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>> bill: howie, thanks for that howard kurtz in washington tonight.ant to get insight from crisis communications from a man who has worked at world leader. steve hilton is david cameron and host of the next revolution here on the fox news channel. good evening to you. >> good to see you, bill. >> bill: we are told president trump felt very good about his reaction in trump tower. does he see this as a crisis or not? >> i'm not sure that he does. i think he should but i'm not sure that he does. the reason for that is that this feels to me as if it's part of his view of how he became successful, how he won the primary, how he won the presidency. also hearing tonight reports that steve bannon is thrilled with the president's performance in that trump tower press conference. i think the heart of it is president trump's sense that the most important virtue, the thing that matters more than anything else is strength. and if someone hits you, you hit back twice as hard. i think that's what this has been all about in his view hitting back, the media, for what

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fox news "mediabuzz" host howard kurtz joining to us talk about this. you think this was a real story when you first heard it, howard? >> no. i thought it was an internet hoax. how could this possibly be true, that espn would pull from the university of virginia football game announcer, roughly 30-year-old, asian-american, robert lee because of his name, thinking what, some virginia football fans might confuse him or offended because the he shared the same name as robert e. lee who has been dead 150 years? this is not political correctness but political idiocy david: espn, said they only wanted to save robert lee, the television announcer any pain from emails, et cetera. they are trying to make the best of it but you just can't. >> what kind of pain? the whole thing is ridiculous. who in the world, one guy is a confederate general, the other one is an espn announcer. nobody in the world would have said anything. maybe a couple yahoos on twitter, who knows. espn trying to make the best of it, but such an overreaction to the situation in charlottesville to

i'm howard kurtz. hope we shed a little light on the media's coverage in the wake of charlottesville. let us know what you think at mediabuzz@foxnews.com. let me know what you think on twitter. i'm howard kurtz. back here next sunday, 11 eastern. see you then with the latest buzz. eric: a you are in era in the white house as it begins the first full week without steve bannon. he has left the administration after his turbulent 7-month tenure. we have a brand-new hour of "america's news headquarters" for you. i'm eric shawn. arthel: i'm arthel neville. bannon was considered the driving force behind the president's economic populism and america first strategy. now the president is moving on without him starting with a

howie: i'm howrt kurtz and this -- i'm howard kurtz and this is "mediabuzz." it was four weeks ago the "new york times" disclosed donald jr. held a meeting to obtain negative research on hillary clinton. but the initial statement said it was primarily about adoption. "the washington post" revised that story saying the first story had been dictated by the president. >> the statement don, jr. issued is true. the president weighed in as any father would based on the limited information he had. howie: the media decibel level soared even higher after learning robert mueller has convened a grand jury. joining us, ellison barber, mollie hemingway and joe trippi. massive coverage of this "wall street journal" story which is a leak. is it such a dramatic story to play out on cnn and nbc and fox? ellison: when i look at it, i see most of stories sitting in one of two categories. stories they need to know and stories they want to know. a lot of them are legal questions because a special counsel exists. but when it comes to the issue of is it too much, if you don't like i

joining me is host of "mediabuzz," howard kurtz. you say so far no major missteps.tos of him having teleconferences with the national security teams. going to texas. smart to avoid the blunder of george w. bush who admitted he made a mistake when he flew over new orleans. much of the media is convinced the president is going to fail this test and we don't know that yet. kennedy: i think this is a comfortable lane for him. one aide said he's have much into it. he's god at delegating and appreciates the evident being made by the texas governor abbott who has given the president an a plus. lou: and he has the chief of staff, john kelly. most of his tweets since the hurricane struck have been about the rescue efforts and trying to sympathize with the polite of the victims. -- the blight of the victims. -- the plight of the victims. but if the president deviates to politic he gets whacked. kennedy: do you think the media will give him any credit if in the days and weeks to come the president appropriately imagines the crisis? lou loucrisis?howard will >> in the week and

howie: i'm howrt kurtz and this -- i'm howard kurtz and this is "mediabuzz." it was four weeks ago the "new york times" disclosed donald jr. held a meeting to obtain negative research on hillary clinton. but the initial statement said it was primarily about adoption. "the washington post" revised that story saying the first story had been dictated by the president. >> the statement don, jr. issued is true. the president weighed in as any father would based on the limited information he had. howie: the media decibel level soared even higher after learning robert mueller has convened a grand jury. joining us, ellison barber, mollie hemingway and joe trippi. massive coverage of this "wall street journal" story which is a leak. is it such a dramatic story to play out on cnn and nbc and fox? ellison: when i look at it, i see most of stories sitting in one of two categories. stories they need to know and stories they want to know. a lot of them are legal questions because a special counsel exists. but when it comes to the issue of is it too much, if you don't like i

." -- howard kurtz and this is "mediabuzz." the aftermath of yesterday's violent protest in charlottesville has eclipses briefly the confrontation with north korea. here to join me is christina bellantoni. mollie hemingway and jessica tarlov. just a tsunami of media criticism for denouncing violence on many side but not naming the group that carried out these attacks that drove the car into the crowd. mollie: the media are focusing on this horribly tragic story that led to the death of a woman run over by a car who appears to be a white nationalist. but you see the media try to push and hype this rally. this is a nationwide rally and they were able to gather just a couple hundred people. you give it wall-to-wall coverage and marginalize this group or other people would say they want that kind of coverage. they want to provoke conflict and maybe the media shouldn't be playing into that quite so much. howie: by making donald trump the focus of this protest he had nothing to do with, aren't some critics in the media also being div

i'm howard kurtz. back here next sunday, 11 eastern. see you then with the latest wag taxes to wealth who were supportive of unions, a lot of republicans said, i didn't even know we had them in the party. those are people that donald trump of the reaching, he deputt get which ofs until ted cruz and marco rubio and the conservatives dropped out of the race. if poll tigs couldtation -- politics could focus on this group of people. there is a caucus in the group trying put together a coalition of moderate democrats and republicans to come up with solutions. steve: congressman, there has been a lot of focus on split within the republicans and whether the president is even a republican ewe had a lot of conversation about, that there is a similar fit went democratic party, and pol lift and what is described as establishment. >> both parties are coalition, republicans are having a tough time now because the mitt romney wing of the party look at trump, they are aghas aat aghast at why see, they don't want to give up the voters. we have been agg

." -- howard kurtz and this is "mediabuzz." the aftermath of yesterday's violent protest in charlottesville has eclipses briefly the confrontation with north korea. here to join me is christina bellantoni. mollie hemingway and jessica tarlov. just a tsunami of media criticism for denouncing violence on many side but not naming the group that carried out these attacks that drove the car into the crowd. mollie: the media are focusing on this horribly tragic story that led to the death of a woman run over by a car who appears to be a white nationalist. but you see the media try to push and hype this rally. this is a nationwide rally and they were able to gather just a couple hundred people. you give it wall-to-wall coverage and marginalize this group or other people would say they want that kind of coverage. they want to provoke conflict and maybe the media shouldn't be playing into that quite so much. howie: by making donald trump the focus of this protest he had nothing to do with, aren't some critics in the media also being div

. >> let's bring in howard kurtz. >> the 30 minute ex coriation may have shattered reports and many arecritical of the charlottesville remark. what surprised me is two things. it's fine for him to say that the media have distorted his message after the violence in charlottesville but when he said his words were ignored. that's not true. many phrases he read were reported and played on television. more importantly he got a lot of praise to mainstream media from the afghanistan. this extends the life of charlottesville which was starting to fade a little bit so i was surprised the president was relitigating it. i know his supporters love that but the afghanistan story and immigration in arizona seem to be a stronger card right now than going back to charlottesville. >> doctor, your thoughts? >> you want to unite the country, bash the old media. everybody sitting there tonight felt the same. they don't like it and they love to say finally we have a voice for all these years. conservatives have complained and people feel they have a voice in this president and why he dedicated so much time

fox news media analyst and host of fox's "media buzz" howard kurtz tells us about espn's latest acquiescence to political correctness. >> this is robert e. lee, confederate general. a divisive historical figure whose statures have become the focus of a racially charged debate like the deadly protest in charlottesville. this is robert lee, asian american, a college football announcer for espn. he, not the general who died in 1870, was scheduled to call a university of virginia football game in early september, but do sports network yanked him and assigned him to a game in pittsburgh to avoid offending any uva cavaliers fans. the blog which broke the story called it pathetic. espn statement said "in the wake of the charlottesville tragedy, -- tragedy, the decision was made." many news outlets have been kicking around espn. >> i thought it was an onion story because it went so far. stickley asked on twitter, what do you think of espn's decision to remove robert lee. 96% disagree. >> it is like pulling al michaels because there was a shooting at a michaels. >> makes no sense. >> wasn't political

. >> bret: let's bring in, as we look at lived there in phoenix, howard kurtz and jane allowed them -- how are your thoughts tonight as we continue to cover the last 3? >> the longest attack on any president, may be shadowing donald trump's own record. many conservative commentators were critical of his charlottesville remarks. it's fine for him to say that the media have distorted his message after the violence in charlottesville. he kept saying that his words were ignored. at that not true. many of the phrases he read were reported and played again on television. more importantly, he got a lot of praise from the mainstream media for the afghanistan speech last night. this changed the subject back to charlottesville. it's starting to fade a little bit for another 48 hours at least. i was a little surprised the president was relitigating it. i know his supporters along with that but the afghanistan story and immigration in arizona, and seem to be a stronger card for him to play right now then going back to charlottesville. >> bret: doctor, your thoughts? >> you want to unite the count

. >> bret: let's bring in, as we look at lived there in phoenix, howard kurtz and jane allowed them -- how are your thoughts tonight as we continue to cover the last 3? >> the longest attack on any president, may be shadowing donald trump's own record. many conservative commentators were critical of his charlottesville remarks. it's fine for him to say that the media have distorted his message after the violence in charlottesville. he kept saying that his words were ignored. at that not true. many of the phrases he read were reported and played again on television. more importantly, he got a lot of praise from the mainstream media for the afghanistan speech last night. this changed the subject back to charlottesville. it's starting to fade a little bit for another 48 hours at least. i was a little surprised the president was relitigating it. i know his supporters along with that but the afghanistan story and immigration in arizona, and seem to be a stronger card for him to play right now then going back to charlottesville. >> bret: doctor, your thoughts? >> you want to unite the count

. >> reporter: this is howard kurtz, defense attorney. about the murder charge against his client brad cooper. >> you need actual evidence to convict. and actual evidence is something they did not have. >> reporter: no physical evidence, said the defense attorneys, to tie brad to nancy's murder in those awful scenes from the cooper marriage the jury heard? no witness for either side had ever seen brad physically violent toward nancy. as for the $300 a week allowance, there was a reason the defense argued. remember, the couple had serious debt. and the defense offered contrasting scenes of the cooper marriage from another set of friends. >> people who had known the couple of years did not jump this to bandwagon to paint this as an abusive relationship. >> reporter: remember that i hate brad day? the day the prosecution said the marriage hit its boiling point? on that very day, said laura hiller, nancy was making a plan for saturday night, the day she disappeared. >> she wanted my husband and i to come over and play sequence with her and br

he and howard kurtz, so bill, you argue that one of the best tools that the president can use is theaddress, because of what it will mean and what it shows. do you think you should do that on tax reform? >> yes, i think you should have done it on health care reform. may be a different outcome. i'm not saying that twitter is not useful. it is one of the tools of the presidency as we talked before when a president gives the state of the union, for example in congress, think of it. the opposition, which ever party, always looking so diminished because the stage is not nearly as grand as speaking to both houses of congress. it is a chance for the president to speak directly to the american people and take them into the oval office. he is usually behind the desk as you know and make his case. it is one of the greatest tools. like gems, it has to have a rarity to have value, but it was surprising that it went on used, tremendous bully pulpit. >> dana: it has been six months, how we, and we have not seen anything major oval office address, do you think that there is some reluctance to do it

howard kurtz, thanks very much. thanks for joining us, howie. >> thanks, ashley.portedly close to becoming uber's new chief. is that right, emac? liz: he is in the front running according to rico kara swisher. well-respected in silicon valley. ashley: yeah. liz: the thing he could settle things down. they have morale problems. top executives have left the company. travis kalanick has been a big fight with benchmark capital, a big investor there who was suing uber, conflict of interest allegations against kalanick in the lawsuit. he denies it. this paper valuation of nearly 70 billion, some on wall street are saying this could drop to 50 billion given severe problems at uber? is jeff immelt the guy? big guy, ge, industrialist, silicon valley start up maybe he could bring balance to the situation. ashley: a lot of people are expressing doubt, that he is wrong guy, bad fit but he does have executive experience at the very highest level? liz: right he can fix deepening morale problem and management crisis. ashley: emac, thank you very much. liz: sure. ashley: coming u

joining me fox news "mediabuzz" host howard kurtz. howard, it's a test for the president. any chink in his armor, any mistake he might make. you agree? >> if he makes a mistake or doesn't set the right tone or screw ups with fema that is fair for criticism. stuart, every story i've seen, all the major media outlets, underlying assumption trump has no government experience, doesn't have any experience with hurricane and good chance he will screw up but that hasn't happened. stuart: he has general kelly who was in homeland security and ran fema. he is general, knows how to marshall military assets, orders a squadron of helicopters. the people surrounding the president are the right people at this point? >> we'll find out. you make the point there are a lot of generals at top of the administration. the unprecedented nature of torrential rains and flooding is overwhelming authorities, this will play out. president trump goes to texas tomorrow. not hard-hit houston area, someplace else to show compassion for people in the state after this incredible debacle, this incredible dam