press sec. sanders: good afternoon. it is friday. come on, guys. don't let brian show you up. i know there is more spirit out there. as many of you saw last night, the senate adopted a budget resolution. this is another milestone for tax reform and sets the stage for us to pass major tax cuts that will deliver more jobs and higher wages for hard-working americans all over the country. many of you have seen today that the first lady donated the gown she wore to the inaugural ball to the smithsonian's national museum of american history. in her speech, she mentioned that leading up to inauguration day, everyone was so busy getting ready that the dress designer ended up only having two weeks to work on the design and create the dress. it obviously came together, and the first lady is excited to take part in the rich tradition of first ladies contributing to and maintaining our great history. by the way, if you have not visited they smithsonian's exhibit of first lady dresses, you certainly should t

the foreign press. we get concerned about that. journalists who are operating in mexico, where domestic journalists are assassinated on a regular basis. journalists in venezuela, where they are imprisoned on a regular basis. we are concerned about the security of our people who operate in those environments. we do have people who advise us, experts who advise us on security. we keep track of our journalists movements so we know where they are. marvin: if one of them was kidnapped and you had a ransom request of $5 million, would you pay it? marty: these are hypotheticals that we would never discuss as to what we would do and how we would respond as to anything of that sort. i am not going to discuss that. marvin: ok. one student from the university of oklahoma, who is with us tonight, asked me to ask you this question, this wonderful question. she wanted to know that we are all going through a temporary phase in our american democracy with president trump, and when he leaves office, whenever that be, we

i think you saw to undefined the press, -- undermine the press. i think an attempt to appeal to his base by making the press look like it's not fair and by making, by turning the press sorted into a punching bag. i think over the long haul if you tell the truth, if you're accurate, if you are aggressive and fair and hold onto your principles, i think in the end that's the only way you can cover him. >> marty, i'm sure you agree with all that. the question i'm getting at, trying to get at is this president has a way, a very skillful way, of dominating the environment. he's all over the place and he does that with his tweets picky does that with his personality, his style. how do you keep up with that kind of domination of the environment? do you have enough reporters? do you have to stick to your basic rules asking was saying before and still be able to cover him? >> well, i think so. i agree with the dean. we have new ways of publishing. we publish at a greater speed. we publish not just with four hours a day seven days a week but now we have to p

president has given so much press availability for himself, we are waiting for that white house press briefing to start. when i mention will be the budget passing overnight for the republicans, no doubt that will be asked about and a host of other things. that wraps of "outnumber overtime." i'm harris. here's dana. >> dana: this is a fox news alert as we await the white house briefing. president trump getting a chance to advance his agenda after the senate passes a budget, setting the stage for one of his major campaign promises, tax reform. hello, everyone, i'm dana perino live from washington today, and this is "the daily briefing." ♪ >> dana: the vote last night was close, 51-49, after a marathon voting session on the senate floor. the bill's passage cannot allow republicans to overhaul the tax code without any support from democrats. republican senator tim scott of south carolina served on the finance committee and that was quite an impressive thing for the republicans to do last night. there haven't been that many victory so far this year. as far as this goes, i think it is extre

press does its job vietnam, watergate, press didn't build up to the iraq war, i think when the press does its job and is aggressive, if it holds onto its values i think history is filled with examples of where it comes back. i think as long as you get it right, as long as you stand up to power, as long as you aggressively question, as long as you hold onto all of that, i don't think you lose. i think history is behind us. >> you don't feel neither one of you that the combination of taunt perhaps action against you it makes him more nervous. i think i'm with marty. the taunts and tweets have become background music. we don't even respond anymore. >> when i was covering lyndon johnson there were a couple of occasions he would call me on the phone, yell and curse and accuse me of all kinds of horrors. when they ended i was a shaken leaf. it was tough. does anything resemble you? >> shouting, yes. >> not just shouting or anything like that that i'm aware of. you don't need an enemy's list. >> not aware of anything. so even ton the national securiy story. >> i don't have any evidence that

about the press, i guess. anybody want to start that one? [laughter] >> i will say something. thatnk one of the things almost all of these individuals did after the war, and i will be happy to hear exceptions, is try to preserve their reputations. they lined up testimonials, if you would, not only from the people they fought with, but the people they fought against. it was very import for joe johnston, sam's best friend, to have sherman tell the press how joe johnston was such a oe. icult f they actually came -- became friends. there are pictures of them going through maps and asking why they did things. if each can make the other be accepted as a military genius, think how much better that makes them look? sherman because he be a military genius and johnstons excuse that i said up to a military genius. also that they went out and found testimonials from friends and allies of the don't you agree that i was right at this location and the other guy was wrong? things.lected these samet showed us letters yesterday

we expect the press the press to play that role of accountability. i cannot speak to the debate that goes on, but someone has to ask. -- the press is being partisan on one side or the other. the stakes are huge because there is such disagreement about what was a problem and what the outcomes are. polarizingntensely election. a lot of big claims made and a lot of promises made. it is the role of the press to hold them accountable for what promises are being made. president has used the press. he has tapped in by doing that integrate a deep well of resentment among many people in the country who believe that the press is biased against all republicans. if you are a liberal, everything you say is truth. if you're a republican, everything you say is a lie. bush's it was george second inauguration. donald trump came up to me and said he people do not know what is going on in my part of america. you tell what is going on in the center part of the country. comeattitude is going to home to roost. it took a while, but it came home to roost in 2016. i went to

of a larger press. when you're covering the legislation, the state department, the defense department, other places. that whole package, it does not start and stop with us. it's a huge ecosystem of people. last year the wca gave an award to someone from "the washington post" who is not in the press corps. it's important to take a broader few than the narrow feuding between the press corps andin t white house. i think a lot of the fights in previous administrations you probably didn't see. i can guarantee you, i went nose to nose with people who had sarah's job before.sy let me try to think, i think i asked one whether they were psycho or just stupid. >> i'm glad we haven't gone there yet. >> i like the yet.ti >> you're saying there's a chance.on >> yeah, i mean the question is whether that figure that you cite, that sarah cited is the result of thee extreemgly different nature of the administration or whether it's a built-in hostility against the administration. i'm not sure how to weigh those two thing

he saw the press as something he could use. those of us in the press would like to admit. he knew part of it was communicating for the press. and the communications, he would have a one hour kind of -- he would prepare for that. he came on and said it in a way people could understand, had enormous influence and really good at -- trump has so much trouble they brought john kelly as chief of staff and all of that, baker was a master of that, had the thing organized, and niece who was reagan's close friend thought he was going to be chief of staff and next thing you know reagan picked jim baker as chief of staff which was out of left field. >>) of his. >> exactly. he had that thing organized to decide what is the story of the day and focused on that. a way to present reagan at his best, reagan was not dumb and i never thought that. what ronald reagan knew was what he stood for in general terms. he knew who he was and when things weren't going right he sensed that, a huge role in that. kind of the best of all hollywood wives and what he didn't have time to. baker was a terrifi

we expect the press the press to play that role of accountability. i cannot speak to the debate that goes on, but someone has to ask. -- the press is being partisan on one side or the other. the stakes are huge because there is such disagreement about what was a problem and what the outcomes are. polarizingntensely election. a lot of big claims made and a lot of promises made. it is the role of the press to hold them accountable for what promises are being made. president has used the press. he has tapped in by doing that integrate a deep well of resentment among many people in the country who believe that the press is biased against all republicans. if you are a liberal, everything you say is truth. if you're a republican, everything you say is a lie. bush's it was george second inauguration. donald trump came up to me and said he people do not know what is going on in my part of america. you tell what is going on in the center part of the country. comeattitude is going to home to roost. it took a while, but it came home to roost in 2016. i went to

i've been around press and working politics my entire life. i've never experienced the level of hostility that i think we see day today. >> on the day of the las vegas massacre, that was the first day of my new show the daily briefing.so we will cover in your briefing and ari fleischer, was on is my guess. and we watched you. >> the memory of those that display the ultimate expression of love i miss in unimaginable act of hate -- quits showing that emotion was important and does not always to do the podium. >> i think you want to project strength certainly from an administration standpoint but i think at that moment, the country was broken. and i felt like it was an appropriate time ever, to show the emotion of that situation. the biggest thing that i wanted to do was talk about the spirit of our country. and i wanted to make sure to communicate that. >> like me, your student body president. but unlike me, you come from a political family. do you think you ever see yourself running for office? >> i don't think so. like i said, i never like to

trump and the press. here's what he had to say. one of his frustrations is you, all of you. not all of you but many of you. guy, but when i read in the morning, i watch tv in the morning, it is astounding to me how much is misreported. i will give you the benefit of the doubt that you are operating ,ff of context, leaks, whatever but i would offer to you the advice -- maybe develop better sources. some person that works way down inside an office -- just develop some better sources. host: floyd abrams, what did you think about those comments? the press would be delighted to have general kelly as a source. people gather news as best they can from people who hopefully are knowledgeable about what goes on. certainly, the press deserves criticism when it publishes material that is not true. time, what happens in the white house is so , it bears so directly on our lives and on world peace and on our economy, on our children and the like that we want an aggressive and intrusive press to do their best all the tim

, we will air an oral history interview with photojournalist frank johnston, who worked for united press international in the 1960's and for the "washington post" 35 years. we will see his photos and talk about his career covering the vietnam war, jonestown massacre, and the events in texas following president kennedy's assassination. the briscoe center for american history at the university of texas archived his photos and those of other nationally recognized photographers. next, we learn more about this collection from the center's executive director. >> on the phone with us here on american history tv is dr. don carleton, executive director of the university of texas at austin's dolph briscoe center for american history. thank you for speaking with us. >> delighted to be here. >> why was it important to create a photojournalism collection? dr. carleton: well, news and documentary photography, while the intent is to record the news, also produces valuable historic evidence. these are visual documents that can be read just like a diary or a letter or any text or artifact. so we wanted t

it's the job of the press to be a critic and to -- and that's the role of the press. that's why the first amendment protects the press because that is exactly what the media should be doing. and the current president's judgment, everything he doesn't like that the press reports is fake news. and that's just a misunderstanding of our government. >> just so our viewers have a proper roll of what the fcc plays, wla should it be? i guess you're looking for certain standards to be held up for decency, for mall las. what are the things you could have gotten involved in as the chair of the fcc? >> well, the fundamental point of the law creating the fcc is that broadcasters should serve the public interest. the public interest. not the private interest. and the public interest means that journalists should cover the news, critique things as they wish. but try to be as fair as possible. that's the fundamental point. but if the public interest is taken by the bait and criticism and nurture and change.

we expect the press the press to play that role of accountability. i cannot speak to the debate that goes on, but someone has to ask. -- the press is being partisan on one side or the other. the stakes are huge because there is such disagreement about what was a problem and what the outcomes are. polarizingntensely election. a lot of big claims made and a lot of promises made. it is the role of the press to hold them accountable for what promises are being made. president has used the press. he has tapped in by doing that integrate a deep well of resentment among many people in the country who believe that the press is biased against all republicans. if you are a liberal, everything you say is truth. if you're a republican, everything you say is a lie. bush's it was george second inauguration. donald trump came up to me and said he people do not know what is going on in my part of america. you tell what is going on in the center part of the country. comeattitude is going to home to roost. it took a while, but it came home to roost in 2016. i went to

the reason why heads of state try to attach down on the press and try to replace the free press withs so that they can margin eyes dissenting voices so they can hog the middle and make criticism seem irrelevant. it's a very good thing that that hasn't happened yet. what you've shown is just one little reminder of what it wouldn't be like if we didn't have that. >> i want to ask you about what we are focusing on today. today's news about this grand jury indictment related to the special counsel investigation that's focused on the president and his campaign and obstruction of justice potentially. you know, it has come up the idea of the president either pardoning people who may be indicted and or even firing the special counsel. what do you make of this? >> this is one more reason why it's very important we have a free press. when you're facing a constitutional crisis with unprecedented problems, it's a very good thing we're free to discuss it. one unprecedented problem is that a foreign nation interfered in our elections, interfered directly in our sovereignty. we're still getting use

system and part of that was communicating to the press. and with his assistant for communications that they might have a one hour mock court where they would prepare for that. but he said that in a way that people could understand with an enormous influence that trump is having so much trouble john kelly is the chief of staff the baker was a master. he got back to organized bed ed meese thought he would be the chief unstaffed the bin they picked jeff baker to be his chief of staff. >> but he had that thing organized and they would get together to decide but would be the story of the day and they would focus on that. so they had a very good ability to present reagan and his very best. reagan was not done. what ronald reagan knew is what he stood for in general terms he was very comfortable in his own skin and knew who he was. with things were not going right he was since the act and his wife played a huge role in that. she was the best of all hollywood wives italy's had his back and would keep in touch but i think baker was a terrific polit

for the president's press secretary to step up to the lectern. the president now poised to decertify our role in -- sarah sanders just walked up. would you forgive me? we are going to have you back. thank you. the white house press briefing getting underway now, let's watch together. >> secretary sanders: at 12:45 tomorrow, the president will deliver remarks announcing the strategy to the country. further details on both of those events will be forthcoming. until then, i know you guys have a lot of questions and although i really enjoy answering them every single day, especially you e more serious policy focused questions we tend to ask in here, i thought it would be nice since we are at the white house and we have the option of calling in the marines, we may call in one of our favorites, general kelly. i am going to turn it over to the chief of staff and let him make some opening comments and answer your questions. our team will be around later this afternoon to answer any further questions. >> good afternoon, great to be here. a couple of comme

listening to the press conference, the police press conference, the police press conference at las vegas, and a number of officials. it is interesting, limited in the details that they can provide and in fact spending most of the tame considering the multitude of practical challenges that this attack has thrown up. including putting those at the concert back in touch with property and how to deal with donations, pouring in. the police said that they cannot cope and evaded details. we will bring you the most significant parts. thank you forjoining me for outside source. decides las vegas we will keep you up—to—date on the other stories of the day. there has been a general strike in catalonia, huge crowds protesting the police violence during sunday's independence referendum, a referendum on the spanish constitutional courts say shouldn't have happened. earlier the king of spain addressed the nation. translation: these authorities have ina translation: these authorities have in a decisive weight placed themselves outside of the law and democracy. they wanted to break spain's unity. we now

gone up because of the work that the press is doing. of the kind of work that's taking place here in our newsroom. and -- but that doesn't -- you may think it's failed but i'm not sure they think it's failed and i think they believe this is something that appeals to the president's base of supporters. >> it's not something talk about in the past tense because it is ongoing, it's not something that's ending, it's something that president is continuing to do. >> it happens every day. almost become like background music to the work we do every day. >> have you tuned it out a bit? >> a bit yes, as a matter of fact. it's become kind of like background music. we know that he's going to say it pretty much every day, maybe every other day, but it's -- we just know that this is part of the environment in which we're operating these days. >> seems to me there's a handful of big news rooms that have focused on trump and russia and russian interference. "new york times," "washington post," cnn, i think i would add "the wall street journal" what hav

she asked him and pressed him on that? an nbc owned network. >> it was the elephant in the room and she didn't let it go. i will play one piece of audio. there's a dispute about how many they had, this model said she was groped by harvey weinstein the day before. she wore a wire in a new york police thing. let's listen. >> if you want to leave when he comes. [inaudible] you used to that? i'm not used to that. >> with your permission. please. >> no. >> he admits the groping on the tape. how is that by itself not a story. >> i don't know what they were thinking when he's the kind of prosecutor, adding on to what i was talking about, they also got spooked on the "access hollywood" tape so clearly there are some problems at the top at nbc with their decision to not go forward with these huge stories and stories the american people need to hear about whether it's the president for someone who is running hollywood. >> i work at both nbc and cnn. both of their news department for the "access hollywood" tape, i don't know that we

he knew part of that was communicating in the press. if he was going to be on face the nation he would have a mock court or something where he was prepared for that. he had an enormous influence and was also very good at having so much they brought john kelly as the chief of staff and all of that. baker is a master of that and he wainfamous to close friend and bought that he would be the chief of staff. he picked him to be his chief of staff. >> host: a friend of his primary. >> guest: exactly. he had it organized down and they would get together every morning to decide what would keep the story of the day and then they focus on that and have a very good ability to present him at his past. he knew what he stood for and was comfortable in his own skin and he knew who he was. when things were not going right, he sensed that and his wife played a huge role in that. she was the best of all hollywood lives and always had his back and was always keeping in touch with things he didn't have time to but i think baker was a terrific politician in

we were covering her briefing and a former press secretary was on is my guest.d you. >> the memory of those who display the ultimate expression of love in the midst of an unimaginable active fate will never fade. >> showing that emotion was important and it's not always easy to do at the podium. >> you want to i think project strength certainly from an administration standpoint, but i think at that moment the country was broken, and i felt like it was an appropriate time as ever to show the emotion of that situation. the biggest thing i wanted to do was talk about the spirit of our country. i wanted to make sure to communicate that. >> like me, you are student body president, but unlike me, you come from a political family. do you think you would ever see yourself running for office? >> i don't think so. >> there's an opening. >> i never like to say never because it will come back to bite you. every time i think i have a perfect plan for my life, god tells me otherwise. i never really envisioned sitting here having this conversation with you, not even as far bac

made. >> they do believe the press is bias. if you're a liberal, everything you say is truth and if you're a republican, everything you say is a lie. when i was with cbs years ago, i think it was at george bush's second inauguration. trent lock came up to me and representative of cbs at the time. he said, you people don't know what's going on in my part of america. you tell what's going on in the two coasts and you ignore the center part of the country. one of these days that attitude is going to come home to roost. it took a while but it came home to roost in 2016. i went to so many campaign events in so many little towns and big towns across america. when president trump singled out the media, he had the entire room with him. it got to the point where i became worried that perhaps some people were going to become violent against members of the press which is something that should never happen in this country. we see that in dictatorships, in places of the world that are very, very dark corners. that should never happen in the

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they put it down and the press leave. the fish was one that ray hat caught months before and had mounted. and so, they just raised up this mounted fish so the press could take a picture of it so they would go away so they could be left alone, so they could go do their fishing. actually, i think that photo was in the book. if you look closely at the fish you can see the block on the bottom left side of the fish. in terms of like day-to-day activities, he always jogged, loves to play horseshoes. >> in one of your photos in the exhibit is of him playing horseshoes. >> right, yeah. he would always get -- he had the prime minister of japan, he had queen elizabeth, she actually never through a horseshoe. borrish -- >> why didn't she throe a horseshoe? >> well she brought some silver stilt horseshoes, she just didn't play. but that was a lot of fun. we were actually

independent press says they're false. fear mongering. absurd. ralph northam went to vmi and was an army doctor for eight years. in richmond, dr. northam helped pass longer sentences for gang members and mandatory life sentences for violent sexual predators. candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad because i'm a pediatrician, and for ed gillespie to say i would tolerate anyone hurting a child is despicable. >> the two \led\leading candidates in the race for governor for virginia are receiving record of amount of cash in these final days before the campaign or before the election. campaign finance reports late monday show republican ed gillespie and disem ralph northam combined to race $20 million before october 26. northam raised $11 million and gillespie # down with an in-depth interview with ed gillesp. talk about how things turned a little nasty and also the trump affect reporter roar there's a lot of ground to discover here, but there's a shocking new attack ad put out tonight by a group called the large audience teen he ' victory fund

a remarkable moment in the white house press briefing.the baying of the white house press corp it seems the message wasn't taken. >> no it wasn't and it wasn't taken by this clown of a congresswoman with a nonsensical statement trying to undermine this four star general gold star general. i was going to write a piece on this today. i didn't have to because of this incredible press conference. i didn't listen in on that call, which know exactly what the president said because i have heard him say it a dozen times. i have heard it say it to 18 green berets i personally brought into the office to meet the commander-in-chief. he always says the same thing. your commitment to this nation. your decision to put on the cloth of the rough is all the more amazing and to be recognized because you do so willingly. you made this choice. you are not a hero by accident or circumstance. you sound up to be a soldier, marine, airman, coast guard. that's what the president said. i dearly hope the general put this to rest today. but beating in press has done

the new york city police are about to hold a press briefing. l we'll bring it to you live here on fox5 when that happens. women come back, fivement. twenty-one right now, and in new york city we are awaiting the beginning of a press conference with new york city otions, the police and the gorchor after the attack that happened in new york city president it's just about to begin. the latest as to what we know is that six people are confirmed dead on that bike path . many more other people have been injured as well. they're getting ready to brief us here any moment nowment but it's been, you know, quite a day of course on halloween unfortunately. about to speak, this is commissioner james o'neill. mere we go. a little more than two hours ago. all the information that we're giving you right now is preliminary and subject to change. after i speak you're going to hear from and mayor did i bass blast oh. members of my executive staff. we have sigh vance and members of the state police. first i just want to say that today there was a lost of innocent

they put it down and the press leave. the fish was one that ray had caught months before and had mounted. so, they just raised up this mounted fish so the press could take a picture and go away so they could be left alone to do their fishing. i think that photo was in the book. if you look closely at the fish you can see the block on the bottom left side of the fish. in terms of like day-to-day activities, he always -- he always job gged, loved to play or shoes. he would always get, he had the prime minister of japan, queen elizabeth, she actually never through a horseshoe. that was a lot of fun. davide actually at camp one time with president gorbachev, they were having some high-level meetings and they took a break. his interpreter decided to go for a walk on the grounds of camp david. i will follow them and see where they go and see what they do. they come across the horseshoe pit. it is gorbachev and his interpreters. they are discussing what it is. i explain that it is a game. you take the horseshoe and throw it. gor

but the overargeing thing is this threat to the free press.n that's what is printed and reported on air is true and accurate and verifiable and backed up by reporting. any credible news organization has international controls to share that's what they want. if you listen to the president, whether it's good or bad for him. not necessarily true. that's the real issue. he's fighting over unflattering coverage, even if it's truthful. that's not what any government person is entitled to. >> he made several false statements next to a member of the media who sat there and grinned and left it all unchecked. so there are problems with the networks. e he put them on display, but he won't like this piece coming out from vanity fair. as a result, the 25th amendment was trending throughout the day on twitter, which is astonishing. whooers wh here's what the claims are from this piece. related to claims made by steve bann bannon. the president asked what the 25th amendment. he thinks trump has a 30% chance of making it the full term. this is stunning stuff.

but we can. >>> still ahead, the president versus the press. >> it's frankly disgusting the way the presss able to write whatever they want to write. and people should look into it. >> as you know i have a running war with the media. they are among the most dishonest human beings on earth. >> fake news. a totally phony story. >> thank you very much. it was made up, made up by nbc. they just made it up. aturally b, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory. the secret is an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember. we're on a mission to show drip coffee drinkers, it's time to wake up to keurig. wakey! wakey! rise and shine! oh my gosh! how are you? well watch this. i pop that in there. press brew. that's it. so rich. i love it. that's why you should be a keurig man! full-bodied. are you sure you're describing the coffee and not me? >>> welcome back. president trump isn't the f

the book and the story the associated negro press is the other book you will be discussing. hopefully we will have him back in a couple of months. he usually comes back for the pan african film festival. he has more books coming out january i think and they are passing out flyers.as you know he is a professor of history at the university of houston. he received his law degree at cal state or university of california at berkeley and a phd in history which he has used extensive effect from columbia university. please welcome, dr. gerald horne. [applause] [inaudible] >> thank you very much introduction. it is always a pleasure to be in los angeles given more to be in eso won books. my favorite bookstore. [applause] this will be dcjcvu all over again. the last time that i was here, i was talking about this book, the counterrevolution 1776. at the time went down on my knees apologize to black people, indigenous people, progressive people the transfer shift?the incompetence, the mouth, the historians have inflicted on many of the struggles and not able to tell us how we cut to thi

all politicians need to be pressed on issues but when there is such an inconsistency to how they presserican people are seeing, some of these stories are fake news. the source never wants to go on record, some of it isn't proven. that is what the president is talking about the american people agree. rob: the first amendment and free press is why we live in such a free country, we don't have an oppressive regime ruling us. taking away the media is scary to everybody. >> that is also a problem. rob: now we go to janice dean who is going to do this. >> if i look like janice dean i am thrilled. janice on the east coast feeling like fall but out with dealing with major problems. >> we are dealing with fire danger, explosive expansion of fires because of the wind. red flag warnings for millions of folks including in northern california, central california and southern california, those offshore windss returning. the onshore winds get moisture into this area but offshore winds gust fast-moving winds through the valleys and canyons and heat things up and the potential for explosive fire danger

photographers who have placed their archives with us and we've co publish would the university of texas press based exclusively on our photographic holdings. >> now, how did you select the photographers you've decided to include in the collection? >> well, we have a very extensive holding and congressional history in particular because we had the sam rayburn and garner and the papers of nearly 70 former members of congress. so one of the things we wanted to focus on were photographers in d.c. we were particularly interested in those who cover the white house and so forth and so it it was obvious to us who the leading photographers have been in the post world war ii era that have been covering politics and that's one of the criteria we yauzed as we selected and really picked and choosed who we thought were the best. >> what prompted you to interview the videos you did with the photographers? >> we did a major exhibition called news to history about three or four years ago. and that exhibit show cased everyone of the photographers whose collections are here with us. we had the exhibit in the lb

lawmakers are now pressing for more information. are they satisfied with what defense secretary james mattis told them today? >>> rushing off bush. the white house faces new questions about the sharp rebuke of the trump presidency by former president george w. bush. he denounced many of president trump's policies and behaviors without mentioning him by name. why does the white house now say the former president wasn't talking about the current one? >>> and laughing it off. how speaker paul ryan roasts president trump, making light of controversies he usually doesn't address, including the president's insults, his twitter habits, and more. was ryan revealing his true feelings under the guise of humor? >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news tonight, white house efforts to quash the controversy over president trump's condolence call to a gold star widow have thrown fuel on the fire instead.

well that appears to be the end of that particular press briefing we were. listening to the whole of it we missed the beginning here on on i was it will let you know what was said at the beginning of that press briefing in the next few minutes but rex tillerson now the u.s. secretary of state about to board a plane this press briefing taking place at the airport in riyadh he's about to board a plane from doha qatar where he will be meeting with the mayor of cattle and they'll both be speaking to the media following them meetings a little later today let's bring it down to zero. senior political analyst now and bashara who is watching that for us in london. we are watching carefully for what rex tillerson has to say and the body language in involved what do you make of what you saw. well i have some good news for you i actually was listening to the press conference from the beginning there's an interest in arabic. and so i can report as it where. the emphasis in the beginning from rector soon wear on iraq and saudi arabia if you remember this visit has come i

rex tillerson giving a press conference. and after all of that, he went out in that press conference and pointedly and deliberately did not deny calling the president a moron. nbc news reports that the secretary's refusal to deny that he had called the president a moron in his opening statement and in his responses to questions from reporters stoked trump's anger and widened the rift between the two men officials said. and here is a picture of that rift. here is the president in las vegas yesterday. acting as if he wasn't bothered at all. by rex tillerson and the president is a moron story. >> i'm very honored by his comments. it was fake news. it was made up. made up by nbc. they just made it up. thank you so much. total confidence in rex. i have total confidence. thank you very much, everybody. >> after watching the secretary's response wednesday, one white house official said when tillerson didn't deny it, i assumed it was true. tonight, the president made some of the most bizarre comments he has ever made to the news med

i said it was rare, i cannot think of a press c0 nfe re nce said it was rare, i cannot think of a presscent months? the interesting thing there have been stories about rex tillerson being unhappy with the president over the last few months, i think that something different about the story will be rex tillerson apparently calling donald trump a moron, i think it touched a nerve in the white house, donald trump was tweeting before rex tillerson's press c0 nfe re nce , tweeting before rex tillerson's press conference, saying there was fa ke press conference, saying there was fake news circulating around. during the press conference, rex tillerson said that donald trump was smart. and the twitter feed stated that rex tillerson had totally exposed the story as being bogus. and said the same thing in the comments to reporters in las vegas. that there should be an apology and a made up the story. and what instigated, donald trump is sensitive to insults to his intellect, somewhat over the top and didn't warrant that kind of response. the quality of information coming from the trump administrat

lawmakers are now pressing for more information. are they satisfied with what defense secretary james mattis told them today? >>> rushing off bush. the white house faces new questions about the sharp rebuke of the trump presidency by former president george w. bush. he denounced many of president trump's policies and behaviors without mentioning him by

they did a press conference similar to the one we saw this week in march. elapsed, six months you got a feeling that the ranking members needed to give an update to the press and the american people. that said, a lot of the deliveries we got mainly from reached aurr, we conclusion in this area, but that is not to say we will not someck and do more if piece of evidence should come forth. for example, one of the big items is the comey investigation. it is at an end, but it is not closed. host: the reason why he was fired? is that what you're talking about? guest: a little bit. some of the comey investigation, more having to do with the russia meddling. he was cleared to reporters, if you are interested in the president's firing of james comey, i would urge you to direct us weapons to the special counsel. as we both know, the special counsel is very tightlipped. we will not get anything there. a lot of what we heard from the chairman, where do things stand, we have reached a conclusion in this area, but we are open to continuing. host: we're talking about the