>> guest: i'm editor of the new york times book review and i oversee book coverage at the new york times. that extends from reviews in the senate book review tour daily critic. to reporting on the industry, to profiles and future. we try to cover not only what the latest is in books, but also to cover the way in which books intersect with the larger culture and news. >> if somebody gets a sunday new york times are subscribe separately, can you read just one? or do they come -- if you look at is this short story? >> guest: i think a book review serves multiple purposes. ideally to tell you what's in the book, to give you a sense of the writing and offer some kind of judgment. i also think a book review is an old form. there is a certain writing that takes place that you link it and the rest of the news report or feature about a book. criticism is an art form. often my hope is that people are not just looking for a book report to see if they just want to read the book but they're also appreciating that writing. also people read the book reviews they don't have to read the book. >> guest: l

tonight in the new york times, this little politics store moved from interesting to. there's the impiechment flet. a man biller piper is quoted by name tonight in the new york times. he's a lobbyist. he was chief of staff to senator mcconnell. and pilly piper throws this threat in the president's -- it's important that he allows himself to be quoted by name is making it. here's what he said, the quickest way for trump to get impeached is for him to knock off jeff flake and dean heller and be faced with a democrat led senate. that would be the place where you give bluster -- with this president a bluster citing becomes a fairly credible threat of impeachment for the president. and republicans apparently are not afraid to say it, including republicans very, very close to the top republican in the senate who controls what happens in the senate, mitch mcconnell. so, there's that, the impeachment threat. but here's the worst part from the white house's perspective. apparently before trump and mcconnell stopped speaking to each other all together, which is where they're at n

i mean, the new york times has written top stories. how about this question mark the new york times as sensual a apologized -- essentially apologized when i won because there coverage was so bad it can't so wrong a.m. to they were

you'll name drop it in bars even say yeah i read this in the new york times the other day. and the other person will say oh yeah right the new york times of course i saw that one too it's a whole thing now to be cool and into the new york times for all these people who did not know anything about politics last year at all on the flip side they say the words fox news as if they're spitting something gross out of their mouths they probably never even read anything on fox or watch the channel even they've only seen clips on the daily show making fun of so many of these folks who are newly in the politics don't even realize how slanted the news they're getting is they just think the new york times only presents facts not a nuanced perspective and i was reminded of that recently when mark ames exiled on twitter pointed out a pretty crazy had line the times ran last fall it read berlin one nine hundred forty five grozny two thousand aleppo twenty sixteen which is a pretty nuanced perspective allright because as mark ames exiled pointed out the not subtle implicatio

new york. >>> rachel has the night off. we do have a lot to get to night, including late-breaking news from the "the new york times" about a major policy change the trump administration is currently floating. we have the reporter who broke that story here tonight. you do not want to miss it. first, we have more to unpack from the blockbuster report in "the washington post" concerning the meeting in june of 2016 between donald trump jr., jared kushner, donald trump's then campaign manager paul manafort and a number of russian nationals with ties to the kremlin. that meeting was made public earlier this month in a "the new york times" report published on july 8th when the "the new york times" first reported on this meeting. they included a statement from donald trump jr. who explained, quote, it was a short introductory meeting. i asked jared and paul to stop by. we primarily discussed a program about the adoption of russian children that were active and popular with american families years ago and since ended with the russian government. it was not a campaign issue at the time and there was no follow-up. i was asked to atte

this one targeting the "new york times." watch this. >> we, the people, have had it. e had it with your narratives, your prop began da, your fake news. we have had with your constant protection of your democrat overlords. your refusal to acknowledge any truth that upsets the fragile construct that you believe is real life. we have it with your pretentious tone deaf assertion that you are in any way truth or fact-based journalism. consider this the shot across your proverbial bough. we're going to the "new york times" and find out what deep rich means to this old gray hag this untrusty dishonest rag that has welfare of mediocrity for 1, 2, 3 decades. we are going to laser focus on your so-called honest pursuit of truth. in short, we're coming for you. >> dana: the spot prompting swift backlash from some critics who accuse the organization of promoting violence. one cnn promoting hate speech quoting, this is the fifth add from the nratv increasingly shocking and hatedful. threatening americans and institutions. i have reported them. here now to respond is the nra spokesp

. >>> the vice president with a harsh rebuke to a "new york times" report that he's laying the groundwork for a white house run. he slams the suggestion as disgraceful, offensive, and absurd. >> i think it's quite clear in terms of there being no daylight among the international community as to the expectation that north korea will take steps. >> and global pressure is growing on north korea to curb its nuclear program after sanctions are slapped on unanimously by the u.n. security council. >>> welcome to "early start," i'm miguel marquez in for dave briggs. good morning. >> nice to see you, good morning. i'm christine romans. it is monday, august 7th. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. good morning, everyone. the second in command at the justice department rejecting suggestions that robert mueller cannot dig into trump family finances. the deputy attorney general saying mueller can look into any crimes he might discover within the scope of his probe. rosenstein's remarks to "fox news sunday" come days after president trump said mueller would cross a red line if he digs into his family's financ

that meeting was made public earlier this month in a "the new york times" report published on july 8th when the "the new york times" first reported on this meeting. they included a statement from donald trump jr. who explained, quote, it was a short introductory meeting. i asked jared and paul to stop by. we talked about the adoption of russian children that were active and popular with american families years ago and since ended with the russian government. it was not a campaign issue at the time and there was no follow-up. i was asked to attend the meeting by an acquaintance but was not told the name of the person i would be meeting with before hand. it's been revealed that statement was not accurate. it was much longer than a short introductory and we know that the original stated purpose of the meeting was to pass along dirt on hillary clinton from the russian government to help the trump campaign. that offer caused trump jr. to write back, i love it. so we know that what the president's son went to that appointment, what he was expecting was not, as his statement later said, a sho

in a statement about "the new york times" article, the vice president said this -- "today's article inyork times is disgraceful and offensive to me, my family, and the entire team. the allegations in this article are categorically false and represent just the latest attempt by the media to divide this administration. whatever fake news may come our way, our entire team will continue to focus all our efforts to advance the president's agenda and see him re-elected in 2020. any suggestion otherwise is both laughable and absurd." does he protest too much? >> it seems like it. the media isn't dividing this administration. the administration seems divided, and the media's reporting on it. the reality is that those of white house are covering conservative voters regularly meet people out in all parts of america who are dissatisfied with the president who look at mike pence more favorably. i think it would be a bit less than honest to suggest he's not aware of that message, and there may be some people in his world who are looking into seeing whether or not he could be received more favorable

a man named billy piper is quoted by name tonight in the "the new york times." he's now a lobbyist. until recently he was chief of staff to senator mitch mcconnell. and billy piper throws this threat in the president's direction tonight in the "times." when you hear the threat you'll understand why it's important that he allowed himself to be quoted by name in making it. her's what he said, quote, the quickest way for trump to get impeached is for him to knock off jeff flake and deen hiller and be faced with a democrat led senate. now in a typical political fight that would be the place where you would give a little bluster, a little brush back. you don't want to lose the senate, do you. with this president a brush back citing basic senate math like that becomes a credible threat of impeachment for the president. and republicans apparently are not afraid to say it, including republicans very very close to the top republican in the senate who controls what happens in the senate, mitch mcconnell. so there's that, the impeachment threat. but here's the worst part from the white house'sp

this time they have a message for "the new york times." "the new york times" and what deep, rich, means to this old gray hax, untrustworthy dishonest rag subsisted on welfare of mediocrity, for one, two, three more decades? we'll laser focus on your so-called honest pursuit of truth. in short, we're coming for you. ashley: well, that is a heck of an ad, is it not. we're joined by very star of that ad, nra spokesperson, dana loesch. fascinating, what reaction have you had to that particular ad? >> ashley, so good to see you. well, it has been interesting because either people really identify with media bias, because they have either had it done to themselves or done to individuals that they believe to be trustworthy, or there have been, ashley a few people out there that don't believe a free people have the right to promise to fact check the press. that is exactly what this ad was. that is why i used the word fisk, adam goldman at "the new york times" didn't understand because of his limited vocabulary. fisk, i'm line by line, not just me,

he tweeted a lot about the "new york times" and the articles that had been written about the "new yorkat he said to be their failing sales. we talked about, in fact, they're actually on the upswing. senator richard bloomenthal tweeted about that. some people are skeptical whether the new chief of staff john kelly is changing how president trump operates. what do yesterday's tweets tell you? >> they tell you that trump has not given his phone up to john kelly. that was not one of the conditions that kelly took the job. i think kelly got out of his negotiations to be chief of staff the ability to hire and fire senior aides, the ability to kind of block access to the oval office when he needs to because he didn't want it to just be this free-wheeling circus where you would have senior aides just drop in and, you know, give fake news articles sometimes to president trump. i think kelly is doing his best as chief of staff, but if ooiiva and jared can't stop trump from tweegt, it's hard to see how a non-family member can do the job. >> i keep going back to something that cory said recently.

his latest pees is "the new york times" versus "washington post" versus trump the last great newspaper war. >> i think it's a classic on one level newspaper war but it's also one in which both could win but also both could lose. so to that extent, it's not like your traditional newspaper war. and the ultimate questions have to do with a combination of factors including the ongoing implosion of the traditional business model, the media, and then the coming of a president of the united states who so actively tries to devalue and delegitimize the press. >> rose: we con clues with eye vor prickett he documented the battle of mosul as a photographer for "the new york times." his photographs show both the humanitarian and destructive side of war. >> what i'm interested in as a photographer when i'm working in these kind of situations is the toll that war has on the people caught up in it, both the

"the new york times" saying that these hidden payments could potentially be considered for fraud charges. all these developments come as nbc news confirmed today with three sources familiar with the matter that bob mueller has been making use of more than one active grand jury. this is in multiple districts, so that includes virginia and d.c., the big story that broke yesterday. those grand juries are issuing subpoenas for records and documents tied to the ongoing investigation. we have a lot to get to tonight. i'm happy to say a strong panel to begin. walter dellinger. sam buell is a professor of law at duke university, a former federal prosecutor. lead prosecutor in fact for that enron task force which has some overlap with some of what mueller is doing now. and michael isikoff, a chief investigative reporter for yahoo news. walter, folks are just digesting "the new york times" reports. folks at home my want to understand what does it mean when we say this is one of the first document requests that mueller has sent to the white house. >> well, it means a couple of things. one, i think,

sent to a government employee asking them to become leakers to collude with the new york times against their boss the president coral devonport covers energy and environmental policy for the new york times and she wrote an e-mail to john j. o'grady who was actually the president of the government union who represents workers and davenport did not mince words as to what she was looking for she actually wrote i am working on a story lou. going for unusual secretary at the e.p.a. then she writes i'm looking for things like information communicated verbal when it's usually put in writing or people told not to bring phones to meetings or officials using devices that aren't official government property she was looking for that kind of thing in other words davenport was saying hey i had this idea for a story i want to write about how people at the e.p.a. are being asked to hide information and how the president's administration is trying to sabotage the e.p.a. even though davenport did not have any of this proof she knew that that was the story she wanted to do so she asked a governme

president trump doesn't run the article in the "new york times." epublicans were looking ahead to 2020, john kasich and others. the vice president also looking ahead. the vice president issuing a strong statement slamming the report in the "new york times" saying it's disgraceful and offensive to me mir, my family, my entire team. my entire team will continue to focus all our efforts to advance the president's agenda and see him reelected in 2020. any suggestion otherwise is both laughable and absurd. >> michael pence is tied to the president. two-term president, you run as the logical heir to that. any break is problematic -- any break between pence and trump, even a perceived one, is problematic, more so because he's dealing with donald trump which he knows donald trump does not like, more than anything, any one star shining brighter than his own. that's why i think you saw him come out so forcefully so that if trump saw the story, he immediately saw the pence denial as well. >> you know the president saw the story because he reads the "new york t

daily caller the hill and this the correction that the "new york times" put out. they said article on tuesday about a sweeping federal climate change referred incorrectly to the availability of the report. while not widely publicized it was put up in january and not made first public by the "new york times". mike in lacrosse, wisconsin. independent. >> hi there. i'm asking about state regulations as far as farming regulations. building birms to keep the water clean and rotating crops. what type of effect does that have? you feel it has a big effect? >> rotating crops and no till a gri culture are all great ways to reduce co2 emissions. the more your field is covered the more it's pulling co2 from the atmosphere and in fact rotating crops is a great way to adjust to the effects of climate change as well. if you are growing crops that require too much water you know in a place that is short on water you should rotate crops and switch them out and do something different. >> patacky, democrat. connecticut. >> good morning. i'll make this brief. i was just wondering ho

stay with us. >> readership of "the washington post" and new york times has skyrocketed since the 2016 election and primary campaign. their resurgence comes in spite of president trump's criticism of the media giants. in february he called the news media in a tweet the enemy of the american people. but continuous leaks from the administration have offered a lifeline to newsrooms competing for inside knowledge about the goings on at the white house. joining me from chicago is james warren, the chief media writer for poynter and writer for "vanity fair" magazine. his latest piece in "vanity fair's" september issue asked is "the new york times" versus "the washington post" versus trump the last great newspaper war. i'm pleased to have him on this program. welcome. >> great to see you. >> my pleasure. >> rose: to have you on the show. and coming from a lifetime of tbreat reporting, i mean that. so let me talk about that. why do you call this the last newspaper war, why is this the ow, you've gone for maybe, you three, four, five, six papers, 70, 80 years ago to one. you've got a few major

and it's also the story in the "new york times" that he clearly read on sunday suggesting that other republicans are looking at his low poll numbers and thinking about whether to run, and attacking the "new york times" in that first tweet today saying that his base is stronger than ever, when, in fact, look at poll numbers, his base is still at 36%, 37%. what his problem is, he's losing support from other republicans and certainly not getting support from democrats or independents, which would suggest he's expanding his base here. >> and we'll talk more about the vice president part of that, but one of the most telling quotes from that piece was from john mccain. i think we have it and can put it on the screen. trying to sum up the reality what's happening. he said, john mccain said, they see weakness in this president. look, it's not a nice business for him. ouch. margaret, you had a great story yesterday about the guy who is now the chief of staff. the retired general john kelly, who is trying to get order into the white house, but you had something that was very present from the yo

heather: it wouldn't be the first time "the new york times" have gotten it wrong. >> the vice presidentaking on "the new york times" after report that he and along with ohio governor john kasich and tom cotton are all starting to campaign for 2020 and they are doing so on the off chance that the president doesn't run for reelection. now, the vice president has denied this report. he even came out with an official statement on it, today's article in "the new york times" is disgraceful and offensive to me, my family and our entire team. the allegations in this article are categorically false and represent just the latest attempt by the media to divide this administration. now on top of that, in an interview with fox news earlier this month, the vice president said that he is already campaigning for the president's reelection, take a listen. >> all that i'm prepared for every day is to do everything i can to see president donald trump reelected in 2020. >> the report is creating wave among trump supporters on social media. vice president pence is loyal to his wife and family, loyal to pres

it was also the day "the new york post" reported scaramucci's wife had recently filed for divorce. something her lawyer confirmed to "the new york times then kept a low profile over the weekend, seemingly unaware he was on the chopping block. on day 11, scaramucci showed up for work. he even attended this morning's swearing-in of the new chief of staff. the same chief of staff demanding his ouster. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >>> in a moment, the latest from the white house and how scaramucci's removal actually happened, who called it for it, and who told him about it and the breaking news from "the washington post." it is reporting the president himself, dictated donald trump's misleading statement about the meeting with the russian lawyer at trump tower. afi sure had a lot on my mind. my 30-year marriage... ...my 3-month old business... plus...what if this happened again? i was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me? so i made a point to talk to my doctor. he told me about eliquis. eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. not only does eliquis treat

>> i think what they're pointing out is something we all know, that this is "the new york times," the number one critic -- institutional critic of the president in the country who one more time is writing an article based on anonymous sources. i think it would really be a story if jonathan martin was saying this is what the chief of staff told me or this is what the president told me. but it's always "the new york times" with these -- >> we're not quoting republican sources here. >> well, i -- >> keep in mind, that's where his description is coming from. >> well, there are a lot of people out there who claim to be republicans and want to, i guess, win a chip with the new york times and talking off record. but really i got to say it means something when they go on record as somebody who was in republican leadership -- >> the fact is mcconnell and trump have very publically gone after each other. the president was saying, do your job, witmitch, via twitter. this kind of disagreement is not confined to a new york times story. i'm curious, jack, if you are saying there is no deterioration

charlie: this is the investigation by the new york times? ew york times broke the story based on all the evidence we brought to them. then the world anti-doping agency led an investigation because they were able to actually get the samples from sochi that were being held by and test them to see if they had been tampered with. between that process plus what was 1666 documents of evidence that led straight back to the ministry, this report found, beyond a question about, reasonable doubt, that not only was this true, but the extent of this fraud goes back further than they can even imagine. we brought forward evidence of beijing in 2008, of london in 2012, of multiple championships that were held in russia around since that time, and of course, sochi. when they went and examined these bottles, they literally found the scratches of how the , broke into these bottles. they found spectacular levels of content in the urine samples, because grigory was adding salt into the herein samples to match the gravity. they corroborated everything that grigor

equal footing with work forces that are almost at historic highs in each case, the new york post and the "new york times." here they are doing work as good and as prolific as they ever have. charlie: does it go back to the competition between the post under ben bradley and the "new york times" under abe rosenthal during the watergate series? mes: you know, i'd say, yes, that after that confrontation you had dramatic changes in one case leading to the dramatic sale of the paper by the grant family. that sense of being equals had really dissipated by about 10 years ago and, particularly, at the post there was almost a sort of funeral sense. you had a talent drain. you had buyouts. ultimately, you had donald graham painfully looking to sell amid what seemed to be a very bleak situation. harkens back to that but is certainly not a clear continuum. charlie: you also have two great editors. james: marty barren has probably gotten a little more publicity partly because of his "boston globe" days and the movie which won an academy award focusing on their investigation of the roman catholic church and the boston

>> after we go to the "new york times," and this is may 2016, a lot of world anti-doping agency is forced to launch another investigation into the claims put forward in the "new york times." i helped to facilitate a meeting and richard mclaren was the head of that investigation independently, and this information went on between may of 2016 all the way through december of this year, and the investigation found-year-old that every single thing gregory said and put forward is true, it corroborated all the evidence scientifically, through interpol, et cetera. >> rose: this is an investigation by the "new york times"? >> no. the "new york times" broke the story based on all the evidence we brought to them. then the world anti-doping agency led an investigation to actually get the samples from soichi being held by the olympic committee and test them to see if they had been tampered with. between that process and plus what was 1666 documents of evidence that led straight back to the ministry, this report found, without a out the,-year-old, that not only was this true, that -- but the extent of

>> more on that as our hour ing "the new york times." it's about what has become a poisoned relationship between the president and what should be his point man for legislation in congress. the majority leader of the senate mitch mcconnell. while the two men could not be more different, a president whose party also controls the house and senate would normally anticipate being able to run the table on legislation. that is not the case. the headline in the article reads trump and mcconnell locked in a cold war, threatening the gop agenda. mcconnell it says in private doubts if trump can save his presidency. let's talk about all of it with us tonight to analyzed .president's speech and the journalism out to mean national political roert for the washlt moderator for washington week and pbs. robert costa pb claim it reporter for and white house is correspondent for mcanita welcome back to the broadcast to all of you. robert, let's start with you. what do you make of what you have heard tonight? there seemed to be some new rhetorical benchmarks

. >> reporter: this as the white house continues to push back on a "new york times" story that accused vice president mike pence of leading a shadow campaign for 2020. >> it's absurd, have you speculation, conjecture, half truth masquerading on the front page of the ever trump "new york times." >> reporter: lou, that report really, really got the folks at the white house worked up. the vice president, you may have read this over the weekend in a statement actually, he posted that on twitter as well, called that report in the "times" disgraceful and offensive. a lot of people here incredibly upset by that speculation by the "new york times". i should also add, we've been following this story out of washington. you may not have heard this over the weekend. the senate judiciary committee chair, chuck grassley of the great state of iowa aggressively moving forward with the russia probe. we're learning he's possibly interested in issuing a subpoena for donald trump, jr. and paul manafort, the former trump campaign chair to get them to produce documents and other information to move along wi

also in an interview with "the new york times," he welcomed democrats and the left wing, talking about race. in this interview with "the new york times," he said the race identity politics of the left wants to save all racists, just give me more. on top of all of us in the interview, he did talk about gary cohn, he also pointed out that susan thorton, an advisor in the secretary of state tillers and, he said he had plans on firing her. today, tiller sin shook her hand in front of cameras, a clear sign of support that she's not going anywhere and in an interview, bannon said his remarks with the american prospect magazine were good because they drew fire away from the president of the united states and changed the media narrative with a single phone call. this is a man who the president has talked about perhaps being on the brink of losing his job, having a phone call that he thought was off the record, now saying wait a second, this phone call could have been a good thing. it's obviously changing the narrative in his mind. the story continues. >> heather: the narrative is costly changi

you told "forbes" magazine i don't think anyone believes the "new york times" and washington times areaggressive toward president trump. steve: if you look at the balance of the coverage and the commentary that come out of what we describe as the mainstream media. it's actually the whole conversation. then this element of complete condescension, i think, toward the lives and views and opinions of those people who supported donald trump in the election. there is no real attempt to understand why they may have done that, to look at the failures of the last few decade that left working people poorer, their lives tough. all that stuff that drives support. they don't want to try to understand it. howie: another quote from you. much of the media is decadent. they have comfortable lives far removed from the crisis in america. howie: you have a $12 million house in the silicon valley. steve: i think that is one of the reasons for the bias covering is that the people who are generating that coverage, the journalists, the editors, the people who produce that, they typically live in the wealthy p

these are in tech offices all over the bay area, the new york times says, in uncomfortable times silicon valley has turned to a comfortable shoe. this is it the first time i've had a shoemaker on the show. he started his career in biotechnology trying to turn algae into gasoline. he's turned into a beach of a cop letter, thanks for being with us this morning. all of a sudden, nobody is not talking about them, the new york times is running columns about them, and they just appeared out of magic air. how did you get so popular? >> we didn't plan for quite the amount of success that we had,

new york. but the tabloid press, new york daily news and new york post. always craved the "new york timesn and for them to take him seriously. and he is going out and every off base tweet that he goes out and pushes, gets that attention and he loves the attention. and then he gets upset when people say maybe he should stop tweeting. the problem a lot of republicans have isn't the fact he tweets, it is what he tweets. if you were able to focus that, we have a lot more results. he never even tried to help pass the bcra or any of these other things. we see it happen again in tax reform. we will see it happen again with the budget. >> that is something interesting about him too. for all the media bashing, all the going after all of the elite media, he still gives those interviews to new york times. i think there is something there. he's been the tabloid guy of new york. he want to talk and be taken seriously by the no, new york times. he wants the stamp of approval. very interesting psychological story with our president. >>> up next, these guys will tell me three things i don't know. that wo

tech reporting in general by a least three of the biggest newspapers in the united states the new york times the wall street journal and the washington post johnson writes a review of one hundred ninety articles from the new york times wall street journal and bezos own washington post over the past year paints a picture of almost uniformly uncritical at times boost coverage in fact the last time there was any kind of investigative journalism found in any of the big three was a new york times critique of amazon's labor practices almost two years ago in august of two thousand and fifteen so in a world where freedom of the press has preached a lot more than its practice just how much rain does the mainstream press give to the world's super rich and powerful let's find out and start watching the hawks. you. also. at the bottom. you know that i got. the. world for the watch of the heart so i am tired robot and i'm to have a lot. of those so let me ask you do you think that the media goes soft on the super wealthy or super powerful yeah because super wealthy and the super powerful own media that's

to his immediate left is jim rutenberg, the media columnist of the "new york times." jim joined the times in 2000 come work in the d.c. pewter at the times and has been a political correspondent of the sunday magazine, has been the city hall bureau chief in new york, discovered the needed and politics and were glad to have a reliable journalist with the lawyers here today. >> to his left is david walsh come also a journalist. david is with the sunday times in the uk. he was noted sportswriter of the year in ireland three times and in the uk four times that his main claim to fame is that he really broke and worked very, very hard for years and years and years uncovering the doping program of lance armstrong and his american cycling team, and obvious it was indicated in the end when armstrong conceded. you be talking about his coverage of armstrong and his lawsuits by armstrong as we discussed the matter this morning. to his left is lower appraiser, from austin, texas, with the firm of haynes and boone. laura is an outstanding litigator but i think really her most notewo

you told "forbes" magazine i don't think anyone believes the "new york times" and washington times arenything but aggressive toward president trump. steve: if you look at the balance of the coverage and the commentary that come out of what we describe as the mainstream media. it's actually the whole conversation. then this element of complete condescension, i think, toward the lives and views and opinions of those people who supported donald trump in the election. there is no real attempt to understand why they may have done that, to look at the failures of the last few decade that left working people poorer, their lives tough. all that stuff that drives support. they don't want to try to understand it. howie: another quote from you. much of the media is decadent. they have comfortable lives far removed from the crisis in america. howie: you have a $12 million house in the silicon valley. steve: i think that is one of the reasons for the bias covering is that the people who are generating that coverage, the journalists, the editors, the people who produce that, they typically live in t

they are trying to shut the door on it what's interesting about the "new york times," they were also leak on scott pruitt. so, i find myself very skeptical about the "new york times" pledge to do better things moving forward after the 2016 election. first of all, i don't see them apologizing for their story back in february about the whole russian collusion fairy tale. that all to say just kind of par for the "new york times" this newest story. >> brian: do you know what i was amazed at when al gore comes out his movie would have been number one if it wasn't for 14 other movies. >> he could have been a contender. >> brian: a lot of times movies do better when people show up to see them. but they didn't. but when he says i watch the news every night and it's like watching the book of revelation. come on. that's called rain and snow and it happens. >> eboni: he also compared climate change to the civil rights movement which i was very. >> pretty insulting, i think. >> eboni: it was dismulting. felt like lazy of an analogy quite frankly. to your point, i think the democratic party has a

new york, republican. caller: can you hear me? host: yes. caller: ok, we're talking about the report which was originally in "the new york times." it is about the problems from climate change. it was originally reported, for fearsthe agency, that the trump administration would hide it. now "the new york times" came back, and it was already leaked in january. why was this picked up only now? [indiscernible] making anaying it is impact on the u.s. climate. that is all. guest: well, it was started under the obama administration. however, these are career no matter who say the president is, it is up to their discretion. they cannot just get fired because a new president comes in. a lot of people have been there through bush and through clinton. so the political influence is not one of the issues here. that "thethe draft new york times" put up, the report is congressionally mandated and has been going on. why "the times" posted the third draft, i am not sure. but a lot of us knew the draft was circulating at the agency, so i think it was an honest mistake. it does not discredit the reporting, because the fifth draft, which "the new yo

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wrong, other times there can be a trial balloon that was set up and they basically poked it. >> it seems like the opposite. fake news as the white house would claim. in fact, "the new yorkinto the story with a preconceived notion that they think the president's views are racist, so they took a swing at him and they missed rather badly. it all started with a simply se want to add, seeking lawyers to work on a new project to investigate race-based discrimination in colleges and universities in their admissions actresses. "the new york times" obtained that classified ad and ran the story suggesting that this meant the president wants to round up evidence that affirmative action policies have gone too far, so why applicants from college are now facing reverse determination. this ignited a firestorm, including former president obam president obama's education secretary rushing out to say that he was disheartened at any legislation that would hurt african-american students. one big problem. the job ad for attorneys to work for attorney general jeff sessions did not refer to white students facing any sort of reversed its cremation. it did not mention white students at all. so

>> the "new york times" wasn't clear and nbc news has not confirmed the "new york times" story but it's been obvious for some time mike flynn is in the cross-hairs of the special counsel and one of the issues is the lobbying he did on bhaehalff the turkish government which he didn't disclose at the time of the campaign was on behalf of the turkish government and later amended his forms to disclose he got paid $530,000 to do that and people may be wondering what does that have to do with the question whether donald trump and his campaign included with russia. mike flynn appears to be in legal jeopardy and the question is does the special counsel have the ability to charge him with crimes and then have leverage over him to testify about what he may or may not know regarding the trump campaign's collusion with russia. because after all he had some meetings with the russian ambassador sergei kislyak. he didn't tell the truth about them according to the former acting attorney general so that's where the mike flynn angle plays into this whole russia investigation. >> be nbc news confirmed mue

first he called the "new york times" total the inept, by failing to public stories, president tru vice president pence is eyeing the presidency if president trump doesn't run. he called the "new york times" story disgraceful and offensive, adding the allegations are categorically false. >> what you're seeing is the vice president pushing back emphatically that he's not engaged in some type of shadow operation. >> reporter: still unable to acknowledge the russia investigation, he took aim to senator blumenthal. he is calling for bipartisan cooperati cooperation. >> if the president decides to fire bob mueller, i think it's very important to save that relationship. >> interesting to watch senator blumenthal of connecticut talk about hopes and russian collusion when he was a phony vietnam con artist. never in u.s. history has anyone defrauded voters like senator blumenthal. he talked about his con quests, how grave he was, and it was all a lie. he cried like a baby and asked for forgiveness like a child. now he judges collusion? blumenthal has made claims in his past about his military ex

of the media, he actually said -- he talked with "the washington post," "new york times." said they didn't love his country. he left out -- the border, jeff flake and sheriff joe arpaio. he genuinely believes he's not gotting a fair shake with charlottesville. how many times do i have to condemn nazis and condemn the kkk. he took a sheet of paper out of his pocket, leaving the scripted remarks and read his own speeches over the last week. here's exactly what i said what else do you want from me. >> we have steve kornacki, the editor of business week, megan murphy, micah has the morning off. good morning, everybody. coming up in 15 minutes, we haven't first excerpt anywhere from hillary clinton's upcoming book on the presidential race. she tackles a lot including this moment when she and donald trump shared the debate stage. clinton says her, quote, skin crawled while she considered how to react to him." >> well being what would you do? do you stay calm, keep smiling and carry on as if he weren't repeatedly invading your space or do you turn, look him in the eye and say loud

it's not like "the new york times" discovered the e-mail. it was given to them by someone from the trump organization. don got asked a follow up question. it didn't appear out of anywhere that "the new york times" found it. >> why the misleading statement then? >> i look at the statement and it's a revolving disclosure. i wouldn't have done it from that standpoint. they are entitled to their strategy. the strategy isn't inaccurate. there was a component of the meeting how to deal with russian adoptions. others took place. >> can we just say sanctions? that's the most accurate way. >> if it makes it sexy for you, we'll use sanctions. >> no, no. the truth and full transparency, it is about sanctions. russians don't care about the adoption ban unless they get the sanctions lifted. >> fine, i'll give you your point. at the epd of the day, this meeting did have to do with the sanctions adoptions, whatever word you want to use and that was disclosed and you have revolving disclosures. i wouldn't have done it that way, they are what they are. the fi

we're working to clarify if that means new york city or the state of new york, which is very big. any time president trump has come to new york it is something he tried to avoid recently citing a high cost of securing the area and the disruptions that his visits bring to the city. working hard from new jersey while the white house goes through long-planned renovations. going to new york next week for more meetings. president trump touting the new u.n. sanctions on north korea after this security council unanimously passed that resolution that would slash a billion off north korea's foreign revenue which would prohibit the export of coal, iron and seafood. trump tweeted about his phone call with the leader of south korea on the issue. just completed a call with president moon of south korea. very happy and impressed with the 15 to 0 u.n. vote on sanctions. they agreed to apply maximum pressure and sanctions on north korea to end its nuclear program. that's a reaction coming from the white house. >> we're also seeing the white house push back hard along with the vice president's office on th

sources tell the new york times that senator mcconnell is expressing uncertainty that president trumply salvage his presidency. cnn's political analyst and "new york times" national reporter shares the byline and joins me now. ummm, is mcconnell not sure that president trump will serve his full term? what does it mean he may not be able to salvage his presidency? >> he's expressing pessimism and frustration in a range of ways, anderson. but from the get-go of this story, it was clear that the senate leader is really telling people close to him, people who are supportive of his agenda in general and who he relies on to pass legislation and support the party on the national level, he no longer feels that president trump can be counted on to be a dependable partner for him in governing or in politics either. that goes for the 2018 elections, potentially 2020, as well. >> the last time they talked is august 9 in a phone call that ended up in a shouting match. >> so it's nearly two weeks ago was the last time they had any direct contact. there's been staff contact, but republicans are comi