daniels trying to extort millions of dollars from nike the man once revered by the left-wing national media cnnf media correspondent brian tried to justify the embrace of avenatti he wrote this, quote, all future u.s. presidents will be television stars of some sort. tv star power will be a prerequisite for presidency. that's why i told avenatti one reason i'm taking you seriously as a contender is because of presence on cable news. how's that working out? never trump or conservative he says bill kristol -- claiming outrage today over the president's criticism of joe biden during a press conference. in japan -- >> seeing president of the united states with the american flag behind him, and the flag at the country in this case japan which we saw on that clip there is saying something attacking the most recent vice president. and of the united states, it does damage to the country, i think to our able to conduct the foreign policy. in ways that -- you know will pay a price for some time i'm afraid. >> he's trade but not afraid in february biden called under president obama, quote, embarrassment n

new york, sim, a former senior adviser of the national security council under obama, now a cnn national security analyst, columnist max boot is here and media columnist for the post margaret sullivan is here. margaret, first to you, in one sentence what is sarah sanders legacy? >> she tried to mislead reporters. in doing that, she tried to mislead the american public. that's the very opposite of what she should have been doing because it's the american public that actually employs here. >> we lose out. max, what's your one sentence. >>> well, sara sanders said that her legacy was going to be she was transparent and honest. in fact, it is that she was opaque and dishonest. she was a liar representing a liar. >> and sam, yours? >> who is sarah sanders? i thought donald trump was press secretary. >> let's come back to that in a moment. do you think, margaret, the death of the white house briefing matters? i've been talking a lot about it. do you think it matters. >> i do. i think that's an opportunity for reporters to bring up subjects, try to hold the president accountable. i mean, it certainly became less valuable, but it was an important th

gregg: the left-wing national media unable to, apparently, focus on anything else -- well, anything other than their hatred for president trump. according to the media research center, cnn time shows last night wasted 72% of their air time talking about president trump's comment that he would hypothetically want to hear foreign political dirt. disgraced former acting fbi director andrew mccabe, one of the leaders of the trump coup attempt, under investigation for lying under oath now, weighing in on impeaching trump. >> i'm not a political person. i'm not a political operative. i respect the house leadership and the fact that they may be considering, you know, a lot of polls and political strategy in the way to figuring out what to do next. i think we are clearly there with the results of the special counsel team. there are so many witnesses who could provide important, essential testimony to congress that could only be done in the scope of an impeachment inquiry. i think that action should be taken immediately. gregg: andrew mccabe. why would anybody in their right mind even talk to him? heritage foundation hans von is spi kousky joins us. hans, great to see you. i rea

cnn political analyst. good morning. >> i'm from iowa where every four years we bask in the glow of the national media.ascinating for every single iowian. you are saying they may not have the monopoly. >> they've been important but i think there are other ways that can happen now. we have a vast media where there is many events, town halls constantly taking place where you can see candidates pushing them civils upwards. super tuesday is going to be even more super now. california has moved earlier. even if you lose iowa, it will move up. >> without iowa, you would not have had barack obama. they are trying to break out of this big pack. this polling is 600 democratic caucus goers. i heard it say, look, it is too early. >> to your point, kamala harris may be planning that come back quickly in california. but let's talk about joe biden, at the graduation of his granddaughter. they didn't take him on directly but you certainly heard whisperings of who joe biden is when bernie sanders said this. >> now i understand there are some well intentioned democrats and candidates who believe that best way forward i

media. >> the plain view project uncovered and released thousands of disturbing posts by current and former police officers. cnn nationalwith more. i know you've been through these. what kinds of things were they say, and now what kind of penalties will these officers face? >> reporter: yeah, pretty disturbing. right here in philadelphia 72 officers now on desk duty, administrative duty, taken off the streets. we estimate that's about 1% of its police force here in the city. let's back up just a minute and explain this plain view project. essentially it's a grew that compiles facebook posts of the thousand of officers in eight different jurisdictions in different cities, philadelphia, st. louis, dallas, all the way down to even lake county, florida. so different sized departments. so the posts were very disturbing. in many cay cases they promote violence according to what this group found. there are racist comments, anti-semitic comments, anti-muslim comments. some are encouraging people to run over protesters, so they really run the gamut as far as how bad these comments are. in philadelphia specifically those 72 offic

media into the room so they could capture this historic summit between these two men. >> abby philip, thank you so much. let's talk more about all that unfolded. cnn national security advisor, senior advisor to the national security advisor in the obama administration. good to see you, sam. this moment is historic in that a u.s. president has not set foot on north korean soil before. in your view, what's the significance and the promise that you see after this? >> well, fred, president trump crossed a line earlier today in north korea and it wasn't just the demarcation one. by taking 20 steps into north korea, shaking hands with kim jong-un and having an hour-long bilateral meeting, we don't know the substance of that, president trump crossed a line with respect to normalizing north korea as a nuclear state. north korea, when president trump came into office and under his predecessors has been a rogue regime. they have been a pariah in the international community. president trump has taken a series of steps to normalize north korea on the world stage, including summits with kim jong-un. but today he went onto kim jong-un's home turf and that signals to nor