- >> may i ask another question? pardon me. president trump: that is enough. >> shortly aftfter thehe press conference, the white house revoked theournalists press fast until further notice and cnn asserted their full support for their journalist. >> the president's ongoing attacks on the press have gone too far, they are dangerous and disturbingly un-american. president trump has made it clear he does not respect the free press, he has a sworn obligation to protect it. >> donald trump has a combative relationship with the media and ofteten singles outt cnn which e accuses of disisseminating f fae news. last july, he treated a video o himself wrestling and nching a man whose face was doctored to reflect the cnn logo. the exchange wednesday came three weeks after the outspoken trout supporter set x was a devices to cnn -- sent explosive devices to cnn and other critics of the president. >> republicans in the house of representatives, president trump said he is ready to work with democrats and stressed there are conditions. he called for bipartisanship on the democrat friendly agenda of infrastructure, health care, and the environm

cnn's white house reporter sarah westwood joining me right now. we've been hearing about the possibility now for weeks. we know the secretary of state met with the incoming foreign minister in houston. are they in the final stages? >> well, it looks like the mexican government has agreed, at least in the short term, that would allow migrants seeking asylum onin the united states t wait on the mexican side of the border. obviously this would be a significant change which allowed some migrants to wait in the u.s. while their claims are working their way through the court system. we know the president has been focused on asylum in recent weeks. he unveiled an attempted executive action that would require migrants who want the asylum to present themselves at legal ports of entry and would deny them the ability to request asylum in they were caught entering illegally. any migrants on u.s. soil, they're eligible for asylum. the president has railed against so-called catch and release policies in the past. the fact that migrants who want asylum are able

let's begin with the breaking news on the white house upheaval. our cnn senior white house correspondent, pamela brown, is working her sources. pamela, what rush learning? >> reporter: wolf, a stunning stream of events at the white house tonight, surrounding the deputy national security adviser, mira ricardel seen at a ceremony less than an hour before the first lady sent out an extraordinary statement, saying she no longer deserves to serve in the white house. now today a white house official is saying the president has made the decision to fire her. >> the united states has -- >> reporter: late today, mira ricardel, was seen with the president at the white house of the tonight she was fired from her role as deputy national security adviser after drawing the ire not of the president but of the first lady. in a rare rebuke tonight, the first lady demanded ricardel, john bolton's deputy, be fired. saying in a statement, she no longer deserves the honor of serving in this white house. ricardel recently feuded with the first lady over her trip to africa. arg

a federal judge has just ruled in favor of cnn, and ordered the white house to reinstate the press pass important initial ruling coming from this judge in this case. the white house had revoked acosta's pass, as you'll remember, after a contentious back and forth with president trump at the press conference the day after the midterm elections. this is a case that has cnf's name on it, but it gets to a much bigger issue of the first amendment and press access to the white house. cnn's justice corre

a federal judge has just ruled in favor of cnn, and ordered the white house to reinstate the press pass of cnn's jim acosta. this is an important initial ruling coming from this judge in this case. the white house had revoked acosta's pass, as you'll remember, after a contentious back and forth with president trump at the press conference the day after the midterm elections. this is a case that has cnf's name on it, but it gets to a much bigger issue of the first amendment and press access to the white house. cnn's justice correspondent jessica schneider was in the courtroom and she's now outside. what happened inside there. >> kate, the judge's ruling in this case, simple and succinct. it lasted just a few minutes, in fact, but the judge ruling very clearly that the white house must immediately restore our chief white house correspondent jim acosta's hard pass. that, of course, is the pass that allows him somewhat broad access into the white house grounds. now, the judge in this case was careful to say that this was in fact a limited ruling. remember, this was just an emergency motion

>>> a federal judge sides with cnn and orders the white house to restore the press credentials of cnn'sdent jim acosta. in granting the temporary restraining order, judge timothy kelly said acosta's fifth amendment rights were violated as his press pass was revoked without due process. it's just round one. back again with me, the panel. phil, here you go. you know what happened with jim acosta today. the judge ruled in cnn's favor. he's back at the white house after a judge ordered that his pass be reinstated. what's your take on today's round one win for cnn and how this may play out? >> there's only two words you used, don, that i paid attention to, and that's round one. i think you're dead-on in characterizing this as a significant issue, but i think we're way too fast in looking at this as a potential victory for the press. the president from day one has portrayed himself as a victim of both the press and conventional republicans among everybody else, the deep state people like me. he will use this over time to make the statement point a thousand times. to his base, he's going to sa

reinstate a press pass to cnn's chief white house correspondent jim acosta. cnn sued trump and top aides, claiming violations of freedom of the press and due process, and the judge said the white house couldn't do what they did. the rule of law must apply. but it got us thinking. how often does president trump challenge the constitution and therefore the rule of law? it has been happening all throughout. the headlines are shocking. trump is a one-man assault on the rule of law, and trump's all-out attack on the rule of law among others. so let's look at some notable examples starting with the president's executive order issued a week after he took office, the one that banned entry -- or wanted to ban entry into the u.s. for 90 days of citizens from iraq, syria, iran, libya, somalia, sudan, and yemen, countries that are primarily muslim. opponents called it a muslim travel ban, and they filed lawsuits. a series of federal courts initially blocked two separate versions of the travel ban, citing among other things violations of due process and equal protection. p

white house. it is really damaging and harmful. >> cnn sent a letter to the white house on friday asking for an explanation the ba pass back. >> cnn tried to work this out, requested that the pass be restored. mr. acosta was denied a day pass in france, even though the french government would have allowed him to cover president trump's appearance at a cemetery. but the white house has basically just been ignoring these requests. so we really had no choice but to sue. we didn't want to have to go to court. we wanted to just report the news. so that's what the courts are for. the first amendment and the fifth ameandment arguments. we're asking for emergency relief because every day that this pass has been revoked is a first amendment violation and irreparable harm in the eyes of the law. >> the case is intended to be not just about one reporter or even one news organization. >> i think that's an important piece of this, that acosta happened to be targeted last week, but the president has threatened to revoke other credentials as well. ted, what would happen if there is temporary or permanent relief? would it

cnn breaking news". >>> we're following breaking news. the white houseow backing down from a new threat to bar cnn's chief white house corresondent jim acosta. in response, cnn has dropped its lawsuit against the administration. the white house's sudden reversal followed cnn's request for another emergency hearing in federal court. the president is changing his stance on a sitdown interview with special counsel robert mueller. he is now saying he probably won't do it and he is launching new verbal attacks on a top u.s. military commander as well as top members of his own team. i will talk about that and more with congressman jim hines of the house intelligence committee and the former director of ethics water schwab. first, two reports tonight. our chief white house correspondent jim acosta is standing by with the president's latest comments on the special counsel investigation. let's begin the breaking news on cnn's dropping its lawsuit against the white house after the trump administration publicly backed down. let's go to our chief media correspondent

trish: cnn white house correspondent is back at the white house after a judge ruled restore his hardrespass temporarily. all this comes as the president sits down with why is wallace. a major focus of their talk decorum. the entire interview airs sunday. but we get a preview for you. here is president trump. president trump: what they said is we have to create rules and regulations for contact, et cetera, et cetera. we are going to do that. if he misbehalf is we'll throw him out or stop the news conference. chris: what will your rules be? president trump: we'll have rules of decorum, you can't keep asking questioned. we had a lot of reporters in that room and they were unable to ask questions because this guy gets up and starts doing what he's suppose to be doing for him and cnn, and just shouting out questions. and making statements, too. but i will say this, nobody believes in the first amendment more than i do. if i think somebody is acting out of sorts, i will leave. i will say appreciate you coming and i'll leave. trish: that's what he should do. he doesn't need to call on jim a

to immediately restored cnn white house correspondentsta's access to the white house. a federal judge once again has said that the president must restore white house access to cnn reporter jim acosta, at least for now. this is pending a further hearing. it comes amid the president's escalating feud with the media, more specifically cnn. other networks have rallied around cnn in defense of the first amendment right to cover the presidents, including fox news and also bloomberg news, which filed a friend of court briefing in the matter. guy? guy: let's talk a bit about what is happening right now. over the last 24 hours, we have been focused on u.k. assets surrounding the brexit story. let's show you where we are as we come toward the close of play this friday. the ftse 100 is down. and in many ways we saw yesterday as being at a headline level, the ftse 100 with a nonevent. a similar theme today. the market is finishing fairly flat, but within it we have significant turbulence as the market continues to be on edge with what is happening w

all that presents an offensive white house. cnn will push back but all the white house press corps will do that. that could upset the apple cart what could fall out is whether or not the white house continues these briefings and what they look like. that could be important for americans. >> what does jeff sessions's resignation mean for special counsel robert mueller? >> it reins in the timeline and brings it much closer. whatever happens in terms of bipartisanship, that dies less than 24 hours after the midterms and in addition moving forward, if robert mueller has 16 or 17 different investigations wrapping all of those up in a very short time frame or being protected by house democrats is something he really doesn't want to do. he needs more time. he is not going to have it. the timeline is much shorter. >> could the acting attorney general now decide to expand the investigation and go back to the origins of this russia probe? >> or he could shut it down. completely. he was the former chief of staff for jeff sessions but nonethel

trish: cnn white house correspondent jim acosta still cannot enter the white house freely after the white house revoked his hard pass after he refused to give up the microphone in that infamous press conference. remember when the woman was trying to take it and he held on for dear life? cnn suing the white house to restore acosta's press credentials. we have geraldo rivera joining us with his thoughts. where to begin. let's start first with jim acosta and his behavior that day. your thoughts. >> i think there is no doubt that jim acosta was rude. he violated every kind precedent in terms of decorum. he was disrespectful to the president of the united states in the very building where the president of the united states preside. i thought it was a shabby showing. the problem is in revoking his trespass, in revoking his trespass. someone is speaking in tongues in my ear. in revoking his -- i'm so sorry. this rarely happens. trish: tell me what you think. that's a better idea. in revoking jim acosta's trespass, the white house's legal position is that they have the absolute right to revoke an

white house press corps showdown is heating up. cnn filing a lawsuit following the white house's decision to suspend reporter jim acosta's hard path after a microphone scuffle with the white house intern. what does it say for the president? here is howard kurtz with more. >> cnn is taking action of the white house banned our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. >> cnn's contentious relationship with president trump moved into court today. it's lawsuit came after the white house yanked the credentials of acosta who has a history of lecturing and confronting the president following this clash at a news conference. >> president trump: that's enough. that's enough. that's enough. that's enough. >> pardon me. >> president trump: that's enough. cnn should be ashamed of itself having you working for them. you are a rude, terrible person. >> sarah huckabee sanders called the suit grandstanding. after acosta asked two questions, he physically refused to surrender a white house microphone to an intern so that other reporters might answer

states he won comfortably in 2016, starting with ohio, then indiana and missouri, sources tell cnn white houseides have braced him for a loss in the house. the president sounding less confidentiality if recent days. >> the difference is i can't campaign for all of those house members, there's so many of them. >> reporter: in a conference call on the eve of the election, trump told supporters his accomplishments are on the line. >> it is all fragile. >> reporter: even though he claims the mid terms aren't a referendum on him, trump urging his supporters to get out and vote. >> in a certain way i am on the ballot. whether we consider it or not, the press is very much considering it a referendum on me and us as a movement. >> reporter: his final message has been light on the economy -- and heavy on immigration. >> that's an invasion. >> reporter: as he continues to paint a dark picture of a caravan of migrants still 600 miles away from the u.s./mexico border. >> by the way, you think we're letting that caravan come into this country, you can forget it. >> reporter: that rhetoric coming as nbc, "f

white house correspondent jim acosta's press today. today a federal judge sided with cnnaying the white house was wrong in revoking it. this ruling is an initial victory for cnn in its lawsuit against president trump and several top aides. while the judge did not rule on the underlying case, he said he believes cnn and acosta are likely to prevail. with us now to discuss, cnn chief media correspondent and host of "reliable sources" on sundays at 11:00 on cnn, brian stelter. so this is round one. >> yes, round one, but we don't know how many more rounds there will be. this could conclude pretty quickly if the white house recognizes today's loss, accepts it and decides to settle. however, if the white house continues to fight on, if it wants to battle in court, the cnn lawyer in this case told me cnn is ready to continue litigating for as long as it takes. this ruling today from the judge, as you said, it was a limited ruling on fifth amendment grounds. due process basically. meaning that acosta's press pass was taken away without due process, without giving him a chance to

cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez in pensacola.bama was in florida yesterday shaking things up, trying to set the record straight and later today, you know, president trump will be there. what is on the line? what's at stake and what will the president likely be reminding or telling voters about? >> reporter: hey there, fred. always a lot at stake in florida. we likely hear him reiterate what we heard about caravans and kavanaugh, et cetera, et cetera. really the big race to look for here in florida is the governor's race. ron desantis and andrew gillum could be seen as a microcosm of where the two parties stand right now and ron, you have an underdog. somebody who ran against much more establishment republicans in the primaries and ended up winning by following the trump play book, as you remember, having his kids build a toy wall in the notorious commercial. success could be a referendum on where president trump stands with florida vote offers. he'll bring out the old obama coalition. latinos, african-americans, young people. if

i can't imagine that there's a white house at one time or another that hasn't felt this way, which is what this white house says that they think cnn has been unfirair. am i right about that? certainly that was my experience when i worked in the obama white house as a reporter. there were times when they certainly challenged pretty strongly some things that people in the press corps said or questioned. what do you make of this ruling as somebody who was a white house insider? >> well, first of all in the white house personalities always create different relationships. and yes, there are times when people in the white house get frustrated with personalities in the press corps and by the same token percents in the press corps get frustrated by people in the white house. that's pretty normal. >> but that's both our jobs, right? our jobs are to ask the questions and if you think they're not fair, your job is to push back or answer them as best you can. >> that's right. i hope that there's always a climate of respect, and i think the climate of respect has been eroding over the number of years. clearly the advent of cable news generated

white house intern. what does it say for the president. >> cnn is taking action at the white house band our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. >> cnn's contentious relationship with donald trump moved into court today after the white house yanked the credentials of acosta who has a history of lecturing and confronting the president following this clash at a news conference. >> that is enough. that is enough. that is enough. cnn should be ashamed of itself for having you working for them. you are a rude terrible person. >> reporter: sarah huckabee sanders called grandstanding from cnn which the says has 50 of the credentials staffers. after acosta asked two questions he physically refused to surrender a white house microphone to an intern so other reporters might ask their question and this wasn't the first time he acted inappropriately. sanders didn't repeat the highly disputed contention that acosta laid hands on the intern. the move cast cnn president jeff soccer, former nbc chief who worked with trump on the apprentice as a champion. he says there is a right to hold accountable. >> we are asking

just moments ago, acosta tweeted that he had been denied entry to the white house for his hit that was supposed to come up on cnn happening about right now. then moments later, we got a statement from the white house press secretary sarah sanders saying that they have pulled acosta's white house hard pass until, quote, further notice. and basically, the reason for this is during that press conference, one of the white house interns went to take a microphone from acosta as he was trying to ask questions, then if she was beinby him or w the white house says that they will never tolerate a reporter placing his hands on a young woman just trying to do her job. now, they say they have pulled that hard pass acosta has been denied entry to the white house so this whole thing

together, we're building a better california. >>> the white house is suspending cnn chief white houserespondent jim accosta's press pass. the word came down hours after he asked the president questions at the news conference this afternoon. jim, take us through what's going on. >> i went back to the white house to do a live shot for your program just before 8:00. when i arrived at the gate, the secret service came out and informed me that my press credentials were being, i guess, revoked temporarily, suspended, and the secret service officer came over to me and asked me to hand over my credential. and i did. and i told them, i said, listen, i know you're a professional, you're just doing your job. and thanks for your service. handed him my credential i've had for five years. >> i want to read reaction from a few of your colleagues covering the white house. jeff mason from reuters just tweeted, i was seated next to accosta at today's press conference and did not witness him placing his hands, in quotes, on the young intern as she alleges. peter baker from "the new york times," false pr

let's go to the white house. cnn senior white house correspondent, jeff zeleny, is the president right to be positive this morning? >> reporter: there is no question that the president in the words of how he is describing himself to aides, he feels vindicated. there is some vindication in the fact that republicans expanded their grip on the senate, particularly if the state of florida holds there. that is something that the president feels vindicated by. there is no question, the political order has changed in washington because of the house of representatives. everything the president does in the second two years of his first term in office are going to be different largely because of the checks and balances that really have not been there at all for the president during the first half of his first term. but the president will be talking about all of this. he will be celebrating his victories, trying to brush off the house defeats at his news conference here. he is tweeting about house democrats, trying to fire a wa

cnn. the white house has just responded to the lawsuit cnn filed this morning on first amendment and fifthnds after the white house banned our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. >> we'll read the statement. we have just been advised cnn has filed a complaint challenging jim acosta's pass. we'll vigorously defend gerps his lawsuit. it goes on to say that cnn who has nearly 50 additional hard pass holders and mr. acosta is no more or less special than any other media outlet or reporter with respect to the first amendment. after mr. acosta asked the president two questions, each of which the president answered, said the white house, he refused to surrender a white house microphone to an intern so other reporters might ask their questions. this is not the first time this reporter has inappropriately refused to yield to other reporters. >> the white house goes on to say, quote, the white house cannot run an orderly and fair press conference when reporters act this way, which is neither appropriate nor professional. the first amendment is not served when a single reporter or more than 1

and, much more. >> woruff: the fight between the white house and cnn's chief white house correspondentmd acosta, continday. today, a federal judge ruled that acosta's pass must be reinstated. as yamiche alcindor tells us, the ruling was a temporary win for cnn. >> alcindor: president trump versus cnn, a case that centers around this exchange last week at a white house press conference. >> mr. president, are you worried about indictments coming down in this investigation? mr. president? >> i'll tell you what: cnn should be ashamed of itself, having you working for them. you are a rude, terrible person. you shouldn't be working for cnn. >> alcindor: white house press secretary sarah sanders said acosta was being punished for "placing his hands" on a white house intern. she latiter tweeted out an video of the exchange. u.s. district judge timothy friday afternoon, acosta returned to the white house and reacted to the ruling. >> that's my cwo to go back to . >> alcindor: in an interview with fox news today, mr. trump said the white hnise is now plng to come up with new rules for press conf

white house officials. they took away his white house credentials. they are fighting backin house credentials. they are fighting back in the courts, cnn.in the media, including fox news. including fox news who are seen often as a supporter of donald trump. this is about freedom of speech and freedom of the press, specifically. and fox did say that they continue, and they do not condone the antagonistic tone between the president and recent press, but they do of course support the freedom of the press. this is an interesting story. it will be interesting story. it will be interesting to see how it plays out, whetherjim acosta will get is passed back or not. and how about roles —— pass. the president of fox news, some argue it is virtually a mouthpiece of the white house, some would be that strong and alan whicker it is interesting that they are so forthright in their support of this ——a mouthpiece. now, marie antoinette's poll pendant sells for $32 million —— pearl. has not been seen for decades. there were so much fascination in its. i think fascination in its. i think fascination is the key word. people are thinking maybe $i fascinati

. >>> the white house is suspending cnn chief white house correspondent jim accosta's press pass.sident questions at the news conference this afternoon. jim, take us through what's going on. >> i went back to the white house to do a live shot for your program just before 8:00. when i arrived at the gate, the secret service came out and informed me that my press credentials were being, i guess, revoked temporarily, suspended, and the secret service officer came over to me and asked me to hand over my credential. and i did. and i told them, i said, listen, i know you're a professional, you're just doing your job. and thanks for your service. handed him my credential i've had for five years. >> i want to read reaction from a few of your colleagues covering the white house. jeff mason from reuters just tweeted, i was seated next to accosta at today's press conference and did not witness him placing his hands, in quotes, on the young intern as she alleges. peter baker from "the new york times," false predicate to punish reporter. this is what the president wants. if he really thought a

trish: cnn white house correspondent is back at the white house after a judge ruled restore his hardarily. all this comes as the president sits down with why is wallace. a major focus of their talk decorum. the entire interview airs sunday. but we get a preview for you. here is president trump. president trump: what they said is we have to create rules and regulations for contact, et cetera, et cetera. we are going to do that. if he misbehalf is we'll throw him out or stop the news conference. chris: what will your rules be? president trump: we'll have rules of decorum, you can't keep asking questioned. we had a lot of reporters in that room and they were unable to ask questions because this guy gets up and starts doing what he's suppose to be doing for him and cnn, and just shouting out questions. and making statements, too. but i will say this, nobody believes in the first amendment more than i do. if i think somebody is acting out of sorts, i will leave. i will say appreciate you coming and i'll leave. trish: that's what he should do. he doesn't need to call on jim acosta. i do bl

white house by any president. but he said once there, that's where the question arises. cnnrson to be pulled from a hard pass and the white house argued well listen, you have 50 hard passes, white house hard passes. it could be somebody besides jim acosta. the other news organizations including fox news stood by the issue of access and the issue of whether to -- a white house can target and pull a white house press credential specifically and right now the judge has made a temporary restraining order but the case goes on and the question is whether the white house is going to continue to fight the case. >> jon: what is your sense on that? does the white house have the stomach or the will to continue to fight this battle? do they see this as useful for them given the fact that other organizations, including fox news, joined in to rally behind cnn? >> listen, this white house has not been afraid to fight either in court or verbally and this president is a counter puncher. the president has the right obviously to call on whomever he wants to call on. he could not call on jim ac

. >> glor: also, cnn white house reporter jim acosta was back at the white house today. bring us up to speed on what's happening there. >> reporter: yes, a federal court ordered the white house to give back the press credential it revoked from acosta hours after a testy exchange at a press conference with president trump here last week. the president said afterwards it was no big deal. he will now draft rules and regulations here at the white house to impose what he called a new manner of press conference decorum. jeff. >> glor: okay major garrett, thank you very much. the president is heading to california tomorrow to get a firsthand look at the most destructive wildfire in the state's history. the camp fire has taken a staggering toll. dozens are dead. hundreds are missing. demarco morgan is there. >> reporter: the search for the missing has become a monumental task. butte county sheriff kory honea said 500 more names were added overnight after combing through hundreds of emergency calls that have come in for missing people. >> the chaos that we were dealing with was e

cnn, the white house reporterjim acosta...ccosted. trying to get the microphone from him. him. pictures, if we can, so our viewers can see how it went. he ago. he is asking questions. that's enough. pardon me. let me ask one question on the russian investigation. on the russian investigation. you concerned that... concerned that... the russian investigation is a hoax. investigation is a hoax. that's enough, put down the microphone. enough, put down the microphone. he's been told clearly that is enough, put that microphone down. enough, put that microphone down. microphone, she kind of scotstown gives up. gives up. because they said he sort of put his hand on her whatever. hand on her whatever. obviously denying that, we saw what happened. denying that, we saw what happened. perfectly entitled to ask his questions. —— i mean. question that the president is not particularly like. particularly like. he immediately had quite a funny comment to sort of squash that. comment to sort of squash that. the question is what is it mean for

the white house demanding an apology from cnn white house correspondent. onway says acosta the reporter from cnn had no right to touch the female white house staffer as he did. president trump: honestly i think you should let me run the country. you run cnn. if you did it well -- >> if i may ask one more

there's also a new headache for the white house tonight. because cnn is suing president trump and his top aides for barring our chief white house correspondent jim acosta from doing his job at the white house. officials pulled acosta's press pass last week. originally, the press secretary sarah sanders accused acosta of placing his hands on a female white house intern. she has since backed off that accusation. saying he refused to surrender the microphone after asking his questions. by denying jim acosta access to the white house, cnn calls it refusal of free press. the landmark case, bush versus gore, that resulted in bush winning the white house. here's what he says about cnn's lawsuit. >> the first amendment is absolutely necessary. it is the public's window into what public officials are doing. journalists cannot be silenced, censored or intimidated, that's the end of the line. the white house cannot get away with this. >> a judge has scheduled a hearing for tomorrow afternoon. cnn is calling for acosta's press credentials to be restored immediatel

. >> we want to bring in breaking news about that cnn lawsuit against the white house. the show the judge was expected to make a ruling. pete williams, our justice dpont is -- correspondent is on top of that. >> remember, cnn wanted the white house to give the press pass back. they were hoping for a total victory. the white house was hoping for a total victory to say no. they can decide who gets a press pass. so this is a middle ground victory. what -- for cnn. what the judge said is that cnn has to give it back to jim acosta for now. and give him a chance to talk to the white house about whether he broke the rules and whether they should be able to take his press pass away. in other words, the judge didn't touch the first amendment claim which was really the heart of the case about whether the government has the power to decide who gets a press pass in the white house or not. and whether the decision to take it away from acosta was basically because of his viewpoint, because he's been critical of the president. or whether the white house can make those decisions in any

cnn. the white house is vowing to fight on. s cnn's newest statement about this as we go back to court with a new filing. the white house is continuing to violate the 1st and 5th amendments of the constitution. and all journalists and news organizations and jim acosta and cnn will continue to fight -- continue to report the news about the white house. >> what will be telling, brian, in the next 11 days, should they have a press conference, will they call on jim acosta? >> right. >> even if he gets to be in there it also matters to have the opportunity to pose important questions. >> whether acosta or other cnn reporters are called on. trump goes hot and cold. he has hot times where he's answering lots of questions and then cold periods where he doesn't engage. quon if we're in a hot or cold period right now. bottom line, as i said before, this isn't about acosta. it's about a slippery sloet slope, what other reporters could be targeted by this white house and why the president is trying to pick and choose the reporters who is co

a federal judge ordered the trump administration immediately return the white house press credentials of cnneporter jim acosta, saying he suffered irreparable harm. the white house revoked his as things between he and the president got tense last week. the white house will "temporarily reinstate his credentials." acosta bank his college for the support and said let's go back to work. bloomberg lp was one of several news organizations that filed a

cnn. go ahead. the white housenacceptable behaviour, and claimed that he placed his hands on the intern who was trying to take his microphone away. cnn say that's a lie, and are standing by their reporter. this isjim acosta. i am in front of the white house. a secret service officer is asking for my hard pass... butjim acosta's press credentials have been suspended indefinitely, and last night he was refused access to the white house. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. let's talk to philippa thomas, who's in washington. phillipa, first of all, a response to the attorney general being fired, and a response to that altercation we saw there at the white house with the cnn reporter? quite a lot happening, isn't there, clive? the sacking ofjeff sessions i have to say was not entirely unpredictable. donald trump has made clear his displeasure with the attorney general and the man replacing him, matthew whittaker, is on record as saying he thinks the robert mueller investigation into donald trump is going too far alread

staffers accused jim acosta the chief white house correspondent of cnn of behavingppropriately during the presidential news conference. there were some words between he and the president and unfortunately did not inappropriately touch a white house intern when she tried to grab for the microphone. with his credentials to enter the white house grounds were revoked later on that day and then officially the press pass known as a hard pass from the secret security was then taken away. so again, cnn suing the trump administration in federal court. they're alleging violations against his 1st and 5th amendment. the 5th amendment being right to due process. >> also interesting toback and d the white house. cnn accusing the white house doctored that video of acosta and speeding up that video. >> the news becomin want to happen. but at this point cnn says that this is dangerous for all journalist a president being set because we have not seen the white house revoking credentials like that. normally the standard the reporter has to be some sort of threat to a president which t

cnn. go ahead. the white housend claimed that he placed his hands on the intern who was trying to take his microphone away. cnn say that's a lie, and are standing by their reporter. this isjim acosta. i am in front of the white house. a secret service officer is asking for my hard pass... butjim acosta's press credentials have been suspended indefinitely, and last night he was refused access to the white house. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. philippa thomas who is at the white house. is the president consolidating the success he believes he saw in the mid—term elections and moving to fire the attorney general and taking aim at the enemies of the people, as he has called them, members of the press ? i think that is what's happening. i'm standing here with the white housein i'm standing here with the white house in front of me and capitol hill, behind me on pennsylvania avenue and that there, the battle is shaping up already. the president wa nted shaping up already. the president wanted to sack jeff shaping up

there's also a new headache for the white house tonight. because cnn is suing president trump and his top aides for barring our chief white house correspondent jim acosta from doing his job at the white house. officials pulled acosta's press pass last week. originally, the press secretary sarah sanders accused acosta of placing his hands on a female white house intern. she has since backed off that accusation. saying he refused to surrender the microphone after asking his questions. by denying jim acosta access to the white house, cnn calls it refusal of free press. the landmark case, bush versus gore, that resulted in bush winning the white house. here's what he says about cnn's lawsuit. >> the first amendment is absolutely necessary. it is the public's window into what public officials are doing. journalists cannot be silenced, censored or intimidated, that's the end of the line. the white house cannot get away with this. >> a judge has scheduled a hearing for tomorrow afternoon. cnn is calling for acosta's press credentials to be restored immediatel

really had no choice but to sue. >> reporter: the white house in a statement says that the behavioras unprofessional, andorder. they also noted that cnn has nearly 50 other people who have hard passes to cover the white house. back to you. >> those colleagues certainly think jim should be right back in there where he belongs in the white house. thank you. >> news about one of our colleagues here we're proud to say, take this moment to congratulate nbc's own lester holt. a new poll conducted by the hollywood reporter find he's the most trusted television anchor in broadcast news followed by abc's david muir and robin roberts tied for second place. always cool when polls and other people back up what we know. >> all three of them professionals there. and let's hand it over to the most trusted weather man i know, bill karins. >> the one that could fill a half hour with this storm. winter storm warnings issued outside st. louis. anticipating an ice storm in the mountains of virginia, north carolina. here's the snowfall map. what really gets you is the know in memphis, little rock, a little accumulations. especially the area of illinois co

after a territory ruling in cnn and acosta's favor, the white house restored acosta's press pass and . so for the moment, things are back to normal. but the white house did announce these so-called rules, governing conduct at presidential press conferences. one of the rules says follow-ups are only allowed at the white house's discretion, but nobody in the press corps has agreed to the rules. but joining me now, olivia nuzzi, sabrina siddiqui, political reporter at "the guardian," and still with me in washington, karen tumulty of "the washington post." sabrina, did you agree to the rules? did you ever hear about these rules before they were released? >> no. frankly, i don't think that anyone has agreed to the rules, because there's no reason for the white house to dictate the terms about how reporters do their jobs. i think we should be very clear about what's behind these new rules. the white house wants to hold on to the notion that jim acosta was somehow out of line, even though there's no evidence to support that claim. and they're using that as an excuse to try and exert control

howie: many major news outlets are facing cnn's out against the white house for revoking jim acosta'sress credentials. the federal judge issued a temporary ruling for cnn friday. not on first amendment grounds, but because the white house violated acosta's due process. president trump: that's enough. that's enough. >> pardon me, ma'am. president trump: cnn should be ashamed of themselves having you work for them. you are a rude, terrible person. howie: chris wallace asked about the judge's ruling. president trump: we have to write up rules and regulations. i am not just saying this about acould a. cnn writes very fake news. >> i want too thank my colleagues in the press who supported us and i want to thank the judge for the decision. let's go back to work. howie: the judge said this is not about the first amendment. it's about due process. is it something of a win for press freedom? emily: i think it's a win for cnn. the president politically, it's smart to downplay it. it was about due process. we are going to implement rules for conduct i hope take because they have turned into such

a federal judge says the trump administration must return cnn's jim acosta's white house hard ss. this is acosta and his attorney moments after this morning's decision came down. acosta is cnn's chief white house correspondent and that pass allows him access to the white house, prs briess briefind other events. his credentials were taken away last week after a tense exchange with president trump. >> mr. president, m if i ask one other question. >> that's enough. >> mr. president. >> pardon me, ma'am. >> wte house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders initially accused acosta witro ir contact with the intern who tried to grab the mic from him. she later back tracked and accused acosta of being unprofessional. the judge who provided over the hearing was a trump appointee. >> coming up, the u.s. preparing an indictment against you know when you're at ross and you realize it's time your sister stopped borrowing your sweaters? yes! that's yes for less. stop stealing mine... never. the perfect sweater makes the perfect holiday gift. and it feels even better when you find it for less - a

white house in its place. timothy kelly appointed by president trump ordered the white house to return cnn chief white house correspondent jim acosta's press credentials, that were revoked for reasons the white house changed multiple times and that is exactly why the judge ruled as he did, saying, whatever process occurred within the government is still so shrouded in mystery that the government could not tell me who made the initial decision. the judge, however, did not rule on the underlying first and fifth amendment case for which further court filings are due on monday but this story is not just about jim acosta. and you can see that in the long list of news outlets including fox news that filed amicas briefs. let me bring in host of reliable sources, brian stelter. what's the latest in this case and what are you watching for next week? >> right now, we've only round one. cnn is wondering how many goarounds are there going to be. is the department of justice going to take this further in the courts or quietly back down and seek a settlement. our head counsel working for us from the outside said to me we are open to a