i'm howard kurtz and this is "mediabuzz." white house correspondents were preparing for a june 12 visit to singapore when the president scrapped the sit-down with north korea's dictator. president trump: i believe this is a tremendous setback for north korea and a setback for the world. if and when kim jong-un chooses to engage in constructive dialogue and actions, i am waiting. howie: now the president says the meeting may be back on. joining me, mollie hemingway, sara fischer and adrienne elrod. north korea had been using such harsh rhetoric, the president may have had no choice you to cancel this. mollie: "the washington post" repeated multiple times that there was no way donald trump would walk away from the summit because he needed it so bad. if he does walk away, they say he's a bad negotiator. a little less trump focus might be helpful. howie: media skeptics like to say this is an example of trump's foreign policy being erratic. but don't the north koreans bear some responsibility? adrienne: it doesn't happen in a vacu

i'm howard kurtz and this is bus *. there is a bombshell about a government informant providing information about the trump campaign. >> the fbi came to the conclusion there was no evidence of collusion with russia. >> how do we know that? >> it was in the "new york times" yesterday. >> rudy giuliani, the president's lawyer is using the "new york times" as a good source. >> does the president ever get the benefit of the doubt with you on this network? >> i think he gets the benefit of the doubt much more often than we get credit for. >> do you know most of people think i'm crazy for coming on here? howie: joining me, joy benson, sara fischer and adrienne elrod. the american academic living in london tried to get information from the campaign aides. by not naming him they say his safety could be jeopardized. now he's been i.d.'d. and this morning "fox and friends" though the mainstream media is not naming him. guy: we are past the point of protecting this man's identity. it's been reported a few places. major news organi

howard kurtz, always great to talk with you. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> harris: designs to honor rescue and recovery workers unveiled at the 9/11 memorial in lower manhattan. many of those who spent weeks and months at ground zero died after being exposed to deadly toxins. rich levinthal is live in new york city. this is happening today. let's learn about it. rick, tell us. >> harris, the architect faced a daunting task to redesign a portion of the beautiful, powerful and finished 8-acre memorial site with something that looks like it was always here and doesn't overwhelm the rest of the plaza. the cause was critically important for all of the first responders and everybody who got sick and the families of all of those who died. tens of thousands of firefighters and police officers and other workers spent months here at ground zero exhibiting strength and courage, sacrificing their own health, breathing toxic air to clear the rubble and recover the victims of the worst terror attack ever on u.s. soil. as many as 400,0

here's fox news media analyst, howard kurtz. >> this was a confrontation orchestrated by hamas knowing full well that there would be casualties for propaganda purposes, this is something that was left out in the coverage. for example these supposedly unarmed protesters, some had explosives and kites and burning tires and israel dropped legislati leaflets. >> that was howard kurtz this morning. but the coverage from "the new york times" talking about the people that were slaughtered by israel. >> sure. you see some of thehead lines and the front pages, the daily news. that was really aggressive. now from the palestinian's point of view, they say where is our opening. where is the chance. you're right. the coverage of the moment seems like it left out the hamas role in stirring the pot to get a lot of people to that border. >> yeah, just look at the headlines for "the new york times" and "the washington post." looks like they're buying hamas' propaganda. reminds me of what we saw during the winter olympics when you had cnn red headlines about kim jong-un's sister and the fact that she's

fox news media correspondent howard kurtz has the latest for us. >> roseanne barr had been on top ofher resurrected show featuring her as a pro-trump housewife, a huge hit for abc. >> how could you have voted for him, roseanne. >> he talked about jobs, jackie. said he would shake things up. >> look at roseanne, i called her yesterday. look at her rating. >> but hours ago in the blink of a tweet, abc canceled roseanne over the star's ugly comments about valley jarrett, comments the network called abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values. the offending tweet said if muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes had a baby, equals vj. but at first barr did not back off. when twitter users called the line racist, barr responded that muslims are not a race. she later tweeted she had been making a joke before saying this, i apologize to valerie jarrett and all americans. i'm truly sorry about the joke. but the outrage mounted. wanda psychs said she would not be returning next season. barr's talent agently dropped her. many other comedian comedians he survive offensive jokes. steve

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howard kurtz with our report.r: everyone has an opinion about the cancellation of the roseanne barr show. the president tweeted that disney ceo bob iger called valerie jarrett to let her know abc does not tolerate comments like that. this followed a bizarre sweet storm in which barr ripped her critics and blamed a sleep medication. that prompted the drug's manufacturer to declare, racism is not a side effect of any sanofi medication. twitter can be a treacherous tool for anyone in public life. cnn fired pro actual contributor for tweeting the nazi salute. but espn took no action against jamil hill. nbc did not. yesterday's unproven charge that robert mueller is meddling with the mid-terms. by also punches back against vicious criticism. twitter erupts so angrily that offenders can lose their jobs and reputations within hours. as roseanne barr just learned, even have tv's most of popular show doesn't protect you. lou: the dow jones industrials up over 300 points. volume on the big board pick up 3.5 billion shares.

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joining me now is howard kurtz who wrote it. fox news media analyst and host of media buzz and host of media madness, the war over the truth. good to see you. m terms of tone and facts. who got it right and who missed the mark? >> there has been some straight forward reporting from the white house about how u.s. officials are frustrated that north korean officials weren't answering their phones. but the predominant tone of the analysis and the commentary has been well, donald trump is in over his head. he doesn't understand the complexities involved. making it all about himself. i think that's unfair. the talk coming from pyongyang forced the president or left him very little choice about making this move. >> arthel: what about the reports that this is a preemptive strike, a move that president trump canceled before kim jong-un did? what do you think about those reports? are they valid? >> what a lot of journalists don't understand about this president. this whole approach of his, negotiating style he perfected as a businessman

. >> jon: our fox news media critic howard kurtz has said that hell has officially frozen over if the "new york times" is running complimentary articles about the president. they said at key moments, trump's top diplomat was thousands of miles away. the times was unaware that mike pompeo was out securing the release of those three hostages. that is the danger of being in the newspaper business where things can change in a moment's notice. >> they can. the white house is getting a lot of mileage for knocking the times for this piece. i'd point out the criticism from the white house has been a little bit of a mischaracterization of the story. the times didn't seem unaware of where mike pompeo was. they did report he was in route to north korea and expected to come back with the hostages. but the criticism contained cape from european diplomats that were frustrated when the president announced the withdrawal from the nuclear deal that mike pompeo was in the air and not talking about the next steps with iran. that is an unfair criticism. he had an important other obligation. but i think i

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fox news media analyst and a host of the fox media buzz howard kurtz is looking at how social media can lead to disaster, no matter who you are. >> everyone has an opinion on abc's cancellation of the roseanne barr show, and today the president himself joined the fray. rather than assess bars racist tweet, the president tweeted that disney ceo bob iger called valerie jarrett to let her know that abc doesn't tolerate comments like those made by roseanne barr. gee, he never called president donald j. trump to apologize about the horrible statements made by me. it may be i just didn't get the call. this followed a bizarre tweet storm overnight in which barr ripped her critics, apologized and blamed sleep medication. guys, it was too in the morning and i was ambien tweeting. it was egregious. >> that prompted the drug manufacturer to declare that racism is not a side effect of any sanofi medication. now hbo is being said to boot belmar for once comparing trump's hair to an orangutan. cnn fired a host for tweeting that trump was a piece of s, an embarrassment to humankind. she also fired jef

>> jon: howard kurtz, thank you. good to see you. >> heather: we've been monitoring the rose garden where the president, president trump is set to speak at the national day of prayer. several speakers have said some words, about 200 people we're told from across faith-based communities on hand to listen to what the president has to say. there will be another ceremony this evening around 7:00 p.m. there is actually a theme for today. the theme is unity. we expect the president to touch on that among some other things. let's pause and listen. >> president trump: thank you. please, thank you very much. what a day, what a beautiful day. our country is doing very well. you will see some good announcements very shortly. it's wonderful to be here on this glorious spring morning as we celebrate the national day of prayer at the white house in the rose garden. [applause] i want to thank vice president mike pence and karen for joining us. very special people. thank you very much. [applause] we are truly blessed to have a vice

fox news howard kurtz firing back at lemon and other media outlets saying there is no correlation. >>s just waiting. counting down, cnn's don lemon, okay. roseanne and president trump. >> they're putting it on paper. >> valerie jarrett was taking the high road but took a swipe at the president. he called roseanne after this and said this has nothing do with donald trump. mainstream media have to turn every negative controversy into a trump story. >> the question is, is donald trump a racist and to blame for roseanne barr's tweet? let's bring in deneen borelli, what do you think? >> hey, liz, listen what's not president trump's fault when it comes to the left? he's blamed for any and everything whether he responds or not, i heard your interview with kayleigh mcenany. the man can't win. clearly what roseanne barr did, what she put on social media is clearly inexcusable and she is paying the consequences of doing so. but when it come to the left, the only standard they know is the double standard because roseanne barr is out and there is a list of other liberals who say all kinds of thin

fox news analyst howard kurtz with the fallout tonight. >> reporter: president trump claimed vindicationoday in his latest battle with the media. fake news media had me calling immigrants or illegal immigrants animals, wrong. they were begrudgingly forced to withdraw their stories. the president was pushing back against headlines that took his words out of context. the ap had tweeted, trump referred to those crossing the u.s. border illegally as animals. cnn tweeted the quote, these aren't people, these are animals, as having happened when trump criticized u.s. immigration laws. now, ap has deleted the tweet. one anchor clarified things this way. >> when he appears to be very clearly responding to a comment about members of a violent game. >> reporter: here's how the story unfolded. speak to you wouldn't believe how bad these people are. these aren't people, these are animals. >> reporter: but what was downplayed or ignored was that trump was responding to the california sheriff on the frustrations in tracking the ms-13 gang members. >> the ms-13 gang members i know about, . >> 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. >> 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. >> 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 brad. >> was that a ga

king and howard kurtz weighed in on whether abc's reaction was the right call. also andy mccarthy tells us why he now has no doubt that the obama administration spied on the term campaign and it explains why. plus, starbucks has every one of its workers spend the afternoon pondering whether they are unconsciously biased or racist. we have an exclusive look at the workbook they reflected over today. this is it, my notebook. lots of interesting notes in here. we are going to dig into this. i don't think most people have seen this. pretty wild. we are going to tell you why legalized pot laws have totally backfired and turned out to be a bonanza for, believe it or not, the drug cartels. but first, separating parents from children and fact from fiction. that's the focus of tonight's "angle" ." the media have been hammering president trump, making scurrilous charges that his draconian immigration policies are separating families and losing track of illegal immigrant children. >> the trump administration is threatening to separate more parents and kids at the border sc

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joining us, host of the "mediabuzz," howard kurtz.on the mueller probe? >> absolutely no question journalists are more fixated on this than average american. take the michael cohen, $130,000 payment. if the white house doesn't want media talking about it, don't put rudy giuliani, on "hannity," "fox & friends," judge jeanine, to confirm that the president personally reimbursed michael cohen for the statement and bunch of other things and issuing clarification, he guaranteed with that move that that would be a big story last couple days. charles: if rudy was not assigned to the team, you think this story would have gone away? i don't think so. all some newsom networks talk about. president trump is fighting back. in his mind the only thing he can do, if the media will find him guilty of some crime they can't even pinpoint, maybe time for him to fight back? >> i'm not saying the stormy story would have vanished we're all sick of seeing michael avenatti on the news. there haven't been any major developments lately. you have giuliani talki

howard kurtz, thanks for joining us, sir. appreciate it.coming up president trump welcoming joshua holt coming home this weekend. he was locked up in a venz vennian prison for two years. his mother made a plea to get him released on this show by the way. utah senator mike lee helped get him out. he joins us next hour. >>> the president looked like he was in full campaign mode. with five months to go go in the midterms. the republicans are running on his record. martha maccallum is here on that one. ♪ ♪ ashley: conservative activist charlie kirk agrees roseanne barr racist tweet was reprehensible. but he also believes there is a bit of a double standard. >> i agree the tweets were totally detestable, with that being said i think there is double standard that exists. joy reid from msnbc who published repeated bigoted and intolerant writings towards the lgbt community for years, lied about it, tried to cover it up, had help from nbc executives to cover it up, play as victim, fake apology and heralded some sort of hero stepping up. no way what

and tomorrow on media buzz, howard kurtz and his panel will talk about how the media covered the homecomingf those hostages. fascinating to watch the different coverage there. liz. elizabeth: two russian bombers were intercepted by the air force just 55 miles off the alaskan coast. the nuclear capable russian bombers entered the 200 mile air defense identification zone at the bering sea. the last time the russian bombers flew this coast to the u.s., may of 2017 almost a year to the day. they were intercepted by a pair of f-22 fighter jets. leland: hawaii's governor tweeting out his thanks for a presidential disaster declaration making it easier to get help to repair damage from the volcano currently erupting on the big island. the officials are closely monitoring, and a larger and more dangerous eruption they say is possible. anita vogel with the latest as folks prepare for that possibility. hi, anita. >> hi there, leland. and no question it's a scary time for residents on the big island and this could go on for some time. after more than a week of earthquakes, eruptions and massive lava fl

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media buzz host howard kurtz joins me now.sue an apology but not to the president. does he have a case here? >> well first i think president trump missed an opportunity to criticize roseanne's racist tweet. he could have said it's unforgivable and then move on with the beef to abc and disney. the president makes some valid points. there is almost an anything goes atmosphere, anything goes standard when it comes to some pretty fiery and ugly stuff aimed and him, aides or family. >> rick: samantha b. has a show. made a comment on her show about ivanka that we absolutely cannot repeat here. it was that bad. so no apology for that. another example of hypocrisy. >> it is a shining example of viciousness. she worked for tbs. but she called the president's daughter the c word. the worst word in the english language you can use to describe a woman. why? because ivanka trump had posted a picture of her with her young son. there is this whole mentality in the press she has to stop the president's policies on immigration or whatever, the

howard kurtz is with us. howie, what do you make of it?g deal of gina haspel running cia. why not. >> the media made this a big deal when the democrats wanted to use it as proxy over enhanced interrogation techniques, some people call torture. she was not the policymaker. she helped carry it out. once it became clear that would not work and democrats switched, she was confirmed it faded as a story. stuart: the bigger story this morning mike pompeo laying down a hard-line on iran, knock it off basically what he is saying. what do you make of that? >> seems to me pompeo is emerging not only as strong secretary of state whether you agree or disagree with his policy on iran, he is a great communicate tore. we hardly ever heard from rex tillerson. hardly ever had news or news conferences. president trump, pompeo, role he played bringing back three prisoners from north korea and iran, is not only making news but influence on policy one other quick point on gina haspel, the republicans were pushing back, how could you possibly oppose the first wo