joining us now is howard kurtz, fox news media analyst and host of "media buzz." ree-hour debate last night, all those questions. they got to topics like ellen, sitting next to george w. bush, but wasn't a single question on china for our audience. for anyone who buys stuff with money. china is a big topic. what was your thought on that? >> i don't know how the moderators could be expected to get to china. they only had three hours. they did spend that last 20 minutes on ellen degeneres. if cnnn mercifully cut last half hour off i could have watched the washington nationals game propelling the team into the world series. tariff war. could you bring it up as part of questioning about hunter biden and work there. seemed like a elephant in the room. melissa: you look at one of the other big topics this week, with the nba. and they're pure whether or not they get cut out of china. they accused cnn having same fear because they're on the air in china. is that fair criticism? they did ask the question, a china question, in another debate. what are your thoughts? >> i say

howard kurtz, fox news. we leave you with doug mcelway with sites and sounds from maryland congressman elijah cummings's funeral. >> reporter: congressman elijah cummings came back for the last time today in a place where he worshiped for 40 years. >> not only was he here, but he was a 7:15 a.m. member. >> reporter: today the church was filled to 4000 seat capacity, traffic backed up half a mile. john alexander was a coming staffer who reminisced about the day his boss showed up late for work. >> later in the day one of my colleagues came to me and said i saw your boss changing a tire on route 95. >> reporter: elijah cummings was the son of sharecroppers, told as a schoolboy he lacked the skills to become the lawyer he aspired to be. it drove him to pursuit of public service and private inspiring of others. >> ever since i was a little girl my dad told me i was beautiful. >> reporter: two former president recognizes character. as a congressman president obama noted cummings was conferred the title of honorab

i'm howard kurtz and this is media buzz. ♪ ♪ howie: media have been on red alert on president trump defieduest saying he considers the impeachment inquiry illegitimate, partisan and unconstitutional. >> turns out that the whistleblower was in cahoots with schiff, whistleblower is a strong democrat and working with one of my opponents as a democrat that i might end up running against. the whole thing is a scam, it's a fix. howie: joining us mollie hemingway of fedderist, fox news contributor justice on trial kavanaugh confirmation and future of the supreme court. gil and turner, fox news correspondent and former white house national security, ray suÁrez, cohost of world affairs and former correspondent for the pbs news, the media are appalled the white house refusing to cooperate, is it fair for his approach to be cast as stonewalling? >> well, i think the big problem with media coverage of this issue is it is focusing on impeachment or alleged impeachment at the expense of larger stories, for years we have had media reports claiming there's thousands of people in bureaucracy and intelligen

in washington, howard kurtz, fox news. >> we leave you tonight with correspondent doug mckelway withrom long time congressman elijah cummings funeral. >> congressman elijah cummings came back to the baptist church for the last time today, the place where he worshiped for 40 years. >> not only was he here but he was a 7:15 a.m. member. >> today the church was filled to its 4,000 seat capacity and traffic was backed up half a mile. john alexander was a coming staffer and he reminisced about the day his boss showed up late for work. >> later in the day one of my colleagues came up to me and said, hey. i saw your boss changing a tire on route 95. >> elijah cummings was the son of sharecroppers and was told as a schoolboy that he lacked the skills to become the lawyer he aspired to be. it drove him to a restless pursuit of public service and a private inspiring of others. >> this might sound boastful, but ever since i was a little girl, my dad always told me it was beautiful. >> two former presidents recognize his character president obama noted that he was confirmed as the title of honor

howard kurtz is with us. good morning howard. >> good morning, stuart. this is all about. >> i don't take it personally. i've known rudy 35 years, he told me had gotten too wound up. he just kept on talking and i had to interrupt to get a few questions in. he accused me of cutting him off. it is interview. you don't get to come on to give a 10 minute speech. what rudy giuliani was trying to do shift focus to joe biden, his son hunter and introduce allegations against former vice president's james biden profiting family name. those are allegations in a lawsuit. hunter biden says he didn't make money in china. he said you're defending him? no, i'm not defendhim. i'm committing journalism. giving context to the audience. stuart: i do sympathize, howard, can be very difficult doing interview on the remote. you're staring into the camera. the guest is staring into the camera. you're not looking them in the eyes straight off. it is difficult to interject, with any guest who is determined to make their point of view but essentially i see this as a contest betwe

i'm howard kurtz, and this is "mediabuzz." ♪ ♪ howard: it was a rare briefing in the white house pressm, and mick mulvaney fielding questions of why president trump withheld military aid to ukraine stunned the media world with this add mission about his boss: -- >> he also mentioned to me that's the corruption related to the dnc server? absolutely. no question about that. but that's it. that's why we held up the money. >> what you just described is a quid pro quo. it is funding will not flow unless the investigation into the democratic server happened as well. >> we do that all the time with foreign policy. howard: but the acting chief of staff changed his tune in a statement just hours later. quote: the media has decided to misconstrue my comments to advance a biased and political witch hunt against president trump. let me be clear, there was absolutely no quid pro quo between ukrainian military aid and any investigation into the 2016 election. he was defending himself this morning on fox. joining us now to analyze the cover, ben domenech, cheryl attkisson, host of full measure, and r

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the host of fox's media buzz, howard kurtz looks at the coverage. >> i don't use the word fake and what was i call it corrupt news because fake isn't tough enough. >> reporter: as donald trump intensifies his impeachment defense he is escalating his rhetoric against the press and the democrats. >> the siennas of the world who are corrupt people. he is a lowlife, he should be forced to resign. it is a hoax and you know who is playing into the hoax, people like you. >> some pundits are portraying the president is angry and unhinged. >> we are witnessing a presidential melt down. >> line, pushing unfounded accusations against everyone. >> reporter: others say his pushback is justified. >> the media spends 36 months creating a hurricane of hysteria. >> reporter: now the media are in wall-to-wall scandal mode after the president publicly urged ukraine and china to investigate joe biden and his son a new texts showing us diplomats pressing ukraine for a public promise of a probe while volodymyr zelinsky was seeking a trump meeting but they are a sharp contrast in the coverage. secretary of st

howard kurtz looks at the coverage. >> i don't even use fake anymore, i called a fake news corrupt news because fake isn't tough enough. >> as president trump strengthens his impeachment defense, he's been upping his rhetoric against >> he's a lowlife. he should be forced to resign. you know who's playing into the hoax? people like you. >> some pundits are portraying the president as angry and unhinged. >> we are witnessing a presidential meltdown. >> pushing accusations against everyone. >> others say his passionate >> they should investigate the bidens. >> the media in wall-to-wall scandal mode after the president publicly urged ukraine and china to investigate joe biden and his son, u.s. diplomats pressing a promise for a probe as zelensky seeking a trump meeting. sharp contrast in the coverage. many branded mike pompeo a liar after he dodged a question about trump's call with from paynes dallek ukraine leader dallek ukraine leader. >> none of which i've seen. >> but later admitted he was on the call. yet it drew little attention when congressman adam schiff lied to msnbc about his s

fox news media analyst and hosts of fox's "media buzz" howard kurtz says some of the press are findingcult or unnecessary to stay neutral. >> a media storm over impeachment is growing by the day with many journalists and pundits picking sides after president trump declared he won't cooperate with a house probe he calls legitimate. >> the president of the united states claiming he has no choice but to stonewall and to obstruct in the face of lawful inquiries from congress. why does this president only see himself as a victim? >> it's bulletproof at this point, if he cooperates he's guilty of it, if it doesn't cooperate he's guilty. he can't win. >> "the washington post" saying four national security officials were so alarmed with ukraine's leader that they notified a white house lawyer. two the giuliani associates on campaign finance laws. they announced that the media are now partners with nancy pelosi. >> they keep going with it anyway because the press is fake and they play right into their hands. >> there's fresh scrutiny of the whistle-blower pro and con. >> says of the white house

reporter: strong words there from rudy giuliani with howard kurtz on "mediabuzz."he president even offering a an invitation dem sate say looking into biden is a tacit something of value. that is completely ridiculous white house says. especially as lawmakers try to dig in, get house speaker nancy pelosi to come up with a vote or get rid of this whole charade, their words. back to you. >> that was the tamer part of the rudy giuliani interview. a repeat to come later on fox news channel. get the popcorn. kevin, thanks so much. jillian? jillian:firy 30 minutes. joining me florida house republican member of house judiciary and house oversight reform committees, greg stuebe. a busy sunday. let's begin with the information everyone is talking about on the program, we are hearing there are reportedly multiple whistle-blowers we're hearing reportedly with first-hand knowledge. what do you say to that? >> i say the president made the transcript public to the american people. any american or anyone wants to read the transcript of the conversation between the president and uk

fox news media analyst and host of media buzz howard kurtz with a look tonight. >> there is one clearn the impeachment coverage is intensifying, the much rougher language. as acting ambassador to the ukraine william taylor and other diplomats testify behind closed congressional doors, the president lashed out at never trumper republicans denouncing them as humans, and the white house had no regrets. >> the people who are against him and have been against them and working against him since the day they took office are just that. >> as the media portray taylor's testimony as proving trump demanded a quid pro quo from ukraine, the president tweeted a racially charged term. all republicans must remember what they are witnessing here, a lynching. >> lynching represents a particular kind of horror and whether it's democrats or whether it's republicans, to reference lynching is to play fast and loose with our dead. >> this is the same party that has been saying trump's hitler, stalin, pol pot all rolled into one. >> news outlets found joe biden using the same word during the clinton impeachm

let's bring in fox news media analyst and host of media buzz, howard kurtz.ening. >> i think that amy klobuchar head on the key point there which is medicare for all which elizabeth warren and sanders would blow up private insurance. the moderators might have gone there and instead they got a run around. you will come back to that. i want to take a closer look at the most important moment. joe biden for the first time since inquiry having to answer questions about hunter biden any money he made in ukraine and listen closely to the way that cnn's anderson cooper appears to take sides in the way he frames the question. >> president trump has falsely accused dewar's on -- i want to point out there is no evidence of wrongdoing by either one of you. if it's not okay for a president's family to be involved in foreign businesses, why was it okay for your son when you were vice president? >> my son statement speaks for itself. what i think is important as we focus on why it's so important to remove this man from office. >> i think that anderson should have let biden

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fox news host howard kurtz explains. >> i call it the fake news now, corrupt news, because fake isn'tdefense, he's been escalating his rhetoric against the press and the democrats. >> the cnns of the world who are corrupt people. he's a hoe life. he should be force -- a low life. he should be forced to resign. it's a hoax. >> some pundits are portraying the president as angry is and unhinged. >> we're witnessing a presidential meltdown. >> from public meltdowns, swearing, lying, unfound accusations -- >> others say his passionate pushback is justified. >> he's pissed, and why the hell not? the media spent 36 months creating a hurricane of hysteria. >> now the media are in wall to wall scandal mode after the president publicly urged ukraine and china to investigate joe biden and his son, and new texts showing u.s. diplomats pressing the ukraine for a public promise of a probe. but there are sharp contrasts. many journalists branded secretary of state mike pompeo a liar when he ducked a question about trump's talk with ukraine's leader. >> you just gave me a report about -- one of what

the media, according to howard kurtz, is taking sides. howie. >> the media storm over impeachment is growing over the day with many journalists and pundits picking sides after president trump declared he won't cooperate with the house probe he calls illegitimate. >> the no choice, but to stonewall and to obstruct in the face of lawful inquiries from congress. why does this president always see himself as a victim? >> the guys votes for this point, if he cooperates he's guilty, if he doesn't cooperate, he's guilty, he can't win. >> four national security officials were so alarm with the president's call they notified the white house lawyer and the arrest of two rudy guiliani associates on campaign charges. and the testimony of the fired ambassador to ukraine. >> and saying that the president is with nancy pelosi. >> they're playing in their hands. >> there's scrutiny of the whistleblower pro and con. >> the whistleblower called the july 25th call as crazy, frightening and completely lacking in substance to national security. >> ap the wash

want to bring in howard kurtz. good morning to you.ently we can report there was a meeting yesterday at nbc and there was apparently anger and resentment is what has been reported. what can we say about that? >> i'm hearing there is a lot of anger and resentment among the rank and file over nbc's handling of this with the new revelations in farrow's book that they were horrified to hear about the -- farrow is reporting nbc engaged in numerous women there over a half dozen years. some settlements involved lair, that adds strength to the argument that top executives looked the other way and we learn that harvey weinstein pressuring the network to drop farrow's expo say of his sexual misconduct was threatening to expose the alleged misconduct of matt lauer. >> bill: is there a suggestion there could be terminations at nbc? will anybody be fired or can you go that far? >> there is certainly no official suggestion. you have a lot of these little details like a friendly exchange of emails between harvey weinstein and oppenheim and later wein

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