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one other fact check for sarah huckabee sanders. she said that the russia probe was started by the dossier. it was not started by the dossier. the trump administration keeps trying to say this, or the white house keeps trying to say this and donald trump's supporters keep trying to say this. as far as we know, the trump investigation -- or the russia investigation and the investigation into the trump campaign started when george papadopoulos told an australian diplomat that russia had dirt on hillary clinton. that came before the dossier. that came in april, if i'm correct. >> absolutely right. >> thank you very much. it is 11:00 a.m. out west and 2:00 p.m. in washington where today the president's lawyers are scrambling to clarify his tweets. it is unusual since the president's lawyers don't respond so quickly to clarify anything, he says, which makes you wonder if the tweet in question got them worried. in a series of official presidential statements, remember the white house has called his tweets official statements, trump called

was it a conversation the back and forth between sarah huckabee sanders and jim. jim was saying can you stand up there and say, now, press is not the enemy of the people which is what we've heard over and over from this president. we've just heard that ivanka trump has said no they are not. only now. i would love to hear you weigh in on that. >> she nailed it when she talked about how this is really serving putin's interest because as dan coats said there's a pervasive message campaign designed to divide and weaken americans and guess what? donald trump is the most important player in that pervasive campaign whether consciously or unconsciously that's exactly what he's doing. he's dividing americans and weakening our institutions. he's attacking every pillar of our society that can stand as a check and balance upon his misbehavior starting with the press and that very ugly display that jim acosta was subject to at that trump rally which seemed something like a regime from the 1930s. also trump, for example, on a daily basis attacks the integrity of the department

join the president the middle of march or all right that was the white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders the first briefing on twenty four hours after the president's former personal lawyer pleaded guilty to fraud charges and his former campaign manager was found guilty of fraud and gallagher has been following this as well from washington d.c. and the i guess and some ways. you could say she did what. you would expect deflected there were no huge confessions of any type but she was given a very pointed question that something that we discussed earlier that donald trump in the last of the last couple of hours has given an interview where he said he knew about the payments that michael cohen gave after the fact which completely contradicts actual audio tape and she still try to defer to the president's current personal lawyer how much long will that longer will that tactic work as this continues to grow that the white house is going to deflect from the white house to outside of the white house. i mean i don't know how effective that tactic can be long term but it was exactly what

but look, sarah huckabee sanders, mike huckabee's daughter, a god fearing woman, what does she say whensort of, you know, is she bargaining? because how can she be proud of this? how can she -- >> i don't know. that's something she has to live with. we care about what's happening to the national conversation, and to the safety of our democracy, and donny and susan, this is a strategy that works with the base, i believe. i saw her perfection for the base when i watched that briefing. >> yeah. look, without getting too, you know, high minded there are basically two pillars that protect our democracy. free elections and free press. and those are both obviously under assault. you know, what's scary is meacham mentioned a moment. trump is in a moment now. unfortunately the assault on the depression is not a momentary thing. even, thank goodness when trump is gone the combination of what he's left behind plus this little crater over here basically because we get information from so many places we forget what's the "new york times" or what's nbc versus what's some guy in his pajamas putting so

the last thing is this -- the reason that sarah huckabee sanders would not say that she wouldn't hear the tape, is because she's been paying attention the last 24 hours. she's doing what smart people do when they don't know the truth, she's hedging. she walked this mark burnett thing, mark burnett says there's no tape. i will not believe a single word of that tweet until mark burnett puts a statement out and says i had that conversation with donald trump. on the basis of everything we know about donald trump's lying, that tweet alleging this conversation with mark burnett, there's no basis which to believe it's true and nip more than a figment of president trump's imagination. >> that's an important point. how many times has sarah huckabee sanders hedged like that on something that's a fairly straightforward answer. on many numerous occasions, so many times that we couldn't even -- we would take up way too long with the show, she's had no problem just stating absolute nonsense. >> lying. >> outright lying. so the fact that she wants to hedge on that shows that she probably thinks ther

press secretary sarah huckabee sanders declines to answer whether she agrees with the president's phrase to describe members of the media, but first daughter ivanka trump isn't staying silent on the matter. good morning, everyone. it is friday, august 13th. i'm ayman mohyeldin along side yasmin vossoughian. >> a number of the top intelligence officials came together at the white house to deliver a surprise and united warning over the midterm elections. russia is still making efforts to interfere in the upcoming contest. the move was in contrast to president trump's general silence on the matter. nbc news national correspondent peter alexander has more for you. >> reporter: good morning to you. the best way to describe it was a show of force, a line-up we haven't seen since president trump took office. a white house adviser telling me the president instructed officials to tell americans what they're doing to defend america's election but raising the question why he hasn't said all of this himself. from america's top national security and intelligence officials, a united front, vowing to p

h white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders -- >> white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders said she never heard the president use that language. >> i can't guarantee anything but i can tell you the president addressed this question directly. i can tell you i never heard it. >> president trump took to twitter to criticize omarosa calling her a crazed crying low life and commended chief of staff john lly forithatog er. > a warning from the feds. h201 hackers are going after banks in a scheme known as a atm cash out. thieves are looking to swipe millions of dollars from atms around the world in hours. that is according to a report. the scam could involve a malware that is used to access customer information. >> hackers swarm into a bank, they disable the fraud controls and try to withdrawal money. atms all around, everywhere they can as much money as they can. >> the fbi has yet to make comment on this matter. >>> a mother calling for justice 12 years after her son was gunned down in san francisco. she hopes a new reward catchis r every year e visit the sight where her

sarah huckabee sanders announcing two hours ago we'll have a press briefing. a lot going on. remember, all this breaking news yesterday on michael cohen and paul manafort. these are former trump aides, campaign manager. markets are shrugging it off, the political drama. democrats are talking about impeachment. they're trying to get the house in november which gary was just talking about. we're seeing some running around, some of the aides running around at the podium. as soon as we get the press briefing underway we'll bring it to you. a quick break. we'll be back in two. or where y, you'll only pay $4.95. fidelity. open an account today. you shouldn't be rushed into booking a hotel. with expedia's add-on advantage, booking a flight unlocks discounts on select hotels until the day you leave for your trip. add-on advantage. only when you book with expedia. metastatic breast cancer is relentless, but i'm relentless too. mbc doesn't take a day off, and neither will i. and i treat my mbc with new everyday verzenio- cheryl: woe go now to the live to the white house. the press brie

we just heard from sarah huckabee sanders in her press briefing. how does the administration's response and posture take us forward? what is it ultimately going to mean for the president and for the markets the way they have approached this? >> i think you have to keep in mind his audience. his audience is his set of political supporters. i think this is a calculate ad strategy by the president. also i think there is a calculated move that as we get closer to the mid term elections he is seeking to gen up his base and increase turnout. he knows that he cannot appeal to nonsupporters. he has given up trying. he is not going to try. i think a lot of the tweeting, a lot of the press interviews that he gives and the rallies that we saw last night in charleston have a targeted audience which is get republican voters out. i think the markets are just shrugging their shoulders. they understand who he is talking to. he is not talking to them. they just don't care. >> stephanie, we do know investors are watching the mid term elections. does this change that

sarah huckabee sanders stands in front of the country and lies every day. you have to have your own back. >> reporter: for 15 years -- >> omarosa is a very nice person. >> reporter: -- her fame and career were intertwined with donald trump. now she expresses regret. >> it is hindsight. but i will say this to you. i was complicit with this white house deceiving this nation. >> reporter: she writes that she learned about a tape where mr. trump used the "n" word during production of "the apprentice," but she had not heard it herself. today she told "meet the press" she did after her book was completed. >> i heard his voice. >> you have heard the tape. >> i have heard the tape. >> since publication? >> reporter: she brought another tape of her own, a hidden recording when chief of staff fired her. >> this is a nonnegotiable discussion. >> reporter: facing questions about whether her actions were disloyal or even a security violation -- >> yes, i have to protect myself, and i have no regret about it. >> reporter: -- today kellyanne conway painted her former coll

here is sarah huckabee sanders. >> including by controlling access to it.ay in fulfilling that responsibility i have decided to revoke the security clearance of john brennan, former director of the central intelligence agency. historically, former heads of intelligence and law enforcement agencies have been allowed to retain access to classified information after their government service so they can consult with their successors regarding matters about which they may have special insights. neither of these justifications supports mr. brennan's continued access to classified information. first, at this point in my administration any benefits that senior officials might glean from consultations with mr. brennan are outweighed by the risks posed by his erratic conduct and behavior. second, that conduct and behavior has tested and far exceeded the limits of any professional courtesy that may have been due to him. mr. brennan has a history that calls into question his objectivity and credibility. in 2014, for example, he denied to congress that cia officials und

. >> hours earlier, sarah huckabee sanders refused to reject the president's framing of the media as, quote, enemy of the people. >> repeatedly, repeatedly the media resorts to personal attacks with any content other than to incite anger. >> the president should not refer to us as the enemy of the people. his own daughter acknowledges that and all i'm asking you to do is to acknowledge that right now and right here. >> i appreciate your passion. i share it. i've addressed this question. i've addressed my personal feelings. i'm here to speak on the behalf of the president. >> so what does sarah sanders predecessor think of the press? sean spicer answered that question at an event in san francisco tonight. kpix 5's andria borba was there. >> reporter: on stage at the commonwealth club with political reporter melissa kane was the man who became a meme and spoofed on "saturday night live." all for his job, the one and only sean spicer. who found out about melissa mccarthy's impression of him while getting his kids ready for mass. >> they were like, a million thoughts going through my head

the clearances of not only brennan but a few other prominent political figures now after that sarah huckabee sanders read out a list of names of who else was and can disagree and it included former f.b.i. director james comey a former director of national intelligence james clapper and a few others for apparently spreading rumors about russian collusion now trump also tweeted some indirect references to it later on but today sarah huckabee sanders a lab aerated on that a bit saying that the administration has also revoked clearances of other acts officials including james comey and peter struck who was just fired from the f.b.i. at least at least so immediate reaction so far has been pretty predictable so. if. that affects trunks future decisions. so it's come the u.n. peacekeepers are returning to the disputed gotten heights after the area's liberation from terrorist groups we'll have a look at the details on maps of the stories to just tough to break. on saturday irresponsible lobbyist accessing unlimited credit from an irresponsible federal reserve bank the infinite regress that you saw w

sarah huckabee stands in front of the country and lies every single day. you have to have your own back. >> reporter: for 15 years -- >> omarosa is a very nice person. >> reporter: her fame and career were intertwined with donald trump. now she expresses regret. >> it is hindsight, but i will say this to you, i was come police -- complicit. >> reporter: she learned about a tape where mr. trump used the n-word during the production of the apprentice, but she had not heard it herself. she told "meet the press" she did but only after her book was completed. >> i heard your voice. >> you heard the tape since publication? >> reporter: she brought another tape of her own to "meet the press," which she made when the chief of staff fired her last december. >> is the president aware of what's going on? >> let's not go down the road. this is a nonnegotiable discussion. >> yes, i have to protect myself and i have no regret about it. >> kellyanne conway putting her as an opportunist. >> the white house hit back hard, reacting to mangold union's appearance on "meet the

that is the question of the moment because you know sarah huckabee sanders repeatedly says in these kinds of press conferences when she's asked about these things you have to refer to the president outside counsel i think the american people at this point with these two court cases both making these two close aides of donald trump now convicted felons will not want to hear please refer to president trump's outside counsel they're going to want to hear some definitive answers most of all i think people will want to hear from president trump so far he's only spoken about paul matter for he said as a good man and then tried to distance himself from by naming all the other administrations that he'd worked for over the years but the fact is donald trump is in serious trouble now he's been named as a coconspirator in criminal charges but more importantly perhaps michael cohen is now said or his lawyer has said that this is a man who is now liberated to tell the truth to power and somebody who wants or is in his words happy to talk to special counsel robert muller about that investigation betwee

adjudicati juxtapose that from sarah huckabee sanders and the president it's almost like you have two foreign policies and trump trumps his own administration. think back to helsinki and what the president said or didn't say. it seems incongruous to what we just heard. >> that's why this is so important. we've seen mixed messages from the white house and the president himself. people are going to now look at that and then try to compare that to having these intelligence chiefs who spent their lives in public service working on these important issues standing there having the fbi director call out frush the podium of the white house and say they are a threat. again that continued confidence that the public needs to know. even if the white house will play politics with the issue they can find confidence in the intelligence community taking it seriously. >> gentlemen, thank you so much. with me now, the former attorney general under president george h. w. bush and the dean at belmont college of law and author of "true faith and allegiance." a pleasure to have you on, sir. welcome. >> tha

namely, has sarah huckabee sanders had an opportunity to go to the president and ask him if he used thatrd, if there is any tape of it. she couldn't guarantee it yesterday. can she guarantee it today? there is an easy out for the white house, that is simply for the white house to call on the producer, the owner of those tapes, to release those tapes and clarify this record once and for all. you can expect a lot of questions on that. a host of questions on what's happening with the manafort trial, what the back and forth is in terms of the next steps, what the president is going to say, what sarah huckabee sanders is going to say. and issues from turkey to china. we have seen sanders more this month than last. they have done four press briefings. i shouldn't say that's a big deal. we are midway through august and there has been four briefings. in july, only three. >> in the obama white house, unless they were traveling, you hear from the president. was there any surprise that they issued a correction on the african-american jobs? this is not a white house at any level that is known to bac

for showboating members of the press, that will be sarah huckabee sanders. host: jerry an independent -- in alabama, independent. caller: i hear about the fake news, all of the fake news, simple answer to simple solutions, reinstatement of the fairness doctrine. if the fairness doctrine was reinstated, the first two to go would be msnbc and fox news. they would be out of business because they are pure propaganda. reinstate the fairness doctrine and forget about fake news. guest: unfortunately, somebody -- a lot of these rules and laws sound great but somebody has to administer the fairness doctrine and that is the government. it did not work out as planned. i think we are facing a crisis in free speech. the left has control of mainstream media, hollywood, wall street, silicon valley, the schools, universities, you can go to tiny corners of the internet for facts. the social media companies are saying -- if i were advising the resistance, i would say you have to shut down gamer gate boys on twitter because that was a threat to the enterprise. host: how do you

the clearances of not only brennan but a few other prominent political figures now after that sarah huckabee sanders read out a list of names of who else was and can disagree and it included former f.b.i. director james comey a former director of national intelligence james clapper and a few others for apparently spreading rumors about russian collusion now trump also tweeted some indirect references to it later on but today sarah huckabee sanders elaborated on that a bit saying that the administration could also revote parents of other acts officials including james comey as peter struck who is just fired from the f.b.i. recently so immediate reaction so far have been pretty predictable so we'll just have to see if that affects trump's future decisions now as some of those names sound familiar is because they've crossed the woods with mr trump over a variety of issues and have often drawn his scorn online this is an extraordinary move the white house saying that this had to do with security issues but this is really one of vengeance. well am pinay a former u.s. national security agency tech

the clearances of not only brennan but a few other prominent political figures now after that sarah huckabee sanders read out a list of names of who else was and can disagree and it included former f.b.i. director james comey a former director of national intelligence james clapper and a few others for apparently spreading rumors about russian collusion now trump also tweeted some indirect references to it later on but today sarah huckabee sanders a lab aerated on that a bit saying that the administration could also revoke clearances of other acts officials including james comey and peter struck who was just fired from the f.b.i. at least at least so a media reaction so far have been pretty predictable so it was have to see. if that affects trucks future decisions. cross live to william binney for me u.s. national security agency technical director and n.s.a. whistleblower william welcome to the program festival what does this move by trump mean for brandon and others he's considering revoking clarence from how will it affect them. well it simply means that he can't go in or talk to people w

this is white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders trying to defend herself there at thursday's she is under attack watch. >> i think it would be a good thing if you were to say right here at this briefing that the press, the people who are gathered in this room right now doing their jobs every day, asking questions of firms like the ones you brought forward earlier are not the enemy of the people. i think we deserve that. >> it is ironic, jim, that not only you and the media attack the president for his rhetoric, when they frequently lower the level of conversation in this country. repeatedly, repeatedly the media resorts to personal attacks without any content other than to incite anger. the media has attacked me personally on number of occasions including your own network. said i should be harassed as a life sentence. i should be choked. i.c.e. officials are not welcome in place of worship and personal information is shared on internet. when i was hosted by correspondents' association almost which all of you are members of, you brought a comedian up to attack my appearance an

sarah huckabee sanders said she hopes we never, ever talk about this again. >> she wouldn't even utter her name. that's got to lend credence to her claims if they're that nervous. >> they're definitely nervous. when general kelly came in one of the reasons was because omarosa was in the oval office. just to push back on your point, i don't think omarosa has to be the perfect messenger for some of this in terms of being thought to be credible. just because the president is a liar you then have to be perfect. often we deem the person communicating some sort of allegation, we require that person be perfect in order for their story to be believed instead of looking at the facts. is the president a racist? we don't need a tape of him saying the n word to believe that. is a tape going to change your mind? >> there's ample tape of her defending the president saying he's not a racist. she said we should bow down to president trump. >> there are plenty of people in your family or people that you know that you might defend. >> she only started tearing him down after she got fired from the white

july 23rd, sarah huckabee sanders was forecasting some of this, that this was going to happen. let's take a listen. >> making baseless accusations of improper contact with russia or being influenced by russia against the president is extremely inappropriate and the fact that people with security clearances are making these baseless charges provides inappropriate liegitimacy. >> even though those things may not have anything to do with each other, it doesn't take a security clearance to read the newspaper and talk about the contacts that the president's associates have had with russians. these two things do not have to be related at all. what's interesting to me about this situation and the reason sarah huckabee sanders ended up being out there on the podium was that earlier in that week the person who suggested this whole idea was a republican senator, rand paul. you know, republicans are not just picking up the pieces from donald trump. they are helping him break the windows. they were on the hill and saying they think this is totally fine. there are not very many republicans

>> he should read the first amendment and so should sarah huckabee sanders. top is the freedom of the press for a reason. if he has a problem in how he is being coveraged he should watch what he says. the press is covering him. you can't have a freedom of the press -- you can't run a democracy if you don't have the freedom of the press. he needs to understand that. >> is the media free of criticism? if the answer is yes -- >> he said fake news was the enemy of the people. he said fake news. why are we arguing what the clip said? >> he describes fake news as abc and nbc, cbs, cnn, "washington post" and "new york times." >> i understand, i don't agree with that. >> that is what we are arguing. >> that is the same message. sarah huckabee sanders from the podium jim acosta gave her multiple opportunities to show respect for the press and she denied it every time. she agrees with the president that the press is an enemy of the people. >> fake news is different than the media in general. >> that is not what she said. >> if you define 90% of the press as the fake ne

sarah huckabee sanders was wrong when she very clearly claimed -- and let's make something clear, she didn't say it off the cuff, this was scripted talking points she walked up with claiming president trump created three times as many jobs for black workers as president obama. so for fact's sake, we'll clear that up. you're watching velshi and rule on msnbc. >>> white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders defended president trump against claims that he uses the "n" word. how? by highlighting the low unemployment rate for african-americans with trump at the held. >> he took office. in the year and a half he's been here he's created 700,000 new jobs for african-americans. that's 700,000 african-americans that are working now that weren't working when this president took place. when president obama left after eight years in office, eight years in office he only created 195,000 jobs for african-americans. president trump in his first year and a half has already tripled what president obama did in eight years. >> no, no, no. >> that's a straight up lie. that's a lie. >> oh, my god.

well sarah huckabee sanders spoke to the press and she explained his decision to revoke brought in security clearance as based on his quote erratic conduct and behavior defending the move as an effort to secure classified info from someone who has helped his vision in the past and clearly has very partisan leanings now john brennan himself chimed in a chimed in and he blasted the move as part of a bid to suppress free speech and punish critics but for some context john brennan left his position as director of the cia back in january twenty seventeen and he now serves as m.s.n. b c's senior national security and intelligence analyst but this whole debacle began last month when senator rand paul called brahmins motives into question asking if he'd been profiting off his clearance by divulging secrets to the mainstream media his exact words and rand paul even met with trump asking him to revoke the clearances of not only brennan but a few other a prominent political figures but after that sarah sanders read out a list of names of who else was in consideration and it even included a former f.b.

i want to go to the sound from sarah huckabee sanders talking to blake burman at the press conferencewhite house. >> thank you, sarah. you said a couple minutes ago the increased tariff levels with turkey were out of the national security interests, but when the president announced it on twitter last week or, earlier this month, he said, quote, at the time he said, our relations with turkey are not good at this time. the suggestion there being that this has to do with the pastor that is being held in turkey. simply put, if pastor brunson is allowed to leave turkey, do those tariff levels go away? is that kind of the deal that could be in place or on the table? >> no. the tariffs that are in place on steel would not be removed with the release of pastor brunson. the tariffs are specific to national security. the sanctions however, that have been placed on turkey are specific to pastor brunson and others that we feel are being held unfairly. and we would consider that at that point. >> what in the interest of national security -- trish: that was again our blake burman talking with sarah

obviously, i am not talking to you, sarah huckabee sanders.re you stand yesterday. >> it's ironic, jim, that not only you and the media attack the president for his rhetoric when they frequently lower the level of conversation in this country repeatedly, repeatedly. the media resorts to personal attacks without any content other than to incite anger. >> the president of the united states should not refer to us as the enemy of the people. his daughter acknowledges that. i am asking you to acknowledge that right now and right here. >> i appreciate your passion. i share it. i have addressed this question. i have addressed my personal feelings. i am here to speak on behalf of the president. he has made his comments clear. d age-related macular degeneration, amd, i wanted to fight back. my doctor and i came up with a plan. it includes preservision. only preservision areds 2 has the exact nutrient formula recommended by the national eye institute to help reduce the risk of progression of moderate to advanced amd. that's why i fight. because it's my

>> well, what happened was that sarah huckabee sanders as have you done on different topics, dana, merely gave us what the president's thoughts are as opposed to giving us her thoughts. i know because i was in the pressroom many times when you were up at the podium. you say i don't want to talk about what i think. i speak on behalf of the president. here's what the president speaks. so, sarah sanders fell back on that. she certainly didn't go any distance towards disabusing the press of the notion that the president continues to believe that they're the enemy of the people. it's interesting that ivanka trump articulated that this morning. it also was interesting that the president hasn't said that in the last few days, though he continues to use the words fake news a lot. maybe there is a slight shift there. we will see. >> dana: we will see. john roberts, thank you for awful that reporting. we appreciate it for more on the effort to combat election meddling, maryland senator ben cardin, the ranking member of the foreign relations committee is here. is he part of a bipartisan group of sen

ken, i just want to read to you what sarah huckabee sanders said. she said first at this point my, my meaning the president, at this point my administration any benefits that senior officials might glean from consultations with mr. brennan are now outweighed by the risks posed by his erratic conduct and behavior. second, that conduct and behavior has tested and far exceeded the limits of any professional courtesy that may have been due to him. ken, what do you make of this? >> it's extraordinary, ali. the only erratic behavior we've seen from john brennan and i wouldn't call it erratic, that's objectionable to this white house, is the incredibly strong statements he's made that have been critical of the president. admittedly, brennan has used some very harsh rhetoric, and it's not normal. we haven't seen this before where a cia director has come out so soon after leaving office and gotten into the plolitical fray, but he's done so because he's troubled by how this president is conducting himself. this decision is going to have far-reaching impact th

. >> white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders told nbc news today that president trump instructed his team to speak at today's news conference. asked when the president made the request, sanders didn't respond. and it's important to point out, just last friday the president met with his national security council on election security for less than one hour. after the meeting, the white house released a statement that said the administration would not tolerate foreign interference in elections. but it did not mention russia by name. let's bring in our lead-off panel. jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and the pentagon and three pulitzer prizewinners, carol lenning, phil rucker, both from "the washington post," and matt apuzzo from "the new york times." jeremy bash, the analysis in the national security community seems to be the men and women in the white house briefing room were speaking to u.s. policy, were speaking for america, against russia, and that the president is sort of a rogue actor. what do you make of the fact that the president, even if he's a rogue act, was

with the crowd yelling and cursing jim acosta, we'll talk to the reporter who pressed sarah huckabeee) abstract accident. seen it. covered it. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ howie: with so many media controversies swirling around the president from the manafort trial to the angry anti-press crowds. joining us is corey lewandowski, president trump's former campaign manager now with pence's pac. i covered the mutual warfare with the press. i have never seen the president so resentful of his coverage and using language like unpatriotic and enemy of the people. is this a strategy working for him? >> i don't speak for the president. but on behalf of him. when you look at the coverage of one historic thing that happened this week was almost nothing. we had u.s. soldier remains returned back to hawaii after the north korean conflict. mike pence went over there. most of of the major media outlets didn't cover it. it's frustrating for the president to get so little credit on something so important. he has to talk about

sarah huckabee sanders said she cannot guarantee the tape. donald trump says these things.n say them and he doesn't have to use a strong language. it stirs up the same forces and the same response from his base. they know what he is saying. . >> god's honest truth i had no idea the word dog, i had no idea it was a racist term. i don't think it was -- >> didn't you know that? you're an aware person. >> you should be aware -- >> nowhere does it say it is a slang or racial word. >> certain words used against certain people have a different context than if it is used on a person who is of a larger culture. so as americans, especially someone going to come on television and, you know, be an authority, shouldn't you know the knew answeof that? >> at some point we'll get to the word the and the word the will be racist. >> come on. >> he meant to punch back at her figuratively. he knew her and she let him down. >> can i -- >> are you okay with that though? >> well, i -- look, i think there's three things -- >> it's a simple yes or no question. >> the three t's, trump with twitter,

. >>> there was a press briefing at the white house today as white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders refused to say the media is not the enemy of the people. the president used the term fake news and called the media the enemy of the people. today cnn reporter pressed her on the question. >> you read off a list of your concerns about the press and things you feel like are misreported but you did not say that the press is not the enemy of the people. >> you brought a comedian up to attack my appearance and call me a trader to my own gender. as far as i know i am the first press secretary in the history of the united states that required secret service protection. >> he walked out of the briefing and called sarah huckabee sanders' remarks shameful. >>> ivanka trump said the separation of migrant children was a low point. she said immigration was complex as a topic. during the crisis she remained silent but urged her father to end the policy and reunite families. >> that was a low point for me as well. i feel very strongly about that. and i am very against family separation. >>

todd: sarah huckabee sanders had a fire exchange with reporters in the white house briefing room. >>nt is rightfully frustrated. 90% of the coverage on ms. negative despite the fact the economy is booming, isis is on the run it american leadership is the asserted around the world. >> you did not say that the press is not the enemy of the people. >> the media resorts to personal attacks without any content other than to incite anger. the media has attacked me personally on a number of occasions including your own network. that i should be choked. todd: following their tents back and forth, jim acosta saying he walked out of the briefing room in protest. the left trying to frame this as trump administration versus the media but as eric trump points out the president is responding to the bias in their coverage. >>' is unlike anything you can imagine. you have them attacking bearing, attacking our entire family, spewing garbage every single day on cnn and other networks about my father covering nonsense while forgetting the fact our economy grew 1.1%, the lowest unemployment in history,

jim acosta asking sarah huckabee sanders about this contention. >> it is ironic that not only you andhis rhetoric. repeatedly the media resorts to personal attacks without any content other than to incite anger. the media continues to ratchet up the verbal assault against the president and everyone in this administration. and the media has a role to play for the discourse as well. >> all i am asking you to do is acknowledge that right here. >> i appreciate your passion. i share it. i have draaddressed this questi. i have addressed my personal question. i am here to act on behalf of the president. >> the president blamed the press for bad coverage of his visit to the queen. >> here was the story by the fake news. the president was 15 minutes late for the queen. wrong. and then here is the rest of the story. here is the rest. er here is the rest of the store. they said i was late, i was actually early. i guess the meeting was scheduled for 15 minutes and it lasted over an hour. the president overstays. so i was late and i overstayed and honestly, folks, it was a beautiful visit and afte

today sarah huckabee sanders dropped the hatchet. >> he accessed highly sensitive information while makingllegations on the internet and television about this administration. his lying and misconduct by frenzied commentary is. kennedy: today on msnbc john brennan claimed the american people will see through all of this. >> mr. trump has shown himself to be somebody who is first and foremost concerned about himself. and who is concerned about how he appears and his poll numbers and other things. i'm confident in the resilience and strength of this nation. mr. trump is not going to bring this country down. i think in fact the opposite will happen. kennedy: is brennan trying to bring the president down and is the president right to revoke his security clearance? should others lose theirs as well? let me ask the former special assistant or vice president pence. i feel like there are way too many people who get an inside look at all of these secrets. and with that comes a great deal of power. the problem is, if you are only selectively cherry picking security clearances to revoke, it looks like

right to see the briefings and in the beginning under sean spicer and i have publicly credited sarah huckabee sanders for bring in the back on camera sean spicer shut them down that that was not jim cars cost a person that was the entire white house press corps of which i am a member number two this this violence this is start and we're talking about violence at the rallies you take you take me back to two thousand and seven two thousand and eight this never happened at a hillary clinton rally at a george w. bush rally at a john mccain rally at a bernie sanders well it started with donald trump and he egged it on we remember he actually said you punch him out op pay your legal fees i wish i could go down there i remember the day when he just punched people in the face he stirred up this violence and he is still doing that you just cannot blame it on anybody else other than well first all the people in the rally go along with him but donald trump who is egging egging them on so let's keep the focus on third point as you know i don't know how these people voted before is a lot of reporters i kn

i love that sarah huckabee sanders. >> host: what needs to be done different. >> guest: more like sarah huckabee sander but i think what has happened -- i'm very sorry for those who have job and can't tune in every afternoon could watch these press conference. they're fantastic. it's become a game for the press. who can be more shocking and rude and bring up -- who is going to be featured on the evening program ask has nothing to do with getting us? deserve to have sarah huckabee sanders be rude back and she is. almost have two separate briefings where you would have the poll sir person for those who actually okay pour -- care pout bowl si she will answer questions in this room forks showboating members of the press that's very huckabee sanders because it's fun tv. >> host: jerry, independent. >> caller: good morning, i hear but the fake news. all of the fake news and there's a simple answer, a simple solution to fake news. that's reinstatement of the fairness doctrine. if it was reinstated the first one to go would be msnb dr. and fox news. they're not but pure propaganda. you can figu

and the fact that sarah huckabee sanders can stand at the podium and say that she can't guarantee he hasn't used the n-word, well i'm of 94% of black women who voted for hillary clinton. we know he used the n-word and we don't need a tape to prove that. >> jonathan lemire, you write today for the associated press about kind of parachutes and parking spaces. parting payments and positions people can go into after falling out of trump world. omarosa was destined for one such position. >> what is striking about the trump white house is, first of all, how frugally these departures come. they've had more staff turn over in the first 18 months than any other previous administration when records were kept on these things. moreover when they leave they all seem to land either the campaign itself or a number of affiliated groups support his agenda, and that's where these people end up. and it seems to be for two reasons. on one you reward a staffer who like many in the trump white house have had trouble finding that lucrative work that west wing aides usually find without much trouble when le

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>>s that white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders reading a statement from the president. sanders says that brennan's clearance was revoked because of his, quote, erratic behavior. brennan, by the way, has harshly criticized the president recently. sands says mr. trump is looking at possibly revoking other clearances including former fbi director james comey and former director of national telligence james clapper. >>> a big mess on key bridge after a car burst into flames is afternoon. traffic cameras captured the car smoking as other cars were sitting in gridlock. firefighters doused the flames shortly after the car caught fire. traffic in the area was blocked for a while but things are back to normal right authorities aren't sure what caused that car to catch fire. luckily no on was injured. >>> fairfax county police want to track dn a man who is accused of touching a girl on a soccer field and then exposing himself. erika gonzalez h more. >> in less than two hours, detectives are expected to start they want help finding the person they say targeted a soccer.r playing o

sarah huckabee sanders stands in front of the country and lies every day.u have to have your own back because otherwise you will look back and see 17 knives in your back. >> omarosa is now the second person to record trump without his knowledge. his former attorney michael cohen was the other one. what does that say? could there be more recordings from there from inside the inner circle? >> there certainly could. omarosa and her publisher had been teasing that she has tapes to back up at least some of what she claims and writes in her book. as we reported those tapes are plad on her smart phone do include president trump's voice. according to at least one person we spoke to who had heard at least one recording that omarosa had clandestinely made of president trump, so far what we know of in terms of the tapes of the president are every day conversation, nothing as surprising as what showed up in the tape michael cohen gave to cnn a couple of weeks ago. but in terms of omarosa's attitude towards trump and his administration today i think it is worth noting o

sarah sanders, and she does not like sarah huckabee sanders, she goes by sarah sanders, she answers with the information she has at the time. please me,oing to but then again, very few press secretaries please me. so i would just leave it at that. for why like her answer she calls on me so often. she can hear me in the back of the room. host: one quick answer. the government still has the run. where will the white house focus its policies after labor day? guest: well, the main thing is to keep the government running. donald trump said he wants a shut down. donald trump does not want a shutdown. with the republicans in charge of both houses in congress they don't want a shutdown on their watch. that will be the main thing. other than that, i don't think we get a whole lot out of congress. host: do we see anything coming out of the white house? guest: no he will be on the campaign trail. when he meat that tweet about the government shutdown so few republicans rose to take the bait or said he was right, he backed off completely. no one wants that because the white house won't win. host: all