the press secretary. it just disgusts me to think what they pull out of him. they pull the most ridiculous things out of him instead of pointing to the important things. host: thanks very much for the call. we go to paul next in new haven, connecticut. caller: good morning. i think the press conferences are a good idea. i think what they can do is decrease the accusation update nfake news.maybe the media in light of how they ask questions. host: tteresa. caller: good morning. i think the press briefings are not useful. they say the president's tweets stand for themselves. if he is tweeting, why do we need to hear the tweets stand for themselves? most of the time, sean spicer says i will get back with you, i don't have an answer for that, i have not talked to the president. i don't think the american people are learning anything from the press briefings. host: thank you. michael from new kensington, pennsylvania, republican line. your take. caller: good morning. how are you? host: we are fine. thank you. c

press sec. spicer: sorry i'm late. good afternoon. the president this morning met with general mcmaster -- general mcmaster is helping lead the team that is organizing the president's upcoming foreign trip. the president has been focused on meeting with the team, getting ready for the various stops he will be making. the president has seen a great desire for america to reengage and be a leader once again in helping solve the world's complex problems. he's already made moves behind the scenes with leaders and in public statements to show that america is reasserting its leadership on the world stage. these visits are another important part of this american resurgence. the president will further our strategic objectives in the region my creating new opportunities that will strengthen the united states and our allies weakening our enemies. many of you are interested in the logistical aspects of this trip. we will have for the briefing struck the week. -- throughout the week. i would like to announce

press was all over the president. and the president was all over the press. and their top aides because they wanted to get this out. were you struck by how different this tone was? >> yeah. we actually hunted around to see if we could find a previous trip by any president of either party and we really couldn't. this is quite unusual. you've devogot to ask if it's serving his interests. it doesn't seem to be serving the public interest in terms of understanding the president's points of view and positions. the whole administration from tweets to lack of public access to things like press conferences seems to be about trying to keep control of a message that's slipping out of their hands. >> april, we're about data these days. we did data digging to see how this measures up. and cnn producer allison milloy tallied the reaction of the press corps on the trip. there were 25 appearances. many of them pool environments. pool reporters asked five questions. the president answered two questions. no news conferences. how did it break down? the president addressed a qu

press sessions? >> we'll do it in a different way. >> how? >> we'll do it through a piece of paper with a perfectly accurate, beautiful answer. i'll give an example. >> in writing? >> they're asked 100 questions or 50 questions or 20 questions, if they get 1 out of 50, just a little bit off, 5%, 10%, 20%, it's -- the next day, it's a front-page story in every newspaper. >> right. right. so? >> press conferences weren't even covered for obama practically. they were on c-span and c-span 2. there was nothing going on. >> but will you put an end to them? >> just a minute, these press conferences are like the biggest thing on daytime television. >> they are. >> ok? you see the ratings. >> yes. >> they're blowing away everything on just about everything on daytime television. what i'd love to do is stop th them. >> sean: we're going to preview more of president trump's interview with judge jeanine pirro in just a minute. the president, i will say this tonight, he's absolutely right, if the propaganda destr

every day and say to the press corps. we will not answer your questions. the more they get stuck dancing in the elite media, that is on the quicksand of the swamp and in the long run, that's not where the country is, or country cares about. and it is a dangerous detour for them to play the games with the new's media. >> sean: dangerous detour quicksand of the swamp. and we'll have more as donald trump fights back. and coming up next. >> what about the idea in a tweet that there might be tape recordings. >> all i want is for comey to be honest and i am sure he will be. >> sean: how can comey's words be a threat. janine pirauthority rare o asked him about the new york times that james comey had a loyalty test. and we'll check in with judge pirro. >> stop putting kelly ann off. and it is politics porn. >> sean: they are working overtime and jay sec ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm dr. kelsey mcneely and some day you might be calling me an energy farmer. ♪ energy lives here. with chantix.d i quit smoking i was very grateful to have chantix. at time

he said that to the press briefing one day.re given information on all the issues and sometimes they are not getting the full story. let me get you in here, margaret. >> thank you. >> about this as a very active president, it is not possible for surrogates to stand in the podium with perfect accuracy? >> let me agree with erin, he was bluffing about no more press briefings. it's like i'm taking my ball and going home because i didn't get my bat. this is ridiculous thing to say. he's not going to do it. howie: hold on. hold on. i think it's unlikely they will abolish the briefings. they can cut them back. what about the larger points that he feels it's a game of got you and the spokesman or spokesperson were being hammered. >> the surrogates exploded a story that trump that rosenstein wrote a memo and gave backing for him wanting to get rid of comey. howie: comey mishandling of hillary clinton e-mail. >> right. there was so much on record about hillary clinton that that was so phoney you couldn't believe it for a second and rose

i think my brethren in the press understand them >> since you're in these press briefings, what is sort of the take away or what are some of your other colleagues saying there? is there really this fear of when the president says things like maybe these press briefings should go away? or do you take it with a grain of salt >> we take it with a grain o salt and i think we'll say that's donald trump right there. at one point, he said that he could still do his job as a developer in new york and be president at the same time, which is why he took his time divesting himself of his assets in new york. well, i don't think he really believed that for a minute. he knew it would be almost a mohammad ally, i'm the greatest and his followers would enjoy it and his enemies would cringe and he would go on just like any other president. i didn't believe you him that he would try to run his business from the oval office. i don't believe he'll cancel the press briefings >> chief columnist, with news max, thanks for coming in today's great to see you. >>> let's get updated on the weather. it is an issue

let me just press you on one issue. you say any time someone in the government lies, that individual should be removed. as you know the president has been accused of lying. would that include the president, that standard you've set? >> which president do you want to go to? you know, if we go back to the last administration, your insure suns going down, not losing your doctor, we can go down and down and down. if it is national security issue, it needs to be looked at. if you look at what james madison said, perfity in the constitution is grounds for dismiss dismissal and that's why they wrote into the constitution how we can hold the executive branch accountable for. >> fair enough. let's talk about the president citing this russia investigation in saying that is the reason they decided to fair james comey. he said this investigation is made up designed by the democrats to explain why they lost. he said it's simply a witch hunt. do you believe this investigation of russia's meddling in the u.s. presidential election is

press.f him controlling his message. i want to say that -- >> how was he available to the press? >> when he was giving speeches. i saw his speeches here in america. >> jack, come on. you know better than that. that doesn't mean being available to the press. he's doing what he's supposed to do on a foreign trip. giving speeches and meeting with foreign leaders. he's also supposed to hold press conferences to answer questions about what he's doing on that trip. >> says who? >> says history. >> hillary clinton was supposed to hold press conferences as a candidate for the president of the united states. >> hillary clinton is not the president of the united states. we're not -- jack, let's not litigate the campaign over again. if hillary clinton was president of the united states -- >> i'm just saying -- >> let me ask a question. if hillary clinton was the president of the united states and she did not have a press conference as she was on a foreign trip, we would be asking the same questions. wh

. >> jon: we start with a fox news alert, awaiting the daily white house press briefing from press secretary sean spicer, set to start any minute now. >> it comes as the white house is putting major pressure on republican senators to pass a plan to rib place obamacare. we are covering all of the news "happening now" ." >> we have eliminated it, so the fight goes on. >> jon: defense secretary confirming the leader of isis in afghanistan was killed by u.s. and afghan forces as general james mattis meets with our allies on the fight to defeat the terrorist army. plus, former acting attorney general sally yates set to testify in the rush investigation amid growing concerns that russia might still be an issue heading into the 2018 midterms. and a gruesome double murder, two physicians engaged to be married are found dead in their penthouse apartment. as police reveal disturbing details about this aspect. it is all "happening now" ." ♪ >> jon: but we begin with the battle over the republican plan to replace obamacare, the house moving the latest health care bill forward now, it faces an uncertain

we are here to celebrate the press, not the presidency.nd i am happy to report, for anyone who is interested, that this dinner is sold out. our job to report on facts and to hold leaders accountable, that is who we are. we are not fake news. we are not feeling news organizations. and we are not the enemy of the american people. >> tucker: that was jeff mason. we lured him to our studios tonight. he joins us live. good to see you. i agreed with your line that the point of the press, the reason for being, is to hold the powerful accountable. i would disagree that they do that consistently. but the dinner on saturday night, which i did not attend but watched a tape off, was basically an extended middle finger to the president, an expression of dislike for the pressure didn't like or dislike politicians. >> i totally disagree with you. >> tucker: were you there? you just played my clip. i was there participating, what you didn't do was play the clip in which i said access under the trump administration has been good. it has. i would disagree w

this is not a fair press.ress who has an agenda, this is a prez who does not believe in due process, this is a press who believes that because they're liberal and they have a liberal-world agenda that they want to impose on the rest of the country that the trump voters are somehow misguided that the trump voters are ignorant, that's wrong and un-american and also against what the trump voters want. so they have failed the american people so senator what you say, you can call the president a snowflake but the reality is there's a thing called truth and the mainstream media is ignoring it. heather: we appreciate it. carrie, mightal. great debate. now time to check in with steve doocy to see what's coming up on "fox & friends". i hear you were live in patriot cup in oklahoma on this memorial day, right, steve? >> that's right, absolutely, heather. i have to leave new york so i don't have to wear a tie and i have my coffee here and right back there the lights downtown tulsa, oklahoma. this is the eighth annual pat

stopping press conferences?o it in a different way. >> how? >> piece of paper with a perfectly accurate. >> in writing? >> asked 100 questions or 50 questions or 20 questions, if they get one out of 50, just a little bit off, 5%, 10%, 20%, it's the next day it's a front page story in every newspaper. >> right. >> press conferences weren't even covered for obama practically. they were on c-span and c-span 2 and there was nothing going on. >> but will you put an end to them? >> these press conferences are like the biggest thing on daytime television. abby: you could just see the frustration in his face though, jon. we laugh about the way he says things it's so trumpesque. in that moment you can see he is so angry how th thed me has treated him since he has been in office. unfair. the fact they don't follow through on actual fact. the way his press office as treated spokes people. sean spicer and sarah huckabee sanders. tough job and how they're treated in interviews. really disrespectful. >> jon: would you want to

is the enemy, the press is the enemy.enry, the press is the enemy. but it was the enemy of nixon. he never went as far as trump has, which is to say the press is the enemy of the american people. >> john, thank you for being here. >> my pleasure. thank you, brian. >> we're out of time here on tv, but sign up for our nightly newsletter, reliablesources.com. all the latest on that reporter in west virginia who was arrested earlier this week. we'll be following that case. also, more on the sinclair/tribune deal, mega merger announced earlier this week. happy mother's day to my mom, mothers-in-law or surrogate moms and my wife, about to be a mother any day now. i'll see you next week. it's our little differences, that can make a world of difference. expedia, everything in one place, so you can travel the world better. at holiday inn express, we don't just get you ready, we get you the readiest. to prove it, we took dennis, who's here for a convention and put him in a nationally televised dance competition. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (cheering)

it's vital to make people understand why we need a free press. a free press is also not enough.s part of a contract, a bond with our fellow citizens and it comes with responsibilities. it has to be free but it also must be fair, fair to those who are maligned, those whose stories are ignored, those who are hostile towards us. because of this, it's a great time to be a journalist, because it's such an important time. and so many have risen to the occasion. it's a great time to be a journalist because it's such an important time. i must salute my colleagues at abc and elsewhere but we have to remainvil vigilant, and don't t the bait. don't waste time on the trivial, focus on the truth, mine for the truth, look for the details, in a word, elucidate. despite the threats. it's what's required from a press. it's what i hope i've done in my career and what i will continue to do. thanks so much for this honor. [ applause ] >> do we need a picture here? >> please welcome to the stage our next presenter. dr. robert franklin, professor of moral leadership at emory university. >> christina

press sessions? >> we do it in a different way. we do it in a perfect way. >> in writing? >> ask a hundred questions, 50 questions, 20 questions, if they get one out of 50 just a little bit off, 5%, 10%, next day it's a front page story. press conferences for obama was on c span. these press conferences are the biggest thing on day time television. you see the ratings. they are blowing everything on day time television. what i would love to do is stop them. >> kimberly, he's still bragging about the ratings. >> well, he's right. it's the new "bold and beautiful." >> day time television. >> i mean, they are kind of rivetting. >> i would call it inhospitable. >> i remember before he even took office, and was sworn in, they were talking about that. they were going to shake up the way the press briefings were handled. and obviously, there is room for improvement in terms of the roleout, when they need to get ahead of the messaging like we saw with the travel ban and dismissal of comey. perhaps it's not a

the press was gleeful. in addition to his regular press conferences, used the radio, film, and he used these tools to his greatest advantage. that was to be able to reshape the politics of the. in the way that he wanted to. he had considerable charm, wrist of a -- charm, charisma, and all of these things work well together to control the relationship. we see at times, very turbulent relationships as we do with the press. he was able to masterfully handle the press, and he had a really great knack of disarming foes. it might be to send a reporter into the corner, call them by their first name, and he use different skills to be able to negotiate the press. throughout the presidency, this became a very important relationship, but also, tool, for understanding roosevelt's vision. in his very first action, it was a dizzying array of legislation that was passed. on march 5, he immediately issued in bank holiday proclamation. he followed that with the emergency banking bill. that remarkably was enacted in less tha

press back to a partisan press. in the book we talk about that there is a far left press, near left press, near right press, conservative right press, but there is a huge swath in the middle who are not being reached by any of those things. is not being reached by thing. tople tend to gravitate their ideological outlets. there are people in the middle who have to go to both sides but don't want either. with -- end up with at this point in time people can tune into things they already believe, things that interest them, that have already interested in rather than things that they need to hear. that is the nature of a partisan press. that is kind of a funny thing. a partisan press existed until frank80's, at which point nette and others said we cannot make as much money if we have a partisan press. we can sell advertisers on the side or that side. if we have an objective press, we can sell to advertisers on both sides. we can make more money. it is impossible to be objective. the norm of objectivity has become this fu

the daily press briefings?d we seek time and time again to parse every little word and make it more of a game of gotcha, as opposed to really figure out what the policies are, why something is being perceived or what the update is on this. >> president trump also later talking about this issue. >> are you moving so quickly that your communications department cannot keep up with you? >> yes. that's true. >> so, what do we do about that? >> we don't have press conferences and we do -- >> you don't mean that. >> you just don't have them. unless i have them every two weeks and i do it myself. we don't have them. i think it's a good idea. first of all, you have a level of hostility that's incredible and it's very unfair. sara huckabee is a lovely young woman. you know sean spicer. he is a wonderful human being. he's a nice man. >> is he your press secretary today and tomorrow? is he going to be tomorrow in >> he's doing a good job, but he gets beat up. >> will he be there tomorrow? >> he's been there from the beginn

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a free press is also not enough.rt of a contract, a bond with our fellow citizens, and it comes with responsibilities. it has to be free but it also must be fair, fair to those who are maligned, those whose stories are ignored, those who who are not fair to us. citizens must take responsibility as well. challenges and in fact because of them, it's a great time to be a journalist, because it's such an important time. and so many have risen to the occasion. i must salute my colleagues at abc and elsewhere, but we have to be vigilant and remain independent. don't take the bait and don't waste time on the trivial or shallow, focus on the issues, ask the uncomfortable questions, mine for the truth, study the details. in a word, elucidate. despite the threats. in the face of power, on behalf of the people. it's what a free press it does. it's what is required of journalists. it is what a democracy needs and humbly, it is what i hope i have done in my career and will continue to do. thank you so much for this honor. [applau

also today, live coverage of the white house briefing with press secretary sean spicer. it will be the first briefing since president trumps foreign trip. it's scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m. eastern. before that begins we will look at some of washington's genera general -- "washington journal". again, live coverage of the white house briefing with press secretary sean spicer is set to begin in just a few minutes. before that begins we will look at some of today's "washington journal". >> host: he is back at our desk and is the policy editor of the examiner and he is going to talk about the week ahead for the trump administration after the long holiday weekend.nt one decision we know that's coming is the decision on the paris climate deal. explain where we are on that,ng reports from over the holiday weekend that the president was leaning toward pulling out of the paris climate deal. >> guest: it would be much more consistent with what the president iran on, to pull out of the deal. basically a lot of his constituency is people whose industries have been adversely affect

you got a lot of press, negative press in some cases. but boy, people started to talk about rentberry. >> they did. well, we got a lot of positive press as well. or, you know, a big celeb on -- we have an article and we got the tv feature about us. so it's actually mixed. but i would say there's like more positive than negative actually. >> what exactly was your goal in setting up this app? i'm not trying to be simplistic here. people talk all the time about the controversy over uber and to me they have a wonderful realtime mobile reservation system. it's when they bring in cars and drivers that they get messy. you have an industry that people are applying for apartments and landlords are trying to sell it, there's a lot of paperwork and a vetting process. so obviously, digital technology can help optimize that. but you have taken it a step further with the bidding. can you talk about that? >> sure. one thing i want to make clear it's not just about bidding. many people, it's a huge misconception, i think somebody put in the news a coupl

are the press briefings important?ou think it is important to have reporters there asking questions of the press secretary? >> i always yelled at you in good spirit, don, when you messed things up, which you did with regularity. of course it is important to have these briefings. yesterday i sort of said we might not necessarily have to have these briefings if the press secretary is not going to know or say what the truth is. and if the president is going to continue to undermine them. so it is important to have these, but it is important to have press briefings where they are basing what they are saying in facts and truths. obviously you are going to spin and put the best face on an argument you can. but when you say one thing and 20 minutes later the president goes on nbc and says exactly the opposite and he does that consistently, it starts to wonder like what is the point. why are we asking sara huk by these questions. >> great to have you with us. thank you very, very much. you can yell at me any time, tim. the dep

but the fact he did not have any press conferences, he was still available to the press and that wastrolling his message. >> how was he available to the press? >> when he was giving speeches. i saw his speeches here in america. for example -- >> jack, you know better than that. that doesn't mean being available to the press. he's doing what he's supposed to do on a foreign trip. he's geving speeches and meeting with foreign leaders. he's also supposed to answer questions. >> says who? >> says history. >> hillary clinton was supposed to hold press conferences as a candidate of the united states -- >> jack, let's litigate the campaign again. if hillary clinton was president of the united states -- let me ask you a question. if hillary clinton was president of the united states and she did not have a press conference on a foreign trip, we would be asking the same questions. why didn't she hold a press conference and holding her accountable. so let's not do that. let's talk about this president and what's happening now. >> there wasn't much curiosity. >> she's not president of the united

what do you think about the possibility avenue new press secretary -- of a few press secretary. >> welli think that -- what's melissa mccarthy going to do? is she going to be able to get the new press secretary as well as she does spice arrayment second snl reference. last one. what do you think yeah or nay. >> i think he should go and somebody should put him out of his misery. >> reporter: it certainly looks like a tough job, that is for sure. we're sending it back to you, jim and shawn. >> all right. always a lot of opinions there and speaking of melissa mccarthy. >> they're putting spicer in the promos. >> a republican campaign consulting firm in maryland under investigation by the fbi. >> fox5's anjali hemphill joins us live tonight from annapolis. anjali, what is going on here? >> reporter: well, jim and shawn, still a lot more questions than answers at this point and things out here have quieted down for now. but i can tell you that earlr reports that more than half a dozen fbi agents showed outpatient to the third floor of this building along main street in annapolis with a warra

a demonization of the press. call taiflt different than simply accusing the press of liberal bias or unfairness. i mean, the to say they are the enemy of the people, among the worst human beings on earth, it encourages and legitimizes an anger towards the press that, you know, i think fosters this element. the internet creates an environment where there is less decorum and the uneasiness about the country put people on edge, but, yes, there is a climate that's different and i think it's fair to say the administration contributed do it. >> yang:, what do you think, howard? >> no question president trump has escalated his rhetoric. but i think it is a real mistake and we have to be careful to conflate what he says using words, attacking the press, which a lot of his base likes and, in some cases, the press deserves and we can get into that in a moment and, you know, this congressional candidate in montana doing something that's completely unacceptable and by the way politically stupid on the eve of the election to

press conferences? >> no. we do it in a different way. >> how? >> we do it with a piece of paper with a perfect, accurate, beautiful answer. >> in writing? >> they ask 100 questions or write in questions or 20 questions, if they get 1 out of 50, just a little bit off, 5%, 10%, 20%, it's -- the next day it's a front-page story on every newspaper. >> right. right. so? >> press conferences weren't even covered for obama practically. they were on c-span and c-span 2 and there was nothing going on. >> will you put an end to that? >> just a second. these press conferences are like the biggest thing on daytime television. >> they are. >> you see the ratings. they're blowing away everything on just about, i think, everything, on daytime television. what i'd love to do is stop th them. >> jesse: kimberly, you know what i love about this? he's still bragging about the ratings! >> kimberly: he's right. i mean, it's the new bold & the beautiful! >> jesse: daytime television. >> kimberly: starring sean spicer. they'

press secretary came up today. more of that exchange between sara sanders and major garrett. >> should reporters and the country essentially wait for a pronouncement from the president before believing that which is stated on his behalf by the white house communications staff? >> look, major, i'm not going to get into back-and-forth that we have to have like a direct quote every single time. you guys want to get lost in the process -- >> i don't think a question and giving an answer is lost in the process, sara, with all respect. >> and i'm answering those questions. it's very simple. the president decided to fire director comey. nobody else gets to make that decision, and he made it. he stangds by it. as do the rest of it. >> lisa bring in our guest former undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, rick stengel, who also happens to be former managing editor of time magazine. and our friend historian presidential biographer and author, john meech ham comes back on the broadcast with us. john,

press conferences, we shouldn't have them.ah. >> a hundred years we have been doing that. >> there's never been action like this. we are getting higher ratings on those press

the press went apoplectic. journalists are loving all the face time they are getting on tv asking spicer gotcha questions. on an interview airing this weekend on justice jeanine pirro he expands on his thinking. >> are you moving so quickly that your communications department cannot keep up with you? >> yes. that's true. >> so what do we do about that? >> we don't have press conferences. and we do. >> you don't mean that. >> just don't have them. unless i have them every two weeks and i do it myself. we don't have them. i think it's a good idea. first of all, you have a level of hostility that's incredible. and it's very unfair. >> eric: laura and and i know mr. trump, donald trump for 15 years. >> yep. >> eric: you don't think he is going to cancel the press briefing. >> it's cat and mouse game. if you have known him for as long as we have this is what he does with people. it's a bit of a challenge. the media gets back on heels and the rest of the people watching this that's a great idea. we would love to seat

limiting the press is not good. at our core american democracy is a robust press.o eliminating the daily press briefings or having a lack of credibility on the part of your spokespersons and press secretaries, is really detrimental to our democracy and we need to do a better job. >> this was from the 2016 campaign manager. mr. trump's 2016 campaign manager, until he fired him, repeatedly groused to friendsa he was forced to sorry all the criticism. mr. trump he told two people close to him but placed the blame on mr. lewendosky. what does that tell you? >> it tells you he's been beat up, both in the process of promoting the candidate and backing the president. the loyalty really doesn't run both ways. he likes to say that it will. it runs toward you in the form of your paycheck, but he's going to throw you under the bus if it's convenient. i think that's what lew wan dow sky is referring to. ♪ ♪ i'm dr. kelsey mcneely and some day you might be calling me an energy farmer. ♪ energy lives here. dearthere's no other way to say this. it's over. i've found a permanent e

i would say that i've never seen a press corps really always on fabulous terms with the press secretary. it was the nature of the relationship is always going to be one that can be respectful but often adversarial in the interest in upholding the first amendment. the problems arise for trump and his team when there is not consistent answers for big breaking news items, call me being a great example of that. as someone who worked for a governor, works for janitorsnneg and making sure your communication team have the right message consistently from the start alleviates a lot of the issues that he had this week that led him to say he get read of the press briefings. kelly: ashley, let's be clear here. he's not the first president to have a somewhat described herself as being in a hostile relationship. we saw with president obama obama and even george bush who won 82 days without a news conference with the media and then you have president nixon who didn't want a press secretary at all because of the contentious relationship. what you say about this and moving forward? >> they have been a t

it is in the press briefing room. all of the media are allowed to go in. it's an open press event.lked through the room. it is completely packed. i was hardly able to get out the door because there is so much press there. there are a number of different reporters from a wide variety of outlets. they will have several questions for the national security advisor. did president trump disclose classified, highly sensitive information to the foreign adversary during his meeting last week? vonnie: we bring in robert levinson. he was an intelligence officer for 20 years and year force. robert, if you hear your commander-in-chief speaking like this, as a member of the air force for 20 years, what you think? robert: i think there is some concern anytime you're sharing sensitive intelligence that came from an ally. how are they going to feel about this? was this a deliberate thing? was it clear with the ally? it sounds like from the reporting this was an offhand, not very well thought through thing. that is a great concern to people in the intelligence community. vonnie: are there levels of

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do you watch bill belichick give a press conference? no.ove him. >> i think sean, you get the press all these bites at the apple instead they should just go out there and do their work. i always thought that a lot of these white house reporters should spend more time outside of the white house grounds. go report on america and talk about the country. do you really need all of these reporters at the white house sitting around all day and hoping that they get a crumb thrown to them about what is happening on the inside? i think it is all too much. they should continue the rotating questions from reporters who were outside washington. there is no need to do these every day. it should only be on an as-needed basis. >> sean: certain things we have to remember here that i want you to comment on. we know they colluded with wikileaks and hillary clinton. we know they are biased. we watch these questions, they are clear gotcha questions. there is no fidelity it seems to serve the american people and actually get to the truth, which is why they won't

deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders was pressed about the inconsistency in the briefing room today. >> i certainly heard from a large number of individuals, and that's just myself. and i don't even know that many people in the fbi. >> you said now today and i think you said again yesterday that you personally have talked to countless fbi officials, employees, since this happened. >> correct. >> i mean really? >> so are we talking -- >> between like e-mail, text messages, absolutely. >> 50? >> yes. >> 60? 70? >> look, we're not going to get into a numbers game. i mean i have heard from a large number of individuals that work at the fbi that said that they're very happy with the president's decision. >> what do we define as countless? "the new york times" reporter you saw asking the questions in the briefing room there. michael schear is here with us tonight. we are awful happy to have him. nicolle wallace has been asked to stay behind so she can represent the other side in the communications shop. michael, what has this done where the challenges of your job are concerned, like

limiting the press is not good. we have, at our core, american democracy is a robust press. the daily press briefings or having a lack of credibility on the part of your spokespersons and press secretaries, is really detrimental to our american democracy. i think we need to do a better job. >> real quickly. this is in the report. the campaign manager prowsed to friends that he was forced to absorb all the criticisms. mr. trump, he told two people close to him, had ordered him to do it. but placed the blame on mr mr. lewandowski when people complained about it. he's been loyal to this president. what does that tell you? >> it tells me he's been beat up in the process of promoting the candidate and backing the president. and the loyalty doesn't run both ways. he likes to say that it will but it runs towards you in the form of your paycheck. but he's going to throw you under the bus if that's convenient. that's what lewandowski is speaking to. >> thank you. >>> when we come back, the russia investigation moving forward, despite comey's dismissal. we'll tell you what's ahead. ,

we'll have a press conference.nd i'll bring the s'mores. >> jay is laughing at you. that's good. we got a laugh. >> always a pleasure. thank you so very much. >> yeah. >> coming up next, nba hall of famer and personal friend charles barkley talked to me about his new series on race in america, and we also talked about president trump and why he says he respects the president but says, my goodness, every day is a wild ride. also this. a moment to honor two cnn heros who joined forces to help women in greek refugee camps. their project uses the life vests that refugees wore on their journey. >> the project is making welcome mats from the life vests, so they are weaving these, getting paid to weave them, and we're going to sell these in the u.s., and the ideaed is that we are laying down the welcome mat for them. >> they are done! >> we can do so much better in welcoming people to our country. this is a direct way to give empowerment and hope in something as simple as purchasing a mat. >> love that. find out how you c

trump loves the press briefings and is obsessed with the media. just cutting them completely out is not something they see as being realistic. the white house correspondent association also said that these press briefings, whether accurate or not, are extremely important because they hold the white house accountable. again, it is trump. who knows what he is going to do. doesn't seem like it is something he is going to enforce any time soon really, i don't think so at least. >> sylvia bore elly, pleasure to have you live in london. thank you. >> thing. >>> still ahead on newsroom, called ransomware. only gives you the computer back if you pay up. attacks in 99 countries at least. that and more when newsroom returns. wish your skin could bounce back like it used to? neutrogena hydro boost water gel. with hyaluronic acid it plumps skin cells with intense hydration and locks it in. for supple, hydrated skin. hydro boost. from neutrogena when i feel controlled by frequent, unpredictable abdominal pain or discomfort and diarrhea. i tried lifestyle chang

with him saying maybe i can possibly get rid of press briefings altogether which by the way, press briefings have been happening at the isaacs of america since 1910. >> alex: i personally don't think you should get rid of press briefings. he certainly is gun shy because the media is relentless in their not letting up on him no matter what happens. he could cure cancer tomorrow and say what was he doing last week? they don't cut him any slack. i can see why he is basically saying what's the point? i'm never going to get any honest coverage. that being said, the press briefings are not as much for the reporters. therefore americans, the rest of america to hear his viewpoint. not all reporters are against him. i don't think you should cancel press briefings, but i certainly understand why he feels that way. >> meghan: harris, you've been and a journalist your entire adult life. what you make of the idea that we could get rid of this after 100 years? >> harris: i don't take this as a warning shot across the bow. what i hear him saying is let's weigh the fact that we are trying to get accuracy an

the public has always thought that the press is to basis. there is also this paradox to grapple with. how can people say they value privacy and be so willing to disclose personal fax? how can the public claim to be outraged by publications like gawker and yet they draw in millions of viewers. there are many interesting legal and cultural questions around gauging public attitude toward privacy. ultimately, the range and diversity of those feelings is a challenge. the and, i will say that as a historian and lawyer, the real action is where do we go from our? how can we resolve very deep conflicts between privacy and free expression and how might history inform the choices that we need to make today? i wonder if we are at it critical moment like the 1960's when both personal, privacy and press freedom presented themselves as values of critical importance. i wonder what choices we will make today. thank you. [applause] >> thank you to my cup panelists. this has already been such an interesting counterpoint on privacy. i will try to add to it by