when ivanka trump does it. but the white house press secretary wouldn't dare say anything like that today. she wouldn't dare disagree with the president who says that the news media is the enemy of the people. ivanka trump also said this today. >> i am very vehemently against family separation. and the separation of parents and children. >> very vehemently. not vehemently enough to resign from her job working for a president who would do such a thing. not vehemently enough to actually go to the southern border when her father was ripping those children away from their parents and witness it all up close and report back to him on what his cruelty actually looks like. not vehemently enough to visit the children in their cages in texas. not vehemently enough to try to find the infant babies when no one knew where they were, infant babies in her father's custody. she didn't feel it vehemently enough to go down there and see how the girls were being treated to make sure that the boys and the girls were safe from abu

so this is an occasion where ivanka trump did a lot less. i guess what doesn't add up is the low point for something she was a part of, she works there. she has the most senior rank in the white house, on the white house staff there's nobody higher than an assistant to the president. she is either a totally impotent, ineffectual assistant to the president who suffered a low point i guess by watching what her father did that she had no ability to influence or she feels bad -- i just don't understand what she's trying to say. >> it's the same problem with ivanka and the family members serving as senior officials that has been plaguing her since day one when she joined the information. either she's an ineffectual adviser who has no power to influence her father, or she's, you know, doing pr and damage control for herself when she says now that she's vehement my opposed because, as you said, she didn't actually visit the southern border as melania trump did. neither of those are great options for her and i don't see a third way to interpret this

did ivanka know about it? the president tonight responding to his own daughter's words, and abc's kyra phillips leading us off. >> reporter: they were the pictures that stunned the nation. migrant children in detention centers, thousands of them separated from their parents by the trump administration. today, ivanka trump speaking out for the first time, describing it as low point for her. >> a low point in the white house for a number of your colleagues was the kids at the border issue. what is your view of that? >> yes. that was a low point for me, as well. i feel very strongly about that, and i am very vehemently against family separation. i am a daughter of an immigrant. my mother grew up in communist czech republic, but we are a country of laws. >> reporter: at an axios forum today, the president's daughter, and senior white house adviser, also asked about the president's repeated attacks on the news media. at his florida rally this week, supporters hurling insults at reporters. the president himself has

>> there aren't that many opportunities for ivanka trump to be publicly asked questions like this.rcuit. she's not sitting down with magazines and newspapers all the time. she has a very controlled public persona. this is a pretty rare thing to see her in a setting like this being questioned by journalists rather than from someone like dr. oz. that's why i think we haven't gotten a response from her like this before. i don't know if we should thank her. i don't think the bar should be that low where people get praised for something that's obvious. but i do think this is probably a reason why she is not typically out there being questioned by journalists. when she's asked questions like this with an obvious answer for a sane human being she does sometimes, i guess, believe things that are in opposition to what her father believes and what the administration believes. but i don't think that she really did stand in opposition to what trump has said about the child separation policy. she said that she opposed it. as you know in the previous conversation there's no evidence of that, it'

ivanka trump is right, the press is not the enemy of the american people.cause she has been hurt by the correspondent's dinner. putting personal feelings aside and stating what's true, it is tough for them. they have to defend their boss that says the press is the enemy of the people, the media is the enemy of the people. having worked for george h.w. bush was the best for america and the media is not the enemy of the people. >> is sarah sanders obliged to avoid contradicting the president on this? >> every great press secretary that i've worked with or that i've known in democratic and republican administrations has permission from the president himself to often disagree but more importantly more often to make fun, to use humor to diffuse. what we're seeing today is a concentrated effort to create physical fear among journalists that they fear for their safety, to destroy credibility, even though ironically the people that disseminate fake news is fox news, national inquire remember, am radio, and worst of all to rip apart the very fabric of trust amongst

they asked my daughter ivanka whether or not the media is the enemy of the people. she correctly said no. it is the fake news, which is a large percentage of the media, that is the enemy of the people. >> all right. so white house senior adviser ivanka trump also broke with her father's administration yesterday on its decision to separate hundreds of migrant children from their parents. take a listen. >> that was a low point for me as well. i feel very strongly about that, and -- and i am very vehemently against family separation and the separation of parents and children. >> so meanwhile ivanka, who has also been an outspoken supporter of paid family leave, says the issue will need the support of both republicans and democrats in congress to pass. >> i view this as something that's going to require bipartisan compromise in order to get done. >> so in other words not in this congress? >> in other words, no, not in this congress. >> ms. trump went on to say she is cautiously optimistic it could happen next year. >>> now to the latest in the trial of former trump camp

you have the question of ivanka's influence. at the end of the day, when you look at the president's behavior, the way he tweets and talks about situations, it really does raise the question of what is her influence? i don't think it's apparent in terms of his public statements. >> what is her end game? it's not just pr for her, is it? >> she is a business person. she is a brand in her own right and someone who is rumored to have aspirations beyond this role in the white house. i work for bustle.com, the leading website among women. she has a powerful influence with young women in this country and abroad. not only for political work, but her fashion brand. her own celebrity and icon here. she has entire future to carve out that we can expect to be more progressive than her father's. >> we appreciate your insight. thank you. >> thank you. >>> the man who wants the president impeached. but, is he fighting a losing battle? stay with us. it's what this country is made of. but right now, our bond is fraying. how do we get back to "us

ivanka trump's reaction was baffling in that regard.t the question was ridiculous. in fact, her family seems to believe the press is the enemy of the people. >> ivanka also told michake all that they are not responsible for the separation of the families at the border. why isn't ivanka trump applauded for breaking with her father? she wasn't applauded for it at home. should she be applauded for showing break here and showing she is willing to stand up and have her own voice? >> i think a lot of people may be with you on that. she did break with her father. that is difficult of itself. the other end of the spectrum will say how is she doing when she asked about breaking with her father. what is she doing to help shift policies? i think that is one of the big criticisms of her with the family separation thing. she has been opposed to it. did she do -- what did she do to help shift her father? that is what people are saying. speaking is one thing. >> i understand that. what we have seen from the presidency is there is no one who can really

ivanka and jared have tried to -- and ivanka in particular -- walk this fine line where they publiclywith the president on certain things and then not with others. it's become a washington cliche. the president will make a perhaps unpopular decision or decision perhaps unpopular with the manhattan liberals that ivanka trump and jared kushner used to live among and we would have leaks and whispers after the fact saying, well, ivanka and jared tried to rein him in. this would be more conservative if they didn't play that role to the point where it's a tired cliche in washington and jared and ivanka have had their influence diminish for a while. it seems to be on its way back up. as far as melania trump goes, she has been more careful. there have been a few moments where she created distance between herself and the president. she never directly criticizes him. she mentions the policy or goes out of her way to praise lebron james, but again she doesn't -- she never publicly criticizes her president, which of course is a tough thing to ask any wife to do, particularly when they are the fir

. >> and ivanka trump breaking with her father on two issues, calling the separation of families at the border a low point of the presidency so far. are her words enough? let's start with kaitlyn collins. good morning. >> it was such a rare day yesterday. they gathered, they were candid, they were blunt, yes, the threat from russia is real, but there was one thing michiganing, the president, it came among a very awkward backdrop. we asked everything. we got along really well. we're being ind hindered by the hoax. >> down playing it once again after he briefed reporters about interfering in the upcoming elections. >> we continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by russia to try to weaken and divide the united states. >> our democracy itself is in the cross hairs. >> they attempted to interfere in the last election and continues to engage in operations to this day. >> the show of force stating in stark contrast to the messages from the president. >> russia's meddling in the 2016 election took place. could be other people also. but they insist he takes it seriously. he instructed his

ivanka weighed in on the immigration front. being separated at the border, which i believe the number is 88% of people in the united states, she said she wants to see families kept together, which i believe they should be kept together if they're trying to come into the country illegally until they're processed if they don't try to come in through the proper channels. then she gave what i thought was a very strong answer for ivanka, a much stronger answer than i would have thought, saying it's wrong so many of these kids are being brought in through coyotes and traffickers. >> let's play t. here's what ivanka said that jason said was a full answer. >> we are a country of laws. we have to be very careful about incentivizing behavior that puts children at risk of being trafficked, at risk of entering this country with coyotes or making an incredibly dangerous journey alone. >> here's my problem with this sound bite. it makes no sense to me. >> none. >> you separate the kids is the problem for the kids. that's the trauma to the ki

she's caring more about keeping her job. >> ivanka did what she needed to do for ivanka.eds to do for president trump. in the process we're losing something incredibly important in this democracy. join the conversation to continue on this, eugene robinson. it's staggering to watch sarah huckabee sanders every day at the press briefing, every say it gets, if possible, more shocking and more disturbing when it comes to manipulating or devaluing the truth. what i saw yesterday was something worse, and she was reading prepared statements. this is a strategy, this is not something that trump or she is stumbling into. the strategy of playing the victim. it's why i didn't agree with what at the white house correspondence dinner because we make ourselves potentially vulnerable to being chipped away at by those who want to hurt exactly what it is we do. but she played the victim but had a prepared statement. did you see what i saw? >> i saw the same thing. i certainly saw her reading the prepared statement. you know, this segment of history is playing out as tragedy and farce at t

ivanka has been on the receiving end of many smear attacks against her family.more nuanc nuanced than this. >> trish: here's a tweet that just crossed. this is the president tweeting. they asked my daughter whether or not the media is the enemy of the people. she correctly said no. it is the fake news, which is a large percentage of the media that is the enemy of the people. is that you, capri, saying "right?" you agree with that? okay. we'll go back to capri in a second. over to katie. >> somebody else in my ear. >> it's the fake news that is wrong. >> i think that's splitting hairs on the president's end. the media has done a lot wrong. the president has also handled things very poorly continuously through the election and his first year of his presidency. it's not tit for tat. i agree with ivanka. at the same time, the media is not pulling punches either. sometimes it foles like a slap fight between the two and i wish they would step back and understand their respective roles. >> trish: you know what i don't like about it, harlan? i think vladimir putin and o

. >>> coming up, how the president's daughter ivanka distancing fleherself from her father's politics. >>> watch "nbc nightly news" with lester holt covering all the day the headlines. >>> we now know who won that $543 million lottery jackpot pap group of whos. 11 co-workers from the south bay came forward to claim their prize. they bought it at ernie's liquors figuring if they went to a mom and pop shop it could bring better chances. the group didn't have to worry about telling the boss. he was also a part of the fold. we don't know if they're all quitting their jobs. the winners have to decide whether to take it over 30 years or a final lump some of $320.5 million. i don't know how to read that. >> yeah. $230.5 million. >> and a 1/2. >> $320.and a half. >> yeah. >> run with the money. >> looking for something to do this weekend look no further than fremont. >> you don't have to win the lottery. this is free. tense of thousands will celebrate the festival of the arts in downtown fremont. the festival's 35th year. city leaders call this the largest arta and wine festival west of the m

how effective ivanka trump really is in her white house role. >>> but we have new this hour, a leading house intel committee member with pretty sharp words for the republican party on the president as he escalates his attack on special counsel robert mueller and the investigation. here's what democratic congressman eric swalwell told my colleague joy reid in the last hour. >> this issue is on top of the mind, not so much what they're going to do with the russians, they're going to let bob mueller find out but what is the president going to do with the rule of law and who is willing to stand up to him as he is a wrecking ball. i think republicans are going to pay the price this november. >> meanwhile, the president is right on the heels of his pennsylvania campaign foray on thursday. and troy balderson is in a title race with democrat danny o'connor. >>> also now today, another wrinkle in the russia saga. "the washington post" reporting that maria butina, quote, cozied up to the ex-aide near the end of the race. that ex-aide is j.d. gordon who served as trump's director of national secu

>> i think ivanka was trying to be more specific. i don't agree there's more than one kind of racism. all types of racism. well, racism is racism and we should try to avoid that president trump but i think ivanka was trying to be more nuanced but i don't buy it. she's working in an administration that is putting brown children into detention facilities, separating them from their parents, they haven't reunited arptd 500 kids with their parents even though the judge said you have to do this right now, ivanka is going to try to say nice things on twitter while the administration is doing terrible things impacting black and brown people in this country so i'll believe it when i see in the action not just a tweet. >> thank you so much zerlina maxwell. bob cusack. appreciate you both. >> thank you. >> defiance in d.c. we were just talking about that. activists are descending on the nation's capital to stand up to hate. is . >>> freedom frplaza in washingt, d.c. the unite the right rally is being held in d.c. instead of civil. a live look

ivanka trump was asked about the separation of families at the border. >> that was a low point for meas well. i feel very strongly about that, and i am very vehemently against family separation. and the separation of parents and children in. >> at the daily briefing, sarah sanders says the president agrees with his daughter. >> the president himself has said he doesn't like the idea of family separation, i don't think anybody does. >> but they really parted ways over ivanka's disavowal of the president's declaration that the press is the enemy of the people. >> i have certainly received my fair share of reporting on me personally that i know not to be fully accurate. but no, i do not feel that the media is the enemy of the people appear to speak of the topic was the bombshell at the briefing, asked if he would say that the press was the enemy of the people, sarah sanders instead went off on how she and others have been treated by the media. >> the many has attacked me personally on a number of occasions, including by your network. they said it should be harassed, choked, almost all of

his two favorite things: ivanka and tv.tweeted: "they asked my daughter ivanka whether or not the media is the enemy of the people. she correctly said no. it is the fake news, which is a large percentage of the media, that is the enemy of the people!" see? ( booing ) that clears it up. trump supporters, when you see the media at the next rally make sure you violently threaten only "a large percentage" of them. ( laughter ) mike allen also threw her only the hardest of softballs. >> your highpoint and low point in the white house. >> oh, wow. oh, so my highpoint? oh gosh. there have been-- there have been so many high points. ( laughter ) >> stephen: wow. that took her a while. she seemed a little glazed. she seems like this is one of her high points. ( laughter ) she eventually did come up with a high point of her job. >> i love getting out of washington. ( laughter ) >> steph: the high point of your job is leaving your job? what a coincidence -- that's my high point of your job too. ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) t

ivanka saying she doesn't like it is good for ivanka's brand which she is trying to manage. it's not clear what she does beyond that conversation. >> ozzy, what is the conventional wisdom here? what does she do in general? what is she doing in the white house. >> that's a great question. i wish she would come on the show and talk about that. she said she gives advice and counsel to her father looking out for the american people. i want not clear beyond that. those are two jobs. looking after the president and the public. when her father is the president those two missions -- it becomes difficult to see which takes priority. >> we might not know what happens behind the scenes ever. julie, the other extraordinary headline this week the five main national security advisers of the president declaring war on russia interference in the elections. do you think this came with full support of the president? or did the officials force this display. >> yeah, it's hard to say. there is a lot of confusion. i would say i'm confused by the administration's rollout of the statements. it see

i would just like to say to ivanka trump. if she opposes family separation, there are children today, tonight, who will still go to sleep not knowing where their parents are because of donald trump's policies. my suggestion to ivanka trump is maybe she should do something about that. we are talking months where children have been separated from their parents and white house advisers should actually do something and not just talk about it. >> there was another issue from which she separated from her president. we cover contradictions. here is another issue where she separated from her father and had to do with whether or not reporters are the enemy of the american people. >> a few days ago i called the fake news the enemy of the people and they are. they are the enemy of the people. >> i do not feel that the media is the enemy of the people. >> trump followed that up with a tweet saying she said no. it is the fake news which is a large percentage of the media that is the enemy of the people. how do you interpret all of this? >

we cannot confuse ivanka's proximity to mean power.rate and flex the muscle, if you will. all the times i've seen her on the big stage, over in germany, the flub she had about, oh, the kids in cages, so on and so forth, not able to affect real change and proximity doesn't necessarily mean power here. >> i want to come to you. let's just play the sound bite of ivanka trump talking about the issue they're talking about specifically when she was asked about the lowest point in the trump presidency. >> that was a low point for me, as well. i feel very strongly about that. and i am very vehemently against family separation. and the separation of parents and children. >> i mean, i give them credit for pointing out this issue isn't over. policies and not just in terms of the border but daca and rounding up people in this country for 20 years and sending them back when they haven't committed crimes. worth attending to. so i give them credit for putting on pressure. i'm struck with the business people of dinner with trump. some of the same peop

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champion. >>> ivanka trump breaking from the white house she serves. by the way, the briefing was scheduled for the top of the hour. we're still waiting for the start of the briefing. we'll get there shortly. in the meantime, let's talk about the president's daughter and senior adviser. she told reporters just a few hours ago that her father's policy that separated families at the border has been the lowest point of her time. we'll have much more on that. but in the meantime, here's sarah sanders. >> safeguard our nation's elections. the president has made it clear that his administration will not tolerate foreign interference in our elections from my nation state or other dangerous actor. last year the president signed an executive order to strengthen and review the cybersecurity of our nation and its critical infrastructure. last week the president chaired a meeting of his national security council to address ongoing threats. he asked the officials standing next to me to brief the american people on the work being done to protect the integrity of our

you ivanka trump, welcome. >> thank you. high, everyone. -- hi, everyone. marks in turn. -- in turn. i just heard about his trip to disney world and it sounds epic. i am waiting to take my children. but in a future life, i think that sounds pretty good. >> behind the curtain, i was that the rsvps for this event have broken all of our records. and you gotten more response than bill gates or market to. >> that is pretty impressive. i said you should tell everyone that. if you looked at or saw the crowd, lots of young professional women. they are here to see you. ms. trump: well, and i think it's very on-topic why we're here today and one of the recent i was very excited to participate in this particular conversation, is that you've been such a thought leader and such a champion, the subject of the future work and of workforce development and the rapid pace in which work and the jobs of the future are evolving. ms. trump: well, and i think so i i was excited to come here and talk about this topic and elevate awareness around the skills that are required to suc

look, based on our porting, ivanka trump does tell her dad when she disagrees with him. for example, theyre dis on the environment, but that's an issue where he's really stuck to his guns she was asked how she sees her role here at the white house last year, hodahe and said this -- "where i disagree with my father, he knows it, and i express myself with total candor." hoda, savannah? >> all right. kristen welker atte the w house. thank you. >>> meantime, the reward for the safe return of a university of kswa student missing for more than two w now has just been increased dramatically, and her family is making a new plea to nybody who has information in this case. nbc's blake mccoy has been on it for us. good morning. >> reporter: make thoe mno mist her parents think their daughter is alive a call this new reward another tool in hetheir arsenal to bring mollie home. >> we believe that mollie is still alive, and if someone has abducted her, we are pleading withou to please release her. >> reporter: the family of mollie tibbetts offering a desperate plea and a big reward fo

. -- a ivankarump -- a -- a ivanka trump ivanka >> yes. march in turn. i heard all about his trip to disney world and it sounds pretty epic. i'm witty -- waiting to take my children. i think that is pretty good. that thetelling you record was broken and you got more response than bill gates or mark cuban. ms. trump: that's pretty impressive. i said you should tell everyone that. >> so if you looked, if you saw the crowds around the block, lots of young professional women here to see you. what's the most important thing for them to know about how the workforce is changing? ms. trump: well, and i think it's very on-topic why we're here today and one of the recent i was very excited to participate in this particular conversation, is that you've been such a thought leader and such a champion, the subject of the future work and of workforce development and the rapid pace in which work and the jobs of the future are evolving. so i i was excited to come here and talk about this topic and elevate awareness around the skills that are required to succeed in the mo

ivanka was asked if she believes the media is the enemy of the people.e of reporting on me personally that i know not to be fully accurate, so i've had some -- i have some sensitivity around why people have concerns and gripe, especially when they're sort of -- feel targeted but no, i do not feel the media is the enemy of the people. >> why do you think she broke with her father? there's a whole lot there. what did you think? >> first, there's a lot of throat clearing at the beginning of that answer. you know, i think she broke with her father because she's in the midst of an image reset. she's doing that interview because she's trying to come back out into public. she just got rid of the business. we had a story in our paper about a week ago that clearly reflected the fact that people around ivanka were saying you need to take a fresh look at her. she's getting her act together again. she's going to step back out on the stage. so she's breaking with her father. it's not that much of a break, because she's trying to tell the world what she said from the

, dear ivanka. >> through the 1,400 followers and doesn't follow chelsea handler., she is not. i don't know if she's starting to unfollow celebritys that are being vocal about president trump's policies but, brooke, i also just want to tell you this is not the first time that celebrities have taken her to task on instagram. there was an open letter they posted when trump rescinded the daca program last year and they did the same thing. >> hoping to take this message to the first daughter. we'll see if it will work. chloe, thank you. thank you for being with me. "the lead" starts right now. >>> thanks, brooke. another trump loyalist in trouble with the law. "the lead" starts right now. the first lawmaker to leap on the trump train today was charged with insider trading and prosecutors allege his crimes began when he was standing on white house grounds. >>> letter to mueller. the trump team laying out what the president will and will not answer in front of the special counsel. can anyone control what the president will actually end up saying? >>> poisoning payback. p

john: hi, ivanka. as you know, web force development doesn't happen in a vacuum. what do you say to workers whose livelihoods are threatened by the trade war, the tariffs, and particularly workers who actually feel that they've adapted to the 21st century economy, they're working in businesses that provide imports and exports and feel that they're being punished for developing their businesses in a way that you might advocate in this initiative? ms. trump: so, i think it's a very good question and i'll share a story with you. last week i was with the president and we went to iowa and we did a round table on the subject of workforce development. iowa has an incredibly low unemployment rate, and this is an urgent priority for them, and they're even reaching into their high schools to start to train workers earlier, to serve the needs of their businesses and to ensure people are adequately trained for the growth that they want to have. following that visit, we flew to granite city, illinois, and went to a steel mill owned by u.s. steel. and it was the celebration of

his sister ivanka is a white house adviser. you know, this could be incredibly helpful to the president in places that, just like obama on the democratic side in red states in swing areas where the president is, you know, kind of the worst person to come in to help a republican because they're trying to get independent and democratic votes. maybe the kids aren't as toxic? >> that's definitely right. we saw this in 2016 when ivanka trump went to places like pennsylvania. the suburban areas to campaign for her father. so we've seen her come -- do a lot of interviews to talk about workforce training which is the least toxic of topics to get into. in our interviews she's really not tried to talk about russia at all. we've seen don junior wade into the more controversial topics, but he's someone who the base loves. so, you know, we're seeing someone like ivanka good with the moderate voters perhaps and someone like don junior who really gets the base riled up. >> a fascinating character to me is lara trump, eric trump's wife, who do

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and i gave -- >> except for ivanka trump. >> reporter: except for ivanka trump. i tried to pose that question listen the president's daughter, his own daughter said no, she doesn't think that we're the enemy. and you saw it unfold there -- i was giving sarah several opportunities to set the record straight and she flat refused. what you can obviously see she's taken a lot what she's experienced very personally. i don't blame her for that. my goodness, she has taken on a lot. but at the same time she also has come up here to this podium on a regular basis and continued to tell the american people, you know, provable falsehoods, lies, and so on and, unfortunately, our job as journalists as you know, brooke, we have to call that stuff out. we have to fact check them. we're fact checkers in real-time with this president because he tells falsehoods and lies so much. and, it's unfortunate the position that we're all in right now. and i'm standing in this briefing room right now. there's no government official here but i'll say that the press is not the enemy of the peo

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it's interesting seeing ivanka sort of take a small side step away from her father's rhetoric. of course based on what i have seen out there she hasn't gone so far as to suggest her father has handled this in a way that's fueled divides rather than remedied them. her vocalness still on this issue recalls the approach that melania trump has taken to the other issues with the president as well where she's being willing to take a slight step away from him. particularly on the family separation question where she thought that immigrant children being separated from their families was something that was a bad thing rather than a good policy aim. these steps that ivanka and melania trump have taken are not having any sort of impact on policy. they don't seem to be having any impact on the way that the government actually functions. there's little discernible connection between the statements these women have made and the behavior that the president has taken. although ultimately of course the president did finally after significant controlling decide to try to end the policy of activ

it might have been a low point for ivanka trump.a low point for 572 children in the custody of the united states government and in particular for 410 of those children whose parents have already been deported, and for sure categorically, as a policy of the united states government, will never be able to get back into the united states to be reunified with those children. those kids are going to have to be deported if they want to see their parents again. it shows complete disregard or lack of understanding for the reality of how this all played out by ivanka trump. >> so, in real terms what is the aclu -- look forward. what is the aclu actively doing right now to try to reunite these families? is there any time frame under which they might be able to better accomplish this even without the full help of the federal government? >> everything you see on your screen, establishing contact, determining desire to be reunified and written confirmation, attorney consultation, those are all things the government wants the aclu to take the lea

ivanka trump speaking out for the first time, describing it as a low point for her. >> a low point inlleagues was the kids at the border issue, what was your view of that? >> yes, that was a low point for me as well. i feel very strongly about that. and i am very vehemently against family separation. i am a daughter of an immigrant. my mother grew up in communist czech republic. but we are a country of laws. >> reporter: at an axios forum. she was asked about his attacks on the news media. at his florida rally, his supporters hurling insults at reporters. the president himself has called the media -- >> the enemy. >> reporter: so in front of reporters, his daughter was asked -- >> do you think that we're the enemy of the people? >> sorry? >> do you think the media is the enemy of the people? >> no, i do not feel the media is the enemy of the people. >> reporter: she also spoke about the infamous trump tower meeting. >> have you talked to robert mueller or his team and did you know about the trump tower meeting in june 2016 before it happened in or did you see any of those visitors? >>

t daughter, ivanka trump is distancing herself from some of her father's controversial policies. she answered questions at an evenyesterday. when asked about her high and low points during her time at the white house, she said that one of the lowest points was seeing the family separations at the u.s./mexico border. >> that was a low point for me, as well. i feel very strongly about that. and i am very vehemently against family separation. >> ivanka trump was asked whether she believes the media was the enemy of the people as her father has repeatedly said. she said npr thident later commented on the question tweeting, quote, they asked my daughter whether or not the media was the enemy of the people. she correctly said no. i the fake news, which is a large percentage of the media, which is the enemy of the people. >>> sarah huckabee sanders was in ach heated ge with a reporter when asked the same question. you're going to see this on social media. when cnn's jim acosta pressed sanders to answer the question, he accused journalists of not covering stories. she went on to say she

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ivanka one of the lowest points was seeing the family separations at the u.-mexico boaser. >> that low point for me as well. ioneel very sy about that, nnd i am very vehemently against family separatio and the separation of parents and children. high points, she cited the president commuting the of alice johnson. orhnson was serving a life sentence drug offenses. >>> a security scare blocked the streets near the u.s. capitol this morning. capitol police officers found an unoccupied vehicle with a gun inside. they were doing parking enforcement when they spotted the gun in a sedan parked on new jersey avenue northwest. they searched it, found ammunition and other items in the car. police arrted a 23-year-old man from georgia. they say there is connection to terrorism. >>> we're learning more abouter inec bizarreity breach inside the u.s. capitol. three young brothers from new york managed to get past the first set of security posts and get steps away from the u.s. senate floor. scottoi macfarlane us with the story you'll see only here on news 4. >> thein three

>> sure. >> ivanka and the worthy mike allen, great question. she has carefully separated herself from some of her father's statements in the past. this one really noteworthy since the president has not backed off on that at all. >> andrea, i think you're right, it's noteworthy that she says that. i think the frustration of ivanka trump's critics here and outside this white house is that she doesn't wield more power inside this west wing to convince her father to sort of dial back some of that fierce rhetoric, notably there as it relates to the media, but broadly on some of the other policies, more importantly, that he has been putting in place, including the family separation policy. she noted today that that was a low point of her time at the white house, and people who are upset with the way the white house has conducted things say there are still families separated, still children who are not with their parents, she should be fighting actively for family reunification. >> peter alexander, there's supposed to be a press briefing in an hour or