like you said, the president had two reporters from "the new york times" come into the oval office and interview him. this is a newspaper he regularly denounces on twitter. he said "the new york times" is failing. so it was interesting he chose those two reporters to interview him. and whenever he pulled his health care bill, the first publication was the washington post. so it's a little bizarre. if donald trump is going to stand by his tweets t seems counter productive he's giving so much effort to the outlets he criticizes. >> what did you make of his choice to start his day not only by calling of the new york times to the oval office in a meeting that ended up being about infrastructure and spending bills. but his choice to criminalize susan rice's actions, say it's going to be one of the big stories of our time. offering no further evidence and then such words in support of his friend bill o'reilly. >> well, whether changes with regards to who he reaches out to. the message is still clear. the president doesn't like any negative press and likes to make his case well known. i mean,

howie: the lead story in the "new york times" and the "washington post." e ouster of the most prominent and dominant host in cable news. >> we begin tonight with the bombshell announcement from fox news that their biggest stairs out. >> bill o'reilly who has dominated cable news ratings for years is out tonight. >> while bill o'reilly was enjoying an audience with the pope, fox fired the man with the biggest audience in cable television. howie: fox cutting ties with bill o'reilly in the wake of sexual harassment. o'reilly said in a statement it's tremendously disheartening that we part ways due to unfounded claims. that's the unfortunate reality many of us in the public eye must live with today. joining me, susan ferrechio and joe concha. joe, it was hard to imagine fox news would cut ties with bill o'reilly even though he dominated cable news ratings for 15 years. joe: when 50 i advertisers leave and it looks like they are not coming back because media matters would shame those companies out of existence. fox had little choice. you saw them going after bec

new york. the president today invited two new york times yurnlests into the oval office. he then accused susan rice of committing a crime and defended his friend, bill o'reilly. and that was before his joint appearance with king abdullah of jordan where he said he changed his mind about syria and his leader. not long ago he said things like "we should stay the hell out of syria." and "syria is not our problem." while blaming the situation on his predecessor squarely, he acknowledged the humanitarian issue at hand and did not rule out military force. >> i think obama administration had a opportunity to solve this a long time ago when he thds red line in the sand. i think that set us back a long ways, not only in syria but in many other parts of the world because it was a blank threat. i think it was something that was not one of our better days as a country. >> can i quickly ask you if the chemical attack cross as red line for you. >> it crossed a lot of lines for me. when you kill innocent children, babies, little babies with a chemical gas that is so lethal that people w

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in the headline from the "new york times," as white house press secretary sean spicer asserting the political intent, it's also available online at nytimes.com. here's part of what the "new york times" is reporting this eekend -- host: at the white house on president, press secretary sean spicer was asked about this. here's part of that exchange. >> you frequently tell us to take the president's tweet at face value and they speak for themselves. so when the president says mike flynn should get immunity, is he suggesting he should be granted immunity? mr. spicer: i think mike flynn and his legal counsel should do what's appropriate for mike flynn. >> they cannot obtain immunity. it had you been granted. the president recommending either to the f.b.i. or to congress to grant immunity. is that the only way it can happen? sean: i understand that, but again, he did not say congress should grant. reporter: what does he mean by that? sean: he wants to be very clear with everything they ask and what they want. reporter: he could have just said i testify. he said he should get immunity. i'm asking you

dean baquet is here, the executive editor of the "new york times." t the "new york times." dee we've been here before. the president has said that the "new york times" has apologized. >> in his grade for the first 100 days, that speech will not earn him the award for uplifting the american debate or discussion, that's for sure. look, it's made up. we didn't apologize. our coverage was tough, aggressive. it still is tough and aggressive. but he's making that up. he does that sometimes. i mean, i respect his right to disagree with us, but we're not failing. we're doing quite well. we're doing better financially right now than we have in a long time, and his portrait of us is just not accurate. >> this morning his chief of staff, reince priebus said the administration is, quote, looking into libel laws. he has threatened to sue your newspaper before, so what do you make of what priebus said today? >> i think what priebus said and what the president is doing right now to be frank in regards to the media is dangerous. i think that he is portraying the medi

new eng patriots are calling "the times" out. fox news headlines 24/7 is here to discuss. >> pretty big mistake by "the new york times." patriots were at the white house celebrating their big super bowl victory. like you just saw "the new york times" tweeted out a comparison photo that appears to show a whole lot more people surrounding president trump in 2015 than were is your -- rather president obama in 2015 than president trump yesterday. well, you know -- by the way, that picture was retweeted about 50,000 times so it was making the rounds on social media. >> sandra: the president retweeted it. >> not so fast. the patriots actually issued an official correction on that picture. they tweeted these photos lack context. fact, in 2015, over 40 football staff were on the stairs. in 2017 they were seated on the south lawn. that picture comparison right there was completely inaccurate. >> sandra: i can hear our viewers at home. can we just leave politics out of sports? >> exactly. to break down the real numbers of who was there and who wasn't there yesterday. patriots say that in 2015, 50 players were at the white house c

after "the new york times" devastating report on at least $13 million fox news and bill o'reilly paid to at least five women who brought sexual harassment claims bill o'reilly. when "the new york times" story broke, advertisers started leaving o'reilly's show. protesters then instantly activated on social media and elsewhere and convinced dozens and dozens of more advertisers to leave bill o'reilly's show. and advertisers left every day. the voices of those protesters were heard by the advertisers. and today that voice of protest won. they rose up against bill o'reilly and they won. the parent company of fox news issued this statement today. after a thorough and careful review of the allegations, the company and bill o'reilly have agreed that bill o'reilly will not be returning to the fox news channel. much of the information in "the new york times" report about bill o'reilly was already known, including the most devastating case against him from 2004 which included transcripts of phone calls bill o'reilly made to a fox news employee. the woman receiving those calls said it sounded as

did the cia director believe as reported in the "new york times" that what he had was evidence not just that the russians were attacking our election but that trump campaign was helping with the russian attack somehow? this would be an excellent time to hear john brennan answer questions like that, especially because i'm not basing this on any classified information. all i have access to is open source information. and all of this stuff has now been reported in newspapers, and he can now be asked about it in a nonclassified context based on this open source reporting we can all read. he can answer these questions for us. if he were asked about it in a puck hearing which has sething to do with the fact the house intelligence committee canceled the public hearing. this afternoon cnn added their own corroboration to this story citing u.s. congressional and law enforcement and u.s. and european intelligence sources. that's how they phrased their sourcing. their report as of this afternoon is that the cchq incepted communications between donald trump and russian officials and russian individ

a the "new york times" asks whether president obama will howie: president trump having bombed syria, isis in afghanistan, a "new york times" news story posed this question, will the talk himself into a war. when the times says critics say, is the underlying message this is potentially a dangerous commander-in-chief? gillian: yes. and the underlying message is this is a president who will sacrifice national security for politics. howie: is that fair given what he has done on the foreign policy and military front so far. gillian: i don't think based on his record during the first 100 days that is not fair. he has not done the reckless military operations some in the media feared. you also have to look at the coverage of the media. it's a little bit hypocritical. all the average about having him be this president who wants to take the counsel of the military. listen to his generals. these are all people who are going to serve as a moderating voice and dissuade him from preemptive military strikes. howie: you have nikki haley and rex tillerson talking tougher on russia than the president

let's take a look at "the new york times" report, wolf. e said, it's such an important story for our country and the world. it is one of the big stories of our time. he declined to say if he had personally reviewed new intelligence to bolster his claim "the times" writes, but pledged to explain himself, quote, at the right time. when asked if miss rice had committed a crime, the president said, do i think? yes, i think. but again, wolf, important to point out, the reporters pressed the president on what evidence he would have of doing this because both republican and democratic national security officials have said this is a course of ordinary business for a national security adviser to find out some names of people in reports. dr. rice has said she did not leak any names at all. this is not the end of this. but a spokeswoman for dr. rice said this, of this report, wolf. she said, i'm not going to dignify the president's ludicrous charge with a compliment. this could end up on the capitol hill. there has been some interest expressed in lear

he has said in front of audiences, "the love the 'new york time'" and then "the tailing "new york timese to our offices on the 40th street a week or two after he was elected, and we were the first major interview he did. he came to us and we didn't go to him. that was a subject of some debate because that meeting was scrapped and put back on. as is usual with trump there was negotiation. he grew up in new york and the outer boroughs. he still has never felt he has gotten the respect he believes he deserves, and he has always seen himself as this kid from queens clawing his way up the ladder, and so for him, the "times" looms very large. >> rose: in addition to, that because somebody is always questioning whether he's worth or he's worth that? >> and how he made it and "did he come to this on his own? how much of this was given to him by his father, fred trump, versus how much he managed to create as a business unto himself and as a brand unto himself." and this question of legitimacy just exists throughout his career. >> rose: when does the when, when, when thing come from? >> it comes

trump is unreliable narrator as "the new york times" is. >> we'll talk about that next time.chael. thank you for being here. >>> after a quick break, my thoughts on the coverage of the syria strike. how it was portrayed on television and online. we'll be right back. stay with me, mr. parker. when a critical patient is far from the hospital, the hospital must come to the patient. stay with me, mr. parker. the at&t network is helping first responders connect with medical teams in near real time... stay with me, mr. parker. ...saving time when it matters most. stay with me, mrs. parker. that's the power of and. is to always keep track of your employees.r micromanage them. make sure they're producing. woo! employee of the month! you really shouldn't leave their side. vita coco coconut water, hydration comes naturally. after becoming one of the largest broadband companies in the country. after expanding our fiber network coast to coast. these are the places we call home. we are centurylink. we believe in the power of the digital world. the power to connect. and that's what drives

yorker and he thinks "the new york times" -- he knows "the new york times" is credible.as really no other answer. michael wolff, always a pleasure. i'll see you in new york soon hopefully. >> great. >>> when we come right back, i'm going to ask a former white house press secretary, can sean spicer keep his job? let me talk to you about retirement. a 401(k) is the most sound way to go. let's talk asset allocation. -sure. you seem knowledgeable, professional. i'm actually a deejay. -[ laughing ] no way! -that really is you? if they're not a cfp pro, you just don't know. cfp. work with the highest standard. as after a dvt blood clot,ital i sure had a lot to think about. what about the people i care about? ...including this little girl. and what if this happened again? i was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me? so i asked my doctor. and he recommended eliquis. eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. yes, eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots. eliquis also had significantly less major ble

howie: the "new york times" did a front page on the latest trade order. lot of media chatter about ivanka trump taking an official white house job. she is an official assistant to the president. that led to the financial disclosure forms the white house put out and the "new york times" piece on ivanka and her husband jared kushner. walking and precarious ethical and legal grounds. >> i think it many a great thing to have people who have been successful come in and put their success into the public sector. we should be celebrating the fact that they are there. democrats love to talk about the war on women. the only war on women i see is the one that's waged against every woman and every female that's close to this president. they have somebody that's the biggest advocate sitting next to the president that he listens to. they should be championing that. howie: ivanka they ignored let's see on radio show, so let me -- >> the end -- >> on this question of editing you know how it is with news manager shoes interview they edit down 10, 12 minute piece. >> let's

but as we talked about this the haste week or two following the new york tile"new york times," fact that you see the president focusing on what's important, this is really where the president's been focused. >> but the president did bring this up to "the new york times" and defend bill o'reilly. i mean, they did go out to sporting events together. it does seem to have gone beyond just a professional acquaintance. >> no doubt. but the broader point i was making is if this was a big deal for the president, we would see him talking about it daily. but the president is focused on leading the country and thekore. we saw with the congressional race yesterday, how many times did the president tweet? if this was that big a deal for the president, which i don't think it is -- >> clearly it would be ridiculous for the president of the united states to be talking about this, just from a political stand point. it would not serve the president well. we've got to take a quick break. i want to talk to van and the rest of the panel. we'll be right back. ...where each drop was formulated to be smarter...

tweeting the failing "new york times" has disgraced the media world. gotten me wrong for two solid years. change the libel laws? that would require, as i understand it, a constitutional amendment. is he going to pursue that? >> i think it's something we have looked at. how that gets executed or whether that goes anywhere is a different story. but when you have articles out there that have no basis or fact and we're sitting here on 24/7 on cable companies writing stories about constant contacts with russia. >> you think the president should be able to sue "the new york times" for stories he doesn't like? >> i think that newspapers and news agencies need to be more responsible with how they report the news. i'm so tired. >> i don't think anybody would disagree with that. it's about whether or not the president should have a right to sue then. >> i already answered the question. the president is looking at it. as far as how it gets executed. where we go with it. it's another issue.

check out this one tweeted by "the new york times." the top is all the new england patriot players who showed up to greet president obama in 2015. on the bottom, the players who showed up today to meet president trump. boy, do those staircases look empty in that bottom photo, which means either football teams have gotten a lot smaller in the last two years, or a bunch of players just didn't show up today. one of the players who didn't show up was patriots captain and super bowl mvp tom brady. brady didn't attend in 2015 either, but perhaps the president was offended because he didn't even mention brady's name once today. and trump loves, loves to talk about tom brady. >> tom brady, who is my friend -- >> tom brady. tom brady. >> do we love tom brady? >> how good is tom? >> i'll tell you what, he's a great guy. that's what he has. >> great friend of mine. great, great champion. unbelievable winner. >> a great guy and a great winner. >> when tom brady says you're a winner, that's a good feeling. >> you always want tom brady as your golfin

citing no evidence president trump tells the "new york times" he thinks obama national security adviser susan rice committed a crime by seeking the identities of trump associates who were caught up in surveillance of foreign officials. democrats say republicans are slandering rice to distract from the investigation into russia's election meddling and ties between trump associates and russia. >>> and president trump has removed his chief strategist steve bannon from the national security council saying the president made the decision him investment the move strengthens national security advisers h.r. mcmaster and republican sources say it's the first public diminishing of bannon's powerful role inside the white house. i'll talk to congressman jim himes of the house intelligence committee and our correspondents, analysts and guests are standing by with full coverage of the day's top stories. let's begin with president trump. juggling world crises and voicing horror at the deadly gas attack against civilians, including children in syria, our senior white house correspondent jeff zeleny is

news where she would cry all the time. well, that would be me, but when i saw her for the first time like on the national stage in the "new york times" than it was clear that she was going to become the first lady, i literally burst into tears like from my guts and it was because it was the first time i had ever seen someone on a national stage , you know, who was like me , who is really like me. you know, and i think in reference to your question, taking away you know it's affirmation. it's simple. dislike the mirror. it's like the-- it's the woman in full and just to touch on what you said about the election one of the things i said to this paper is you know, what's clear, what became clear was this sort of iowa to say rejection, but for lack of a better word of hillary is a sort of the same thing with people who are michelle distractors and a lot of americans are comfortable, aren't ready to see a woman in full. she is a woman in full. hillary is a woman in full. i am a woman in full and that's what-- that's what i got. >> should we take some questions? do you have a take away? >> my take away from the obama's and i just th

he says it to "the new york times." a madman's president of the united states. so here we are. >> it sort of leaves us who talk for a living speechless. we are dignifying wit a response, which is unfortunate. that's what i keep thinking about as you talked to naveed which is that we have to talk about this. we shouldn't even have to be talking about this. >> yes. >> we should be talking about russia. we should be talking about the emoluments clause anwe should be talki about jaredushner's immense portfolio that he d nothing to deserve. >> the lie the president told today to try to deal with the fact that he and his administration, his transition team, his campaign are being investigated for their possible connections to russia during the election and how that might have influenced the election. >> and more than, that how they were manipulated, right, which is what naveed was talking about. we also had testimony that the russians explicitly target trump with conspiracy theories when they know he is online, right. this sort of sounds like sort of could be somethin

people friendly. >>> with us now, "new york times" columnist and contributor to "the new york times" nberg. >> no tie? what's up. >> oh, stop. >> you look just like joe, sloppy. no, you look good. >> you write in the "new york times" about a less con in moscow about trump style alternative truth. i wanted to better understand trump's america, a place where truth is being ripped from its moorings. journalists as dishonest enemies of the people, so i went to russia. as soon as i turned on the television hear i wondered if i had arrived through an alt right worm hole. back in the states the prevailing notion in the news is that syrian president bashar al assad had indeed been responsible for the chemical strike. there was some report taj from sources like the conspiracy theorists that it was a false flag by terrorist rebel gruls to goad the u.s. into attacking mr. assad. that was a view from the fringe. here in russia it was the dominant theme throughout the overwhelmingly state-controlled mainstream media. >> there is a connection. ann coulter a couple days ago said assad was one of the

gay talese, the writer for es kwooi choir, "new york times." d abrams and i should note he is my old boss. reporter for the "new york times." lloyd grove from the daily beast and eric deggens, tv reporter and critic for npr. gay, what do you make of the white house trying to pick and choose who is a reporter in that briefing room and adding new voices, which might be okay, but some of them being highly partisan? >> quite apart from the possibility of being highly partisan, i actually welcome new voices, and the "new york times," if you read the paper this morning, the executive editor and publisher have both decided that they want the "new york times" to reach out to red america. i think that's the phrase. they even hired a conservative columnist to join the left-leaning op-ed writers. i believe that the "times" which is our favorite newspaper, floyd and i, is doing what is the proper thing, is trying to be more embrang of the larger america, including the voices that had been diminished by the somewhat centered voices that we recognize as the e

bill o'reilly picked up $25 million today on his way out the door, according to the "new york times." that was the agreed upon amount in bill o'reilly's new contract. if he were to get fired, the contract provided that he would get one year's salary, which for him is $25 million. it has come to this because women persisted starting with andrea mackris in 2004. she obtained a $9 million settlement against bill o'reilly for sexual harassment. also complaining about bill o'reilly's sexual harassment over the years were rachel witleb bernstein, lori due, julia and then there was wendy walsh who was able to fully tell her story in the front page "new york times" investigative piece 19 days ago that began the new wave of o'reilly accusers and what turned out to be the final chapter of bill o'reilly's life as a sexual harasser at fox news. wendy walsh and the other two women you will meet tonight did not sue bill o'reilly. so dwewendy walsh was not legal prevented from speaking about her experience as are the women who have obtained the settlements from bill o'reilly. it include as provision

we will tell you why when we return. ♪ >> it is no secret president trump and "the new york times" have contentious relationship. the president sometimes calling the paper fake news and a failing newspaper. but in a radio interview, "the new york times" white house correspondent spoke favorably of president trump's treatment of the media. >> i think one of the things that i think he is doing better than a barack obama are these press conferences. and his outreach to individual reporters. even for organizations like my own, that he criticizes. trumps free ranging press conferences i think are a lot more democratic and the way that obama conducted them. >> dana? as someone who ran with an iron fist -- is trump more democratic in the way he reaches out? >> you can't get more direct from the horses mouth than twitter. your hearing directly from the president. part of that is technology but also remember when the health care bill was going to fail, he picked up the phone in the oval office and he himself called "the new york times" and "washington post" in order to deliver that message. i do

new york times points to five other women. have received settlements from o'reilly for fox totaling $13 million. would he still have a job with any other company? >> absolutely not. this is really appalling. you have someone that has caused this company or himself inclurded to pay out $13 million to settlements and that doesn't mean you're liable. i've been doing sexual harassment cases for many years and if someone is not respontaneousable for the conduct, they're willing to go to trial and have an ajudeication of issues. you're not going to see settlements in the high numbers such as the ones in the bill o'reilly case. one was $4 million. so you can't imagine that someone would pay out $4 million or company would unless there was something really harmful, damaging efrds that would come out in this lawsuit. the reality is bill o'reilly makes fox a lot of money and there's a reason to keep him employed. >> it's chump change for fox to pay out. it doesn't prove he's guilty. there are enough charges against him. when i was false

"the new york times," "tax overhaul would aid the wealthiest." little bit from that "new york times" he's, "the cost could be a high as $7 trillion over decade, but the question could fracture the party as they face the prospect of endorsing a plan that many budget analysts warn will increase the deficit. host: "an unlikely frank, bethel, connecticut, you are up first. go ahead. frank, are you there? caller: yes, i am, can you hear me? host: we can, you are on the air, tell us what you think about the president's tax-cut proposal. host: good morning -- caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i was listening to the treasury secretary just now and before that i was listening to cnn and some of the other networks. everyone is already making doomsday predictions on what is really just what i thought was an outline. as somebody who pays the amt, who is not a millionaire by any stretch of the means but pays thousands of extra dollars for the alternative minimum tax, i think anything that globally takes taxes down for everybody, they keep foc

time. i covered him at politico and i covered him at the new york post. longevity matters with him and the familiar matters with him. but i also don't think anyone should make any mistake if i didn't have the prepositional phrase of the "new york times" attached to my name, i'm not sure that i would be speaking to him as frequently. he's fascinate by the "new york times" and it's a marvelous paper. >> rose: what is that about because he has said in front of audiences and i've been there i love the "new york times," it's the jewel. then the next thought out of his mouth is failing "new york times." >> he came to our offices on 40th street and 8th avenue a week or so, two weeks after he was elected. we were the first major interview that he did. and he came to us. we didn't go to him. and that was the subject of some debate too because he was scrapped and then he was put back on as often is the case with trump there's negotiation right up until the last second. he grew up in new york. he grew up in the outer boroughs, he still sees himself that way and you k

they are more kind of fun notes complaining about the "new york times" and who he likes and who doesn't and trying to get me to be more conservative and listen to my conservative the siblings and it's all about what he calls our love-hate relationship, but he's really not a hater. he has a really wacky sense of humor. i would compare him to tom hanks in "big" where he is like a boy bursting out of an adult body. when he was the ambassador to china or the representative in china, the chinese used to say he had a personality like ants on a hot pad, i mean, he is the opposite of low energy job. jeb should have had some of that energy. host: maureen dowd is our guest and if you'd like to to call and talk with her the numbers are on the screen. we will get to those in a minute. what is-- what was your relationship with george w. bush? guest: it was good in the beginning. i had an interview with him when he first announce and he liked me because i had given barbara bush a good review in the "new york times" for cash for her memoir which was really fun. barbara is very sort of highly and so it

yorker and he thinks "the new york times" -- he knows "the new york times" is credible.hat's why he has really no other answer. michael wolff, always a pleasure. i'll see you in torqnew york so hopefully. >> great. >>> when we come right back, i'm going to ask a former white house press secretary, can sean spicer keep his job? stay with me, mr. parker. when a critical patient is far from the hospital, the hospital must come to the patient. stay with me, mr. parker. the at&t network is helping first responders connect with medical teams in near real time... stay with me, mr. parker. ...saving time when it matters most. stay with me, mrs. parker. that's the power of and. if you have moderate to severe ulcerative colitis or crohn's, and your symptoms have left you with the same view, it may be time for a different perspective. h for uc and crohn's. entyvio works by focusing right in the gi-tract to help control damaging inflammation and is clinically proven to begin helping many patients achieve both symptom relief as well as remission. infusion and serious allergic reactio

fox news knew about everything in that new york times article before it was published. >> there weren't necessarily new allegations. >> it wasn't new to fox. it was new to all of us. they are the ones who had settled this. what happened with "the new york times," it spawned an allegation and additional investigations and the advertisers' revolt. it's not that, oh, my goodness, look at these settlements that "the new york times" disclosed. it's everything that happened as a result of that that's led us to where you are. >> and the fact that you had all of these new allegations, there were at least two or three post new york times articles that were calling the hotline and that gave fox news the added momentum and added what they needed. >> there may have been more to that. >> right. we don't know. let me ask you about the reaction we've seen from bill o'reilly saying he is innocent, calling these claims, these allegations unfounded. again, they settled all of these cases or most of them. the fact that he's doubling down saying i'm innocent, why wouldn't he have gone all the way to the en

. >> there is reporting in the new york times right now that the new secretary of state is not planning to nominate key positions. right now he has a nomination for a deputy secretary, but no one else has even been nominated. and that he is not planning to fill those flots until 2018.

as new york times reported democrats decided, quote, there was no obligation to confirm someone just because they are scholarly. end quote. our friend, the democratic leader said at the time that what he and his colleagues were trying to do was to set the stage for yet another escalation in the left's judicial wars. senate democrats soon became the majority in the senate due to then-senator jeff ford -- jeffords party switch, the current democratic leader used his position on the judiciary committee to hold a hearing on whether ideology should matter in the confirmation process. now, mr. president, it won't surprise you that the conclusion he and his colleagues reached was that it should so they killed in committee, either through inaction or via committee vote, qualified nominees who did not fit their ideology. i know because i was on the committee then. 18 months later our democratic colleagues lost control of the senate and therefore control of the judiciary committee. our colleague, the current democratic leader, again, took center stage. new york times noted that over the last tw

new york times." y, himself, talks to "the new york times" reporters also. i know that because i used to work there and he used to talk to me. i saw hannity a week or two ago. he is enjoying i think his newfound spotlight as the new pro trump hort host on fox news. this story was important because it speaks to the idea the president has many outside voices who give him advice. he is oftentimes on the phone in the morning or really at the end of the day getting advice from people outside the white house. >> so since we are kind of talking about the fox news arena, let's say, bill o'reilly. a lot of people were shocked that he was let go. not for the reasons necessarily. a lot of people may have agreed with the reason, but they didn't necessarily think fox would shut it down. >> right. >> and actually fire him. so -- or let him go. so i understand that you're hearing o'reilly is hitting the air waves again? >> yes. he is trying to figure out way to reach his audience and fans tomorrow. three week ago, un

force 21st century fox to take this issue more seriously than it has to date. >> following the new york times report. is it likely other new york advertisers will follow that? >> well, it's hard tasay it's hard to see that not happening. i would caution here. mer siddies benzreassigned its advertising. so it pulled its advertising from the o'reilly factor but not from fox. what you have now is reporters from cnn, reporters from "the new york times" calling up other advertisers saying do you have have a plan? there's effectively public pressure here. if people start paying attention to who's deciding to stay with o'reilly factor and who's not, we've seen in the past in cases like this, that can sort of be the tipping point where all of a sudden this drip, drip, drip becomes a torrent. >> thank you, dylan. i appreciate it. our legal experts will weigh in right after this. hey allergy muddlers are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec® it's starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. stick with zyrtec® and muddle no m

in the coming weeks on "after words" new york times correspondent helene cooper will explore the life of ellen johnson surly, leader of the liberian women's movement. the first democratically bema president african history. an msnbc host chris hayes will look at inequality in the united states. sexual assault on college campuses. this weekend ohio governor john cusick will reflect on his 2016 presidential campaign. >> what i think has to happen in our country and it's not just the divided congress. i read in the new york times this woman moved her wedding from america to in early because she couldn't get all of her relatives they are, that there be a riot about fighting in politics. one of my boyhood friends told me he cannot talk to her father about politics. his father is 90 and dave was telling me the other day that all we do is shout at each other i don't even go there anymore. we know that families are fighting, that friends are -- that you unfriend someone on facebook if you they say something you don't like. i think there are things that pull us together. a couple of them are:

"the new york times" or actually the new york magazine is reporting that steve bannon argued againsttriking syria because it did not advance the trump doctrine of america first. for more i'm joined by jery peters, reporter from "the new york times" and an msnbc contributor and the great eli stokols, now the great white house reporter. you are moving up there, aren't you, eli? you're moving up. let's talk about it. you first. let's talk about this. bannon is very clear. you can call him alt-right. he's basically a nationalist. he's america first. it's us. we're not getting involved in the middle east. no entanglements, no troops on the ground. we're staying out. the president of the united states talked just like that in the campaign. now the president goes in the same way i think hillary would have gone in. he was right. hillary's a bit of a hawk, and he was a bit of a hawk last night. >> well, the job changes you, right? it's easy to talk about these things on the campaign trail, and trump basically used the bannon point of view and that rhetoric on the campaign trail. but now in office yo

today's new york times reported that o' riley is what caused megyn kelly to quit. >> one of the writers of the article is michael smith who is joining me now. could this be the final straw that fox news is dealing with bill o' riley. it is not clear. the family have not said anything. so we don't know where their heads at. we know bumurdoc is in place handling this. >> can he come back? i guess of two request here, whether he can be allowed to continue, kacan he come back afr all in any way of combat means? >> he's lost over 50 add ter vi advertisers on his show. there is a problem in terms of add v advertises. we are told that murdock will continue to run the show. i also think that murdock has a lot of loyalty to mr. o' riley. coming on the hill of new york times story is not something that he wants to be responding to. >> right. they lost a number of other names. it would be problematic to lose one more especially this game. it is the biggest of all. >> what happens is after they lost megyn kelly. they extended o' riley's contract. they extended knowing that these deals had been made

this in the "new york times," if you are interested in that. in washington, the president signs order to get schools.nt out of president trump signing executive order, pull federal government out of k-12 education on campaign ough promise to return school control officials.nd local the order dubbed education federalism executive order will of obama -day review era regulation and guidance for directs istricts and education secretary to modify or repeal measures she deems over government. federal also, there is this headline from the "washington post," supporters fear he may kick the can on border wall protection. president demanded funding be any budget deal lawmakers need week.ike this we are now learning last night the republicans in control of and senate have put forth a one-week stopgap funding will keep the government running past this friday's deadline until they can larger budget deal. and then this from the "new york minded, but civic will speak for 400,000. barack -presidential obamas emerged this week, first ivic minded one in chicago,

>> "the new york times'" intrepid reporters looked at old tapes apparently of fox news and looked forenly weren't on anymore and came across wendy walsh, called her and over time convinced her to tell her story. i promised her i would stand by her if she did. you need a strong woman, ideally an attorney to stand with you. i've been flooded with calls, by the way, from fox news women all week. i'm happy to talk to them. wendy went forward because all the other women in "the new york times" piece, other five, signed confidential agreements. they cannot talk. as have many oather women with claims against fox news. wendy feels a responsibility. she can talk. she is talking. she's going to keep talking until this matter is resolved at fox news. >> did you just say you've been flooded with calls from women who worked at fox news? >> yes. >> so are there others you think out there who want to talk? >> there are many others. >> how many calls have you gotten? >> i can't tell you. i don't take them all. there's a lot. there's a lot. this is a real problem. >> michael, all this comes as, of cou