"the new york times", i know donald is going to meet with the new york times and yell at hem.e meets with the publishers and then with journalists. >> on the record. neil: i wonder if paul is in the crew. >> he probably will be. you would never have agree today do an off the record yourself as a journalist anchor. there's just no way. what's the upside? one thing for our boss to go there and let him scream but another thing for us, okay, we are going to limit the amount of information that the president elected united states is going to give us and give the people of the united states, it was such bad form for wolf blitzer, these are journalists. neil: this is getting them all together with an off-the-record warning. >> the minute someone tells you to agree off the record, they control the information. think about it. you're allowing the president elect of the united states a public official to control the information that you the journalists needs to impart to the people. that's really -- neil: you know, he has reason to be a little concern in his case whether you accept that

threatening to sue the paper and failing "new york times." why would he go to the paper as a sign of respect and have this meeting? >> quite, obviously, he reads "the new york times" every single day. the "new york times" has always covered the presidency maybe more so than any publication. it's very clear that the obama administration has leaked many stories about what president obama is doing to "the times." it's an important paper. the biggest paper there is. of course, that's where he needs to start. >> trump also in that session called "the times" an international jewel and said anybody can call him except maureen dowd. she's been too rough on me, he said. i canceled today meeting with the failing "new york times" when the terms and conditions of the meeting were changed at the last moment. not nice. but that wasn't true. and then, of course, it was back on. >> who can say what actually happened there. there were rumors about some of trump's aides trying to get him to cancel the meeting because they didn't think it would be good for him.

this is what trump told the new york times. in a major reversal of a campaign promise, donald trump signalled that he will not try to process kutd hillary clinton over the e-mail use. cnn political reporter is live outside of trump tower and sarah, that final pledge there is going surprise a lot of supporters who heard him speak during the campaign about hillary clinton and promising, you remember the chants and you were there many times to lock her up! >> reporter: yeah, that's right. he went all over the country and calling her crooked hillary and saying lock her up and saying that he would call on a special prosecutor. now it seems that's not high on the list of things to get done when he goes to the white house. >> hillary clinton will be under investigation for a long long time. >> reporter: that pledge to put her behind bars is not a top priority. donald trump telling the new york times today that he is not taking a potential investigation off the table, but saying it's just not something that i feel very strongly about.

the backdrop of this meeting, donald trump at the "new york times," what's the back story? >> trump often says he detests the media. he complains about the media every chance he get bus he cares deeply about the press, he cares about the "new york times," he cares about what cnn says about him. so he requested this meeting at the "new york times" today then he canceled it this morning then put it back on his calendar. so now he's at the "new york times" on the 16th floor having this editorial board meeting. it's on the record. it's an hour plus long interview which means it's his most extensive interview yet since being elected. and we're learning about it through live tweets from reporters in the room. so we're learning a lot, brooke, about what he says he'll do as president. >> let's get straight to it. including what he said about hillary clinton, david chalian. let me ask you. we know earlier today his adviser said he would not pursue any prosecution of hillary clinton, which is what we heard, the cacophony of that on the campaign trail. now he's echoing this. let me sho

doesn't feel like he truly gets that. >> that doesn't satisfy, you know what he says about the "new york times." that doesn't satisfy reporters at the "new york times" but it also doesn't satisfy reporters at conservative news outlets because there is the potential of conflict of interest. david gergen? >> there's a serious conflict of interest and ways the presidents act are not entirely guided by laws but norms, expectations and standards and for him, i'm just -- i'm sorry but for him to sit there and have various kinds of conversations already as president-elect with foreign leaders that include conversations about his business dealings and they're clearly meant to advance his commercial interests violates the norm wes associate with the presidency so i think he's got a serious problem. he could get into a constitutional problem as frank suggested. there are clauses within the constitution. but already i think he's playing with fire now and his sewn supporters -- the "wall street journal," for example, has urged that he liquidate his holdings and put the assets that accrue to him, put those

the journalism at publications such as the "new york times" and the "l.a. s" stands in contrast with the spread of fake news, which facebook and others are trying to crack down on. many say the spread of fake news on social media influenced voters. this campaign season. >> in fact, a buzzfeed study found the top 20 fake news stories generated more engagement likes and shares than the top stories from major outlets, including the "new york times." >> social media benefits legitimate, professional fact-check journalism, as well. we're very, very present on facebook and twitter and other social platforms. but clearly, it's true that these new platforms, these relatively new platforms, make it possible for almost anyone to publish almost anything they want. >> reporter: as for mr. trump's repeated threat he's going to sue the "new york times" and change libel laws, thompson says mr. trump told them in a meeting last week, quote, i don't think you'll have any anything to worry about. for "nightly business report," i'm julia boorstin in los angeles. >>> tiffany po

>> then came today's meeting with "the new york times" at "the new york times" building which trump initially canceled tweeted "i canceled today's meeting. when the terms and conditions of the meeting were changed at the last moment. not nice." he rescheduled the meeting at "the new york times" building. >> quite a game of chicken they're playing. the press needs trump, they need access to cover him. trump needs the press but he doesn't like their coverage. he's playing this game of chicken about how far can he go in condemning the establishment press, while at the same time getting the coverage that he needs. i think today's meeting was a reflection of that. >> meantime, the public editor of "the new york times" recently wrote the paper and media were too tough on trump supporters. "the media is at fall for turning his remarks into a krim caricature, that it applied to people who backed him." to that point, the media outlets are going wall to wall with coverage of this national policy institute meeting at the reagan building over the weekend in washington. a group which describes itself as a

>> "the new york times" is totally dishonest. >> i think "the new york times" is one of the most dishonest>> i call it the failing "new york times." >> reporter: hours later, he flip-flopped and headed cross town to the "times" headquarters. he left the hour-long interview calling the "times" a crown jewel, proving once again his love/hate relationship with the news outlets that made him famous. back on monday he invited executives and anchors from five major tv networks, including cnn, to trump tower. >> there's no need to mend fences. it was an off-the-record meeting, it was very cordial, very productive, genial, but also very candid and very honest. >> reporter: honest indeed. sources say trump vented about media coverage, attacking nbc and cnn, in particular, but he also listened to the reporters who argued for improved access. candidate trump always wanted the press's attention, but on his own terms. and since election day, trump has repeatedly ditched the press pool. that's the small group of journalists assigned to cover him at all times. >> the reason it's important to have a press

trump sitting down with the "new york times" today telling them he has no strong intention to investigate hillary clinton for her handling of classified information or for the dealings of the clinton foundation. that according to the "new york times." trump stating -- when trump was pressed whether he had definitively ruled out a prosecution of clinton, he said this -- trump is feeling strongly about his first day in office calling for immediate action on trade, immigration, energy, the regulatory curbs and national security. and to sort through what has arguably been the most interesting first two weeks of any presidential transition, i have with me the chairman of the american conservative union, matt schlapp, and republican campaign strategist, fox news contributor tony sayegh. good to see you both. let me start with this visit to the "times," matt. he doesn't like the "times," why is he talking to the "times"? >> i don't know, i like what the final answer was. you know, basically donald trump has said that he loves twitter because he can communicate to a large audience without having

julie: to answer meghan's question, we know a lot of "new york times" reporters personally, i considerhem to be friend i said this before many times. we sit in a new york city bubble. meghan: i do not. julie: you may not. >> i'm in washington bubble. julie: we all talk to like-minded people, we liberals, including people that work at "new york times" we all talk to each other. sit in a little bubble i said this before, our mistake was not acknowledging that there is a bubble, there is world outside of our little bubble that when we go and fly out to places like ohio or fly out to places like arizona and we look at what we consider to be people who are not like us we come home to apartments in manhattan. talking about liberals. dagen: using to his advantage already has, most journalists are this bitter cocktail of arrogance but then insecurity. so they're arrogant but they still want to be liked. julie: talking about him or journalists. dagen: talking about journalists. they will want to be liked. they will attack him but oh, i want access. did you like my article? that is the classic "

" saying i canceled the meeting with "the new york times" when the terms and conditions of the meeting were changed at the last moment. not nice. then he ventured out for the meeting anyway, telling "new york times" reporters he is focused on how much climate change regulations will cost american businesses and admitting, i think there's some connectivity. some something. it depends on how much. the billionaire businessman suggesting he wants to be the one to strike a peace agreement between israelis and the palestinians. with the help of his jewish son-in-law. and yet again trump leapt to the defense of steve bannon under his ties to the alt right movement. trump saying of bannon, if i thought he was racist or alt right, i wouldn't even think about hiring him. but bannon himself has boasted breitbart news is the platform of theiali of the alt right. and michael flynn is facing scrutiny for these comments. >> we are facing another ism. like we faced naziism and communism and fascism. this is islamism. and it is a vicious cancer inside the body of 1.7 billion people on this plane

thanksgiving tables for the trump family and the romney family. >>> now donald trump's session with the "new york times." all the news to print on that. you know, political analyst and "new york times" correspondent maggie haberman was in the room and tweeting all about it. joins us by phone right now. first of all, what was the atmosphere like inside that room? especially given the fact that mitt romney had -- not mitt romney. donald trump sort of canceled the meeting on twitter and then decided to uncancel the meeting. and the fact that he actually went to the "new york times" and said the usual which is have everyone come to him in trump tower. >> thanks, among other things for taking me by phone. it was a cordial meeting. he started out defensively. his arms were crossed were tightly as he delivered the pretty calm and diatribe against our coverage. -- that it was very tough. that we were the toughest, you know, and then said -- and this is what surprised me, that he believed that having a good relationship with us would make governing easier for him in terms of what he would like to co-and it went

new york. lots of news coming out of that "new york times" meeting. >> it is, and still ongoing. >>> breaking news on msnbc live right now. the trump transition. the president-elect visits "the new york times." reporters now live tweeting from inside that meeting. >>> also this hour, a tragic story out of tennessee. five children killed. dozens more injured in a school bus crash. the bus driver under arrest right now. what the investigation has revealed so far. >>> and then a travel warning from the state department. what you need to know if you're traveling abroad this holiday season. >>> but we begin with that breaking news on the president-elect. donald trump inside "the new york times" building right now. you can see so many people gathered around to see him as he exits. a meeting that was initially canceled this morning, but back on for this afternoon. right now, reporters inside that meeting are live tweeting the conversation as it happens. among what we've heard so far, trump telling "the new york times" that he was treated unfairly during the campaign but would like to improve the relation

>> then came today's meeting with "the new york times" at "the new york times" building which trump initially canceled tweeted "i canceled today's meeting. when the terms and conditions of the meeting were changed at the last moment. not nice." he rescheduled the meeting at "the new york times" building. >> quite a game of chicken they're playing. the press needs trump, they need access to cover him. trump needs the press but he doesn't like their coverage. he's playing this game of chicken about how far can he go in condemning the establishment press, while at the same time getting the coverage that he needs. i think today's meeting was a reflection of that. >> meantime, the public editor of "the new york times" recently wrote the paper and media were too tough on trump supporters. "the media is at fall for turning his remarks into a krim caricature, that it applied to people who backed him." to that point, the media outlets are going wall to wall with coverage of this national policy institute meeting at the reagan building over the weekend in washington. a group which describes itself as a

the trump campaign backpedals, obviously, "the new york times" hosting an on-the-record interview. york times" on the record in seemingly congenial terms after saying so many disparaging things about him on the campaign trail. and let's put it up, first, now, he's keeping parts of obamacare after saying he would repeal it on day one. the wall that he's talked about the entire campaign might be fencing. he backpedal on what he said in the debate about appointing a special prosecutor. he said he's not going to prosecute hillary clinton. he's not considering opening up libel laws. and a fascinating one, he's opening up his mind on climate change. this after saying it's a hoax perpetrated by the chinese. i want to read you a quote with a sitdown with "the new york times" yesterday in which he talked about the relationship between humans and he writes, quote, i think there is some connectivity. some something. some depends on how much. josh, what is going on here? this seems like a completely different person from the guy we saw on the campaign trail? >> that's exactly right. first of al

really great to meet you. >> thanks for having me. >> correspondent from "the new york times." really appreciate you being here tonight. much more to come on this bizarre news day including why the president-elect doesn't think certain rules apply to him and why many democrats are cheering a judge out of wisconsin. stay with us. i we worked with pg&eof to save energy because wenie. wanted to help the school. they would put these signs on the door to let the teacher know you didn't cut off the light. the teachers, they would call us the energy patrol. so they would be like, here they come, turn off your lights! those three young ladies were teaching the whole school about energy efficiency. we actually saved $50,000. and that's just one school, two semesters, three girls. together, we're building a better california. ways wins. especially in my business. with slow internet from the phone company, you can't keep up. you're stuck, watching spinning wheels and progress bars until someone else scoops your story. switch to comcast business. with high-speed internet up to 10 gigabits p

"the new york times" is a total lie. >>> developing tonight, new fallout after 48 hours of intense media coverage for the annual conference of a white nationalist organization. video surfaced over the weekend from a washington meeting of roughly 275, 85 people at the conference. some of whom are caught on tape making nazi salutes and praising president-elect donald trump. mr. trump has been called on several times to disavow the tape and the group which he has done. there are growing questions about whether the media coverage is giving the group exactly what it wants. trace gallagher has more. >> the controversial video showing a few hundred members of a alt right movement was posted by atlantic magazine doing a documentary on richard spencer, the primary face of the movement. we're not showing the video or putting up spencer's racist anti-so mettic remarks because it's become apparent that he's revel in the national coverage and reportedly using it to promote and recruit. for example, this weekend's alt right gathering was attended by viewer than 300 members and covered by 50 or 75 jour

trump went face to face with the "the new york times" over how the paper is covering and has been coveringhe president-elect in his new administration. for more on that, howie kurtz. >> donald trump constantly criticizes what he calls the failing "the new york times." so it was something of a surprise when he agreed the a meeting today. even more of a meeting when he canceled it tweeting that the paper tried to change the terms and conditions and continues to cover my inaccurately. within hour it was back on with the pub lirker sitting next to the president-elect at the manhattan newsroom. and trump made plenty of news. trump said he changed his mind on the use of water boarding, deciding it's not effective after talking with retired general james mattis who he is seriously considering to run the pentagon. potential conflicts of interest, refusing to rule out leaving business partners in the white house. and he won't distance himself from his children who will be running it. speaking of family, he said he might tap ivanka's husband, jared kushner as his special envoy to the middle east. tr

fully gets that or he's fully willing to get that, certainly not based on what he said to the "new york timessterday. >> we're out of time. you walked out of that meeting yesterday and you felt blank about donald trump? >> unresolved. >> coming up, a possible threat to the new york macy's day parade. isis pointing to it. how the nypd is preparing. >>> plus, we are standing by for the governor to give a press conference on the deadly tragic school bus crash. just minutes away. stay with us. oh no, that looks gross whoa, twhat is that? try it. you gotta try it, it's terrible. i don't wanna try it if it's terrible. it's like mango chutney and burnt hair. no thank you, i have a very sensitive palate. just try it! guys, i think we should hurry up. if you taste something bad, you want someone else to try it. it's what you do. i can't get the taste out of my mouth! if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. shhh! dog, dog, dog. >>> welcome back. you're watching msnbc. the big thanksgiving day parade begins in 24 hours right here in new york c

speaking of which -- >> failing "new york times." >> the new york times, we are going to talk to markmpson. >> that's 30 points for the dow. >> united health up 2.5%. >> unh did not participate that nch obamacare. >> they're not too many exchanges. 58,000 lives. >> and they have a great quarter and they have a great -- big data company. they are ral machine learning big data company. they have a fantastic business and that's -- i've got tell you, i'm seeing nursing home companies, i'm seeing companies that are involved with real estate investment trusts and health care. they're all going up. i mean, people just think a magic wand is waved? and we take earnings per share? i'm not saying it's tough, it's a little aggressive. >> and as for tiffany, the conference call did address directly the affect that trump security has had on that flagship store on fifth avenue. take a listen. >> given the close proximity of our fifth avenue store to the trump tower, we've noted that recent election-relate activity has caused minor disruptions to pedestrians foot traffic around that store. federal, s

i cancelled today's meeting with the failing new york times when the term and conditions were changedlast moment. not nice. perhaps a new meeting will be set up with the new york times. and they cover me inaccurately and nasty tonight. >> and finally the new york time meeting is back on. >> a trump presidency will be tweeted away for the entire four years apparently. he had a contentious meeting the day before with other media outlet and it is not unusual where the media is an enemy. but he will have to start building bridges with the media. there is a traveling press corps. and he will be pillared and he has to be transparent and having kelli ann and others who are veterans at this will moderate that message and tonight. >> his comment that they cover him with a nasty tone was born out with them quoting ronald reagan trust but verify but you can't trust him. >> it is no surprise that the new york times is taking that approach with him. conservatives will be happy to come in office and does the policy agenda and works on job and trade legislation and border security and keeping americ

"the new york times." nceled today's meeting with the failing "new york times" when the terms and conditions were changed at the last minute. not nice. the paper had not changed the arrangements for the meeting and was not aware it was canceled until reading trump's twitter post. perhaps a new meeting will be set up with "the new york times." trump didn't mention any story however on the front page of the times the story donald trump's business dealings test a constitutional limit. they do. but then as if nothing had happened trump tweeted that the meeting was back on and he was looking forward to it. he took questions from syria to his potential conflicts of interest with his businesses to his relationship with "the new york times" all of which was live tweeted. joining me now a political reporter there and an msnbc contributor. here's what i find fascinating about this situation. >> tell me. >> he is really into attacking the "new york times." and it strikes me of it's a way that he can unilaterally -- it

today it was a meeting with the "new york times," and at one point he was going, wasn't going, was going. give us the latest. >> reporter: you got it, brianna. despite a tweet storm targeting the "new york times," donald trump announced finally he'll have a 12:30 meet with the publication. he will meet with reporters and executives at the publication, even tweeting out he is looking forward to it. but it was much different donald trump on twitter just about six hours ago when he alerted his 15.7 million followers that he was cancelling that much-anticipated meeting with the "new york times." he said he was cancel it because of changed terms and conditions at the last minute. no word exactly what that means, and then went further and said, he tweeted "new york times" had given him unfair and biased coverage, covering him in what he thought was a nasty tone. and came out and said to a pool of reporters inside trump to you are we are going to the "new york times." donald trump took to twitter again confirming that 12:30 meeting with the in the. part of it off the record, part of it on the r

" meeting specifically for "the new york times." as high profile, how did "the new york times" score a one-on-one interview with donald trump and on the record for that matter? >> well, first of all, the meeting yesterday was important to start building relationships again in the media. obviously, we don't feel like we have been treated very fairly by the media. i think most people watching would probably agree. you do have to try to heal and move forward and build relationships so things can get better, at least a little bit more fair. as far as today, you have to look at it like your hometown paper. my hometown paper is the kenosha news. i love it. it is something that's a part of my life every day. it just so happens that "the new york times" is a massive organization. that's his hometown paper. i think that's the reason why he felt compelled to give them an opportunity to ask him questions and he did really, really well. he did a fantastic job. >> reince, yesterday, you guys met with the network executives. i was talking about th

he was asked about it in a meeting with the "new york times" today. them the law is on his side and he is faphasing himsel out. he also told the "new york times" he could run his company and the nation at the same time, but he won't do that. he also weighed in on blind trusts saying they're not necessary in his opinion, but in this case he will use one anyway. welcome to you both. how do you ensure that a company that has operated in 110 pl cou conflict of interest with the white house? >> there will be conflicts of interest, no doubt. he has 16 in india, 13 in the united arab emirates. the idea is that donald trump specifically doesn't profit from it and distances himself. i think what is interesting is people need to consider right now that for instance, congress, we have a lot of people who became rich when he was elected. you want to talk about profiting from -- >> we're talking about the president of the united states here, let's stay focused on that. >> someone can go to dc and somehow now have a conflict of business interest, it is out there alr

wow the "the new york times" is losing thousands of subscribers because of their very poor and highly inaccurate coverage of the trump fee no, ma'am na. the times just now in a statement to me says, since election day the paper has seen a surge three times what is normal. there's been some cancellation when's you factor that in the rate at which the times has added since election day they say is six times the normal pace, essentially what the times is saying, trump is wrong. now the paper is now counting it's prints cancellations and editions. it believes the numbers will be same on the print side but it is challenging trump's claims. trump also went on against the times in another tweet. he also said, that he believes the paper apologized for his coverage last week and believes it'll make the same mistake in the future. my panel is still with me. let me ask all of to you react all of this using twitter to his benefit. molly he says in a 60 minutes interview that trump -- restrained with twitter but continue to use twitter and facebook. do you believe he's starting off on the wrong fo

let's talk about new york times. we are going to the times. and then sure and behold they were there. "the new york times" is saying, no, we didn't change anything. what do you think is the real background here? >> well, i guess donald trump can go into "the new york times", the reality here is he's trying to put them on notice that they need them as much as he needs them. if they are going to cover the trump presidency, they need access, they need information from his office, they need to get quotes and interviews and so he's dangling that out there as a reminder that, you know, this is a two-way street. trish: when you think about the media form and places like "the new york times" have you said it's been evident that they shared a certain point of view? >> yeah. that i have been doing it for years. go back to jfk. the media has been pushing agenda, pushing policies, you fast-forward 91% of the computer and fur use now that -- furious that he won. trish: hay -- they are in disbelief. he didn't wait around for the media to set up in his office

the new york times is another. he talked in his discussions about how he reads them. he's always tweeting the terrible failing new york times is covering him terribly. he's reading their coverage and being wounded by it. i do not want to credit trump with changing positions. he has in interviews trying to make himself looking sympathetic and he went after new york times and he tried to soften that po i position. we have not seen him releasing new policy papers. i want to be careful. he says a lot of different things in interviews. overall, the thrust of his policy is consistent. until he actually changes them, i don't want to give him credit to have them changed. >> what do you recommend of the current cnn and time warner. we are talking about the president-elect trump who says he's going to block the time warner/at&t deal. >> that's irrelevant for cnn to cover it. i certainly did not look at all the corporate time warner types of things involved. i know no journalists or cnn would do that. cnn has a pretty easy road to hold. >> keep it trastraight and repo what's happ

new york. lots of news coming out of that "new york times" meeting. >> it is, and still ongoing. >>> breaking newsn msnbc live right now. the trump transition. the president-elect visits "the new york times." reporters now live tweeting from inside that meeting. >>> also this hour, a tragic story out of tennessee. five children killed. dons more injured in a school bus crash. the bus driver under arrest right now. what the investigation has revealed so far. >>> and then a travel warning from the state department. what you need to know if you're traveling abroad this holiday season. >>> but we begin with that breaking news on the president-elect. donald trump inside "the new york times" building right now. you can see so many people th

i have taken calls from many foreign leaders despite what the "new york times" said, russia, saudi arabia, japan, australia, new zealand and more. i am always available to them. "new york times" is upset and they look like fools in their coverage of me. trump removed the cucumber slices from his eyes and began his work day. fantastic. remi, this is a great way to relax, go on tweet storms. >> where do we start? there are so many issues. i don't think it is about relaxing. this is enraging. someone shooting off tweets like that is getting angrier and angrier by the second. those particular tweets are incorrect. he is complaining about not having a truthful story. he think they said he didn't speak to foreign leaders. thz not what he said. he spoke to foreign leaders and -- >> and you read the story didn't you. >> this is no longer a campaign. he has been elected and he will be our president. do we want him to be someone who will engage this way. do we want a leader who is tweeting, or do we want a leader who will rise above and focus not on his own perceived insults by the press which is a

number two is, if "the new york times" feels like it should change their ways, what about the new yorkaily news? that was a comic book for the last five months. they actually made -- they would sit there and white negatian an stories. >> on those publications -- the post and the daily news, you know, they know who their fan base is. we highlight the stories they know their folks will like. "the new york times," they are supposed to be playing it straight. but they haven't been for a long time. >> i think the new york post, daily news, you can also say, dare i say it, fox news and msnbc, we clearly have a slant one way or other. it doesn't mean we change the facts. it doesn't mean we -- we have a conservative bent. cnn is supposed to be in the middle. they were not. they tilted. "the new york times" is -- >> tilted? they were giving her debate questions. >> they really became a propaganda arm of the democratic party as did "the washington post." they admitted it. "the washington post" assigned 20 of their best reporters to find dirt on donald trump so every day he woke up knowing the be

and the new york times is told that there are fewer than a dozen credible eyewitnesses and the new york times is allowed to interview just one of those eyewitnesses. it's a good witness, named michael russell on a barge doing some surveying work and he's pretty knowledgeable and sees out of the corner of his eye a bright white flash and sees the plane fall immediately out of the sky. now there are two things that the n.t.s.b. would deny happening, at the time it served the purpose. the purpose then was to switch the scenario from missile to bomb. for whatever reason the administration decided it could live with a bomb because it bomb it wasn't as scary as a missile and this crash took place started two days before the start of-- there was keeping people away from feeling scared about taking airplanes. >> in total, the new york times would interview-- before it was through the fbi would interview 258 eyewitnesses, who saw an object streaking up and hitting the airplane. 96 of them saw it coming from the horizon and tracked it up. of those 258, the new york times would interview before in

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we have fact checked this with the "new york times." t "new york times" in a statement to me says "since election day the paper has seen a surge in digital subscriptions, three times what is normal. yes, there's been cancellations on the digital side when you factor that in the rate at the times haas added net knew digital subscriptions since election day they say is since times the normal pace. what the times is saying trump is wrong. the paper is counting its print cancellations in addition. it believes the numbers will be the same on the print side but it's challenging trump's claim. trump went against the "times" in another tweet. he said that he believes the paper apologized for its coverage last week and that he believes they'll make the same mistakes in the future. we'll get into that now. the panel is back with me, dodai stewart of fusion, dan rather of access tv, so let me ask all of you to react to this and talk about how donald trump is using twitter to his benefit. molly, he says in a m"60 minute" interview, that he'll be res

he played them like a fiddle. >> what about this olive branch to the "new york times"? e new york times" is the paper of record. he understands -- he is smart enough to understand that he has to -- >> what? >> that they are going to cover him. >> they admitted they had horrible coverage of him as he was the nominee. >> but i thought it was interesting -- read the 34 pages. they transcribed the entire hour. it's posted on newworktimes.com. he went up to one of his biggest critics and said, you will have to write something good about me. he said, i hope after two years you will say this guy is doing a good job. it shows and the overall impression was that he wants to win them over. he wants to open up their minds. he was tough on tuesday. he was tough on monday. he was lighter on tuesday. i don't know about what the reason was for him to go to "the new york times." i have -- when it's all said and done. >> a 90-minute sit down with them. >> it could have been logistics. there's a lot -- >> there's a lot of people there. >> instead of having them trago over to the worst int

and go pay your respect to "the new york times." ebody from "the new york times" who was in that meeting. columnist frank bruni was there and retweeted thomas friedman's fascinating observation of the meeting yesterday. >> and "wall street journal's" carol lee joins the discussion. "morning joe" is back in a moment. thope to see you again soon.. whoa, whoa, i got this. just gotta get the check. almost there. i can't reach it. if you have alligator arms, you avoid picking up the check. what? it's what you do. i got this. thanks, dennis! if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. growwwlph. it's what you do. oh that is good crispy duck. mary buys a little lamb. one of millions of orders on this company's servers. accessible by thousands of suppliers and employees globally. but with cyber threats on the rise, mary's data could be under attack. with the help of at&t, and security that senses and mitigates cyber threats, their critical data is safer than ever. giving them the agility to be open & se

but here's from the "new york times" talking about trump and flynn. ey both post on twitter about their own successes and both at times cross the line between outright islam phobia and exhibit a loose relationship with the facts. >> wow, that's pretty outrageous so i'm going to read something back to you from paul krugman at the "new york times". he's a liberal columnist. trump has selected a white supremacist as a strategist, a racist a.g. and a crazy islam phobia for national security but we can work with them. >> i want to get to that in a minute. joe trippi, you know, it's one thing for liberal commentators to go off. the news coverage seems to me to be unusually aggressive toward general flynn to start with, and i wonder where you think it falls on the fairness scale. >> first of all, i think the hearings are going to matter and the reporting on that matters. again, the reporting is getting ahead of things. some of the quotes that are being reported noef >> before we have an argument on that. this is weird for me. senator jeff sessions before he w

this time, this was the more amenable trump, "the new york that morning tweeted about the failing "new york times" and had misrepresented why he canceled the meeting to begin with. there is a dr. jekyll and mr. hyde quality to president-elect trump. i worry that somebody who is as thin skinned as he is, who is as quick to react to any kind of criticism -- he is going to get a ton of it when he gets behind that podium. that's the job of the press. that's the fourth estate exists. >> danielle, you are an outsider as far as observing this. you care about the substance of an administration. the rules of engagement between an administration and the press matters, too. how do you view this? >> as the only non-reporter at the table, although i used to be one many years ago, the thing that worries me is listening to you all, you have become you think about your institution. you are not reporting. the view that the public has is that "the new york times" isn't objective, that nbc isn't objective, the twitter feed, chuck is this, this and this. this is the problem. we're doubling down. you have

i have taken calls from many foreign leaders despite what the failing "new york times." russia, china, saudi arabia, japan, continues, australia, new zealand and more. "new york times" upset they look like fools in their coverage of me. >> well, i think "new york times" is eating a lot of crow in the aftermath of the election but i think we need to point out the media as a whole is covering the trump transition as if every other transition is not somehow chaotic. they have 70 days to turn over government when it goes from democrat to republican. and they're trying to do this and trying to do it right. donald trump is doing it his way. we're hearing about purging lobbyists of mike pence. that is indication donald trump wants to keep his mantra not owing anybody, including special interests anything when he walks into the oval office in january. so, sure, it might be chaotic but that is how it is supposed to be when you're trying to hire 4,000 people and get a bunch of top cabinet picks together. a lot will go in front of the senate as well. they're doing everything they ca

i read a lot and talk about books a lot and you have friends always reading and the new york times book review or any book review going fast, i definitely rely on the new york times, three or four times you need to hear about something, and i like to go into bookstores and ask booksellers what they love. there have been wonderful books i never heard of, if somebody didn't say this was my favorite, so getting lucky that way too. >> new york times book review. i think i am fortunate to live in new york city. a lot of my friends are in publishing. i hear about stuff before it gets published but i also find out i do the have been in book tour the last two or three months and i found i spend a lot of time in independent bookstores doing readings and bookstore owners, extraordinary resource, they always have been. that is one of the greatest resources. >> do you plan it out or is a mood at the moment? how do you decide what to read? be changed independent bookstores, amazon, i can buy a house with what i'm spending on. i buy what -- i live in pasadena and there's a wonderful bookstore called

i tell you what i thought from this new york time eating -- times meeting. the way he answered questions on the day suggested it will be a huge problem am a he is not taking seriously enough these questions about his business and the conflicts of interest and the unconstitutionality of things you might want to do, the role of his kids in the business. he rest them away at least on my reading on how he answered questions. he brushed them away just as he brushed away my denounced the all right -- the alt-right. he needs to think about what he needs to do about the conflicts of interest area nicolle: those are areas that will undermine him. john: we are going to talk about to more stuff that are sort of related. we will talk about the trunk videos that came out last night about his policy priorities. we will talk about that, not just the things he said but the things he left unsaid right after this. ♪ nicolle: donald trump's sweeping interview with the new york times. mr. trump: my agenda will be based on a simple core principle, putting america first. whether