investigation, the hotly disputed memo and the state of the union, i was in new york when i spoke with sean spicer, the former white house press secretary. much of the media are painting a picture of the president going after the media to undercut the mueller investigation. sean: the president has a right to make his position clear on issues. between top investigators at the fbi, there seems to be some merit to the president's concern. if you are going to be investigated, you have a right to make sure people understand the full context of what's going on. in leave it those text messages, there were people who had been about their dislike of the president. howie: will you concede there is partisanship on both side. if barack obama were under investigation and was pushing for the release of classified information, and if you were at the rnc, you would be going bonkers. sean: sure, i'll give you that. the dnc folks, i don't know if they have the money to have staff these days. that's their job. that's what you do. the difference is as a citizen, and as a journalist to some degree, people have to be a

here now is shower sean spicer d the hill's joe concha. ouldn't be the first time, sean, oh, fdr, the beloved fdr had this happen and eisenhower had something similar and let's see, jfk, not a full display but they had their own displays. and then i think of every hollywood award ceremony, every music ceremony but we can't have an honoring parade of the military? really? why is that so hard? >> well, i thought a couple things were interesting. one, everyone jumped to the immediate conclusion of associating with a dictator as opposed to somebody who loves and respects the military and's to honor them for their service. it's amazing. i thought of the people you played that clip with and maybe i'm wrong. i aboil guise if i am. i don't think a single one of them has ever served. funny whether you have a president who respects and honors law enforcement, first responders and the military and says i would like to have a parade to showcase them to the american people, that's somehow a negative thing? less than 1% of the people have served in the m

here now is shower sean spicer d the hill's joe concha. see this wouldn't be the first time, sean, oh, fdr, the beloved fdr had this happen and eisenhower had something similar and let's see, jfk, not a full display but they had their own displays. and then i think of every hollywood award ceremony, every music ceremony but we can't have an honoring parade of the military? really? why is that so hard? >> well, i thought a couple things were interesting. one, everyone jumped to the immediate conclusion of associating with a dictator as opposed to somebody who loves and respects the military and's to honor them for their service. it's amazing. i thought of the people you played that clip with and maybe i'm wrong. i aboil guise if i am. i don't think a single one of them has ever served. funny whether you have a president who respects and honors law enforcement, first responders and the military and says i would like to have a parade to showcase them to the american people, that's somehow a negative thing? less than 1% of the people have serve

here with reaction former white house press secretary sean spicer.dentify don't know how you did that job. i don't know how sarah sanders does the job. i would not be able to do that job. it would be entertaining for about a day. and wouldn't end well. but serious note, when you have russian collusion, and hillary paying for a russian dossier, to lie to the american people, don'tly unverified, used for a fisa want, the bulk. information unverified. you have the 2009 issue of putin operatives in the united states committing kroims trying to get who the uranium market. we ignore it, even though we had an informant. how is it possible that the press only cares about trump russia and nothing else russia? >> well, that's because that's what they've been doing forever. if it's against the republican or conservative they go full bore, find any threat on it and tag out f it's staring in the face democrat or clinton they'll walk away it from. peter schweitzer, wrote an entire book on it. . it's all laid out there, all of the money, all of the actions, you wil

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i think this was during sean spicer's era. it is a packed house. most of the time, it is busy. gher ratings than sarah. i think she has a way of bringing the temperature down. with sean the temperature was always up. i think early on, sean probably used a number system. i think sarah pretty much knows everybody now. there are a lot of people who come into that briefing room, she doesn't know. i am sure she can look at a reporter and no what kind of question she is going to get. how soon did you know you had an unusual photograph like this one? doug: that was at the african american museum. that was one of those where all of my colleagues were to my left, i tried to go farthest to the right. i did not like what we would see. turned, the president down the hallway. i saw that sign. she had his ear at the time. she really was around a lot. once reince priebus left and general kelly took over to the saw a lot less of her. the meetings were really tighter. when yoully come up would go into a meeting, it cannot room, anywhere. the numbers shrunk right away. general kelly felt a lot of

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>> sean spicer says i lied essentially about the size of the inauguration crowd.a federal crime of the it's wrong but you're not going to jail for that. as soon as i saw her say that, my question was, what is your definition of white lie? there are a couple people who have got it, the lying to a federal officer. my question is, is it lying to a federal officer during an investigation? that's a federal crime. >> i want to bring in jim acosta. what you the tell us about hope hicks? >> yeah. we were just told in the last several minutes this is happening in the last several weeks. the white house as you might have expected, it doesn't get perhaps more high profile than this. perhaps the chief of staff or a cabinet level position would be higher. hope hicks has almost been the president's family, serving in the campaign and here at the white house. she said i wish the president and the administration the very best as he continues to lead our country. there's also a quote here from the president hope is outstanding and has done great work for the last three years. she

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i think this was during sean spicer's era. it is a packed house. most of the time, it is busy. ink sean had probably higher ratings than sarah. way of sarah has a bringing the temperature down in the briefing room. with sean the temperature was , always up. host: there is something i saw online with numbers that says who they are. doug: i think early on, sean probably used a number system. i think sarah pretty much knows everybody now. there are a lot of people who come into that briefing room, and sometimes for the first time, she doesn't know them. i don't know if she calls on them because she doesn't know them, but i am sure she can look at a reporter and no what kind of question she is going to get. host: how soon did you know you had an unusual photograph like this one? doug: that was at the african american museum. that was one of those where all of my colleagues were to my left, and i tried to go farthest to the right. i did not like what we were going to be seeing. luckily, the president turned down the hallway and i saw the sign. it do not see them talking quietly like

reporter: sean spicer who was at the podium should a statement that another mass murder attack conducting chemical weapons. given, should the assad regime be on notice? ms. sanders: i think the president put the assad regime on notice some time ago and we are continuing to echo that message where we call for an immediate end to these offensive operations. in terms of any specific operations, i'm not going to broadcast what we may or may not do, but they should it take very seriously. i don't believe anything has taken place. reporter: waist the time line for anything happen? ms. sanders: he is not going to lay out a specific calendar. he says that is a big mistake. so i'm not going to do that today. reporter: first on the question about background checks, the president has talked about making background checks stronger, but that would suggest that he thinks an effective background check is a useful tool, so can you say for sure that he supports whether it is background checks, whether panding the checks and sales at gun shows and the internet. ms. sanders: i'm not aware that's the positio

sean spicer and joe concha are next. ♪ >> sean: less than two weeks ago, on february 14th, a derangedigh in southern florida. after dozens of encounters with law enforcement on multiple dire warnings to authorities, many are wondering why nothing was done to prevent this lunatic's rampage. more questions are being raised about the timid response on the day of the shooting. from some on the broward county sheriff's department. at this hour, there are port growing calls for scott israel to be suspended or to resign or be fired. that is's tonight's mini monologue. let's start with four important words. "see something, say something." that's what happened in the case of stoneman douglas shooter nicholas cruz. the fbi was warrant twice about him, including one called weeks before the shooting, where none do unidentified woman told authorities that she feared that he would shoot a school up. according to thehe naples daily news, the broward county sheriff's officell received 18 morning calls since 2008. law enforcement visited the home of him 39 times over a seven year period. we also know

paris -- the paris climate deal that he was threatening the planet to base.e his sean spicer called and he deleted that tweet. host: she sees the truth but points of opinion. does that concern you? most readers and who consume information online are sophisticated. people have a natural tendency to like people who agree with your worldview. maddowwho like rachel are likely very liberal. she is a rhodes scholar. there is a tribal loyalty, hyper bart -- hyper partisan media atmosphere. and is true at cnn, msnbc, "the new york times," where are people who are in the business of trying to be fair and balanced and those that are conservative, liberal, libertarian giving opinions. pedro, i don't believe anything that this man is spouting out. donald trump is a bigot, a racist, a narcissist, and a klansman. i don't believe anything coming out of the mouth of the republican party. host: since we have our guest right here, why don't you address a comment or question directly to him? are you there? for eight years, we as democrats had to sit here and listen to the republican party doubt our presid

sean: the irish, that is it. katty: what is it abousean spicer that everybody loved to make fun of? sean: look, part of it was donald trump. we have ner seen a president like donald trump. i think playing the role that i did in this admistration at the beginning of it, you kind of dt a little bit of the bl over. no one has seen a president like this before, and therefore they had not in a press secretary -- not seen a press secretary like this before. i wasn't fully expecting it. part of why i waited a while and thought about this and longtime is i figured at some point i had to write aook and because toour point, katty, i grew up in this country, and there were things like "saturday night live" that are iconic. there are skits i remember from eddie murphy and dan aykroyd that i can recite by heart. and now to think that my kids are like, now you are them. [laughter] sean: exactly. it is a very weird evolution for somebody to go through that in such a short period of te. christian: well, you are a very good sport. katty: you were a very goo sport, thanks for joining us on the program

. >> and last time when sean spicer was at the podium issued a statement that if syria used chemical weapons, they would pay a heavy price. should the assad regime be on notice and has the president talked to president putin about that situation? >> i think the president put assad on notice some time ago and we're continuing to echo that message when i say we call for an immediate end to these operations. we mean it. in terms of any specific action as we said before, i'm not going to broadcast what we may or may not do. but i think they should absolutely take it very seriously. i'm not aware of any conversations with. putin. >> what is the timeline that you need to see something happen? >> as the president said, he's not going to lay out a specific calendar. he thinks that's a mistake when putting pressure and negotiation. i'm not going to do that today. >> two things i'd like to follow up on. first, the question about the background checks. did the -- the president has talked about making background checks stronger, but, you know, that would suggest that he thinks that an effective

>> the three. >> oh, of the three. >> okay. >> so sean spicer. awesome. thank you. >> all right, thank you. question here. >> and now robert mueller and his team, they want to talk with bannon. and definitely they will ask bannon about these things that you quote him for in the book. you have met trump and bannon, and their relationship is not very good at the moment, it seems like, but we're not completely sure. what is your impression that will bannon sell trump in these, when he talks with robert mueller, or will he confirm what he said? what impression what will happen from now on? >> well, let's look at this in two ways. i would anticipate that steve will tell the truth. you know, but i guess, i guess there's the truth and there's the truth. does he, does he, does he really go after the president, does steve bannon make the decision to try to break trump. and i think that, you know, if i were steve right now, that's what i would be -- i would be thinking that's one of my options here. i mean, i literally saw steve bannon go from the guy who elected t

omarosa is in the same bucket as sean spicer in this moment. know, ominous warnings mean nothing to me now because while you were in the building, you did not do much. >> she talked a little bit about some of that time in the building and how she was haunted by the president's tweets now. listen to this moment. >> i was haunted by tweets every single day, like, what is he going to tweet next? >> does anybody say to him, what are you doing? >> i tried to be that person. and then all of the people around him attacked me. it was like keep her away from him. don't give her access to. don't let her talk to him. ivanka is there, jared is there. >> do either of you think she was in fact, if given the chance, she could have been some sort of moderating force around the president? >> maybe. look, i don't know omarosa personally. so perhaps. omarosa will tell you she knows the president is her friend. and that is why she went to go support him on the campaign trail, why she was in the white house. if she saw her friend saying or doing something she thoug

people were getting flashbacks to that sean spicer press conference where he said this was the largeston in history. now supporters are saying, what about live streaming, people when tune in on twitter, something like that? we don't have reliable ways to measure those numbers, but for the vast majority of people they watched big events like this on live television and the numbers just don't add up. as we can tell, this is not the most watched state of the union in history. >> that's a flashback to sean spicer even saying the live streaming thing, right? that was sort of his excuse. >> yes. >> oh, my goodness. it is deja vu all over again. thank you so much for that. >>> up next we have more on the breaking news. president trump has read and reviewed that controversial nunes memo. dana bash will pick up after a quick break. o! (snap) (snap) achoo! achoo! feel a cold coming on? zicam cold remedy nasal swabs shorten colds with a snap, and reduce symptom severity by 45%. shorten your cold with a snap, with zicam. it's ok that everyone ignores it's fine. drive. because i get a safe driving

. >> i was introduced by various people the presidents personal pr person, kellyanne conway, sean spicer this is not a ministry here i think on one level nobody quite knew how this came about their little puzzled by things but there is no friction here. nobody was saying what you doing here? they're saying okay yeah. >> they would see you sitting in the west wing lobby of who you're waiting to see and they would say bannon and they would chuckle and say that wouldn't happen. come back and talk to me. >> i became a familiar presence around the white house. also very much a nonthreatening presence. the press corps was over there, not far away but i was careful not to come in as a member of the press and not think like a member, the press, they want something. i didn't want anything. pgh so, michael. >> i didn't want anything i'm just sitting in the lobby hoping to talk to these people i just wanted someone to talk. >> and mrs. an important thing because you go in and you get a 10:00 o'clock appointment and go in and in the u.s. it there and sometimes for hours the news kind of humiliating.

i tried to reach out to sean spicer, not melissa mccarthy, sean spicer. i wanted him to know what was in the hacking and malware in case he opened it. what worried me as if the dnc went down we would corrupt the election system and i wanted to make sure the republican system was protected, two major political parties and databases, and i am a little upset the republicans ignored it. and the way angela merkel used it, to tip the scale, there is one other reason because the hillary clinton campaign, they would win. they were so convinced they would win that i don't think they polled in the last two weeks, she is going to win. meanwhile i am putting cold water. not so fast. who else would know about that? on the day of the election, they are sitting there, presidential inaugural, and the machines are not working and they looked at me like you know there is a line in philadelphia and it looks like it wasn't until 7:00 that night they started -- i was so angry at this point, a so-called victory party, the first person i ran to, stephen won because i work with

i tried to reach out to sean spicer, not melissa mccarthy, sean spicer. i wanted him to know what was in the hacking and malware in case he opened it. what worried me as if the dnc went down we would corrupt the election system and i wanted to make sure the republican system was protected, two major political parties and databases, and i am a little upset the republicans ignored it. and the way angela merkel used it, to tip the scale, there is one other reason because the hillary clinton campaign, they would win. they were so convinced they would win that i don't think they polled in the last two weeks, she is going to win. meanwhile i am putting cold water. not so fast. who else would know about that? on the day of the election, they are sitting there, presidential inaugural, and the machines are not working and they looked at me like you know there is a line in philadelphia and it looks like it wasn't until 7:00 that night they started -- i was so angry at this point, a so-called victory party, the first person i ran to, stephen won because i work with

kelly ann conway, sean spicer. this was not a mystery here.ow, i think on one level nobody quite knew how this came about, and everybody looked a little puzzled by things, but it was -- there was no friction here. >> there was no -- >> friction. nobody was saying, what are you doing sneer everybody was saying, okay, okay, yeah, yay. >> they would see you sitting in west wing lobby and then you would say bannon and they would chuckle and say that's not going to happen. come back and talk to me. >> i became familiar presence around the white house, and i think also very much a nonthreatening presence. the press corps is -- was over there, not far away but i was always careful not to come in as a member of the press and not to act like a member -- the press is a sort of -- they want something. i didn't want anything. i literally was just -- i didn't even have -- >> okay, wait, come on, michael. >> i didn't want anything. i'm just sitting in the west wing lobby hope took taught to all these folks. >> come on, map, really? >> host: i just wanted so

i try to reach out to sean spicer. not to melissa mccarthy sean spicer. [laughing] but but i try toth reach out ton spicer threat, the entire -- first i wanted to know what was in the hacking. secondly one and no about -- just in case he opened it. if the dnc went down, we would corrupt the election systems across the country and want to make sure the republican system was protected. we had two major political parties and we have databases all of american voters and i was worried. every time i went out to the republicans, people call me angry. i am a little bit, a little upset that the republicans ignored it. the reason why obama didn't use the bully pulpit more the way you saw angela merkel use it in germany, is because he was told he would tip the scale. i also think there is one of the reason. and that is because they hillary clinton campaign were convinced they wouldld win. they were so convinced that they would win that i don't think they even hold in the last three weeks. there were public polling states that she's going to win. in the meanwhile and

sean spicer joins us to talk about life at the podium. christian: also on the program, while theresa may is busy drumming up trade in china, a row erupted bat

. >> another reference, former press secretary sean spicer hiding in the bushes outside the white house. >> another in these lines was homer simpson. and how about chris christie who was photoshopped sitting right there. the former president seems to like it. >> and the memes keep on coming. >>> when we come back a ticket mix up that has one music fan piping mad. piping mad. ♪ skinny the skinny the skinny ♪ skinny the skinny the skinny >> just give me the skinny. then there were four on "the bachelor." arie made the hard choices. >> and let's get the full breakdown, our senior global cont is here. >> amazing, amazing. i considered my whole outfit, i really did. there were seven ladies who started this whole thing. so chow bella. first of all this is becca and arie. nothing quite like falling in love in the tuscan sun. she wound up getting a rose. also in a one on one date was lauren b. who we're not seeing there but that's okay. that's becca ann got emotional on this one. this was at the end. this was the two on one date where tia got the rose. so she is also in the final four. organize

general michael flynn, national security adviser, anthony scaramucci, sean spicer, reince priebus, katiees outside of the administration, james comey, the fbi director, recently andrew mccabe, fbi deputy director. all of these people, they are people who have either been fired or quit in the first year of the donald trump white house. it looks like chaos. first year of the donald trump white house. it looks like chaoslj first year of the donald trump white house. it looks like chaos. ido first year of the donald trump white house. it looks like chaos. i do not agree with that. some did not serve the president well. steve bannon blew up the president himself and has only himself to blame. a man who lied about his meetings with the russians? no, his actions were legal. he lied to the fbi agent. we will get to something which hangs like a very dark shadow over the whole of the donald trump presidency, that is the special counsel investigation into allegations of collusion during the election campaign between the donald trump campaign and the russians to interfere with and directly influence

someone who has had to defend similar claims by thpresident was former press secretary sean spicer, and a short time ago he spoke to my colleagues katty kay and christian fraser for their program "beyond 100 days." katty: you served this president who has this needed to say everything is the biggest.ha why does he do does he believe he has bigger ratings for the state of the union address than any president has had before? sean: two things. one, i am out of the audience and crowd size business. number two, i think with respect to your question, the president is a marketer. this is what he has been doing his whole life -- selling buildings, talking about shows and how well the ratings are doing. he has his own way oelpresenting hi i would refer you back to the white house press office w respect to this particular one. 'atty: the problem with this from the presidents point of view is that he has good news to sell. actually, the ratings for the state of the union address were high. he has legitimate things to sayh abouu.s. economy. why step on his own message when he tweets something out l

my point is this, general michael flynn, who was national security adviser, anthony scaramucci, sean spicere walsh, as well as key figures outside the administration, but so important to the government, james comey, the fbi director, recently andrew mccabe, fbi deputy director. all of these people, are people who have either been fired or quit in the first year of the trump white house. it looks like chaos. no, i don't agree with that. first of all, some should have been fired much earlier. some did not serve the president well. bannon blew himself up, and has only himself to blame. and i think general flynn is a great patriot who was unfairly and incorrectly terminated. really? a man who lied about his meetings with the russians? no, he lied about making a call to set up a meeting with the russians, an underlying action which is perfectly legal. he lied to an fbi agent, at least that's what he plead to. we will get to something which hangs like a very dark shadow over the whole of the donald trump presidency, that is the special counsel investigation into allegations of collusion during th

he started and the position was unfilled and then -- mike dub key and then sean spicer and mooch didt for a minute and then is hope hicks the fourth. >> she was the fifth if you count jason miller who turned it down because of his own issues at that time. so in a way she's the fifth person to give the title. the next person is the sixth in just 14 months. none of them has been able to last as long as you have, nicole. they don't have the staying power. but this is a tough job. you want to be communications director for the president of the united states who believes he is his own best commune -- communicator and take that as add it by 50 as reince priebus said. >> and i want to ask you about another part of her role, she's was also hissenabler. she doesn't go through the right channels -- i won't call them right because they were right to the president. but she didn't bring in a white house stenographer when is a way the interview with the new york times that goes on for 45 minutes would go down. you were the only one with a audio recording but she enabled him to have the kind of acc

sean spicer was passed to mike duffy and anthony scaramucci, then hope hicks. they will have to hire out a fifth person. one person to keep an eye on, mercedes schlapp, he's a top deputy weren't communications apparatus at the white house. sources say she is someone who should be considered a leading contender. but this is very early on in the process and the white house will have time to name a permanent replacement. charles: now i want to bring in one of those former communications director. we saw your tweet, hope hicks is a world class person and is going on to have an unbelievable career. but what's to come next for the white house? >> i want to say a few things about mope. she started with the president in 2015, and she dates backlogger than that with ivanka trump. she is absolutely selfless and didn't have a malicious bone in her body. she wanted the people around her to win. she worked tirelessly for the president. of all the people in his orbit he probably trusted her on a scale of 1-10, something like a 15. she will have a great career but it's a loss

pulled out of the paris climate deal that he was threatening the planet just to appease his base but sean spicer called and complained and he deleted that. but we have a news division like me and chris wallace we try to be journalist and cover fairly that doesn't mean it is always favorable but then we have opinion people like tucker and hannity are good for their base. >>host: but she says she has seen the truth but then points to the opinions is that a concern? >> i think most viewers are pretty sophisticated there is a natural tendency to listen to people who agree with your worldview probably most are very liberal she is a smart rhodes scholar i think rachel goes too far but it is almost the tribal loyalty the hyper- partisan media atmosphere i just find the need to remind people cnn and msnbc that there are people who are in the business of at least trying to be fair and balanced and others who are conservative liberal libertarians who are in the otherwise. >>host: democratic line fromre georgia. >> caller: yes. i don't believe nothing that this man is spouting out. donald trump is a bigot,

i don't want to opine about her love life but truth was the first casualty on the very day that sean spiceraugural photos. it continued to be a casualty to this day. that is on everyone in this white house but especially on the white house chief of staff who controls communications and i'm afraid to say it's also on hope hicks. >> i will ask this question. my colleague asked why the women in the white house don't just walk out. was it simply a missed opportunity not just for the women but for everyone to be very clear where they stand when it comes to abuse? >> absolutely. i think they are in a situation where they all pretty much sold what they had to defend in light of all of the women that are comi coming forward and those defending those who had records of sexual assault or physical abuse, you know, down to steve wynn. somebody spoke earlier. he said his behavior was very well known. you know, they not kpalexactly position to all of a sudden change course. i think they should but given what they have upheld it would look very hypocritical. >> what do you think? >> i don't know. should t

unlike sean spicer who lost their jobs and didn't find another job after that.wn gig going. and why would he pick a fight with the administration after all he's been through. kennedy: he talked about jeff sessions who resigned. according to a little early glimpse of this book. priebus ran out to jeff sessions car. knocked on the window and said what the hell is going on, jumped in, brought him back into the west wing and got him to say. >> that was pretty shameful. you and i may disagree on whether sessions is an a.g. but to treat someone like that who was such a loyal supporter early on is really sad. i knew a lot of people on the outside who are friends of donald trump who were working around the clock make sure he didn't get rid of sessions because he was always a loyal character to donald trump and was doing his job faithfully as a attorney general and maybe fighting off some of trump's demons. kennedy: in michael wolff's book, because he wasn't granted access that long. reince priebus is gone. yoyou are a writer and editor-in-chief in washington, d.c. >> as

>> and this one, when you think bushes you will think of the former white house press secretary sean spicerin the bushes, sneaking out. >> yes, from the beach, former governor christie. >> yes. >> do you see at first, this one with the beyonce one. >> that is close. >> at first i will admit i was like i don't understand why all of the leaves and flowers. they wanted to pay tribute from the fact he was from hawaii. yeah, when you put it that way >> everybody is in the a painting for a reason. they thought out everything. i love that. it is big hands for carrying the world. focusing on the size. i feel like his face is very introspective. internal narrative that is happening. it is not just portrait of i'm stoic, powerful. >> hold on. >> really you drew the hands bigger because he has the world in his hands. >> that is my interpretation. >> it is art. >> nothing happening, in art by accident. they have thought about every little bit. the days and washing are work that the arms has done. and strong and powerful, but he was focused on the hands. >> well, put it up again. >> yeah. >> if the hand

but think about the way we've seen sean spicer come and go. anthony scaramucci come and go in ten days. mike flynn come and go in a matter of weeks. this is not just normal turnover. it's a degree of chaos, and frankly that chaos has been vividly manifest in the whole rob porter situation and the conflicting stories we've gotten from the white house. and the sense that there were any number of people who had an inkling, at the least that something was wrong with rob porter, that there was this thing in his past, his secures clearance was held up, yet nothing was doing and nothing was done. initially when the story leaked you had a vote of confidence from the administration that quickly was taken back. this is not an administration, a white house, that behaves in a professional manner, we see that again and again. >> one more before we get back to nick. we know the president's history, when it comes to women, "access hollywood", defending roy moore, given that history, do you think the white house might have minimized the porter allegations on

here is sean spicer being asked about it the next day. >> chairman nunes today refused to -- will you rule out that the white house or anyone in the trump administration gave chairman nunes that information. >> i don't know if we briefed the president or not. i don't know if that makes sense. i did not sit on that briefing. i don't know why he would travel and brief the speerk aaker and down that we'll brief him on. i am note aware of it. >> i am not sure what his smell test was but the stink was quite real. as we learned a few days later, that's exactly what happened. here is the headline on march 27th. fast forward, now to this. this time nunes is not saying whether his staffers collaborated with the memo at the white house. his office put out a statement, "having stonewall congress demands for information for nearly a year, it is no surprise to to see fbi and doj issue." >> the one thing they all have in common is they're all involved in investigating the president and under suspicion by the president for not doing his personal bidding. we'll have more on this and possible redactio

and howard kurtz takes to sean spicer, at 11 a.m. eastern.oming up here on the show, live to the winter white house in west palm beach, the president is spending the weekend there before heading out to the heartland to sell his state of the union message. plus, the man who caused panic on the streets of hawaii, remember the guy who hit the wrong button? well, he's going to tell us exactly what happened that caused him to send out a false missile alert to millions of people last month. don't miss that explanation. and brand new developments in the las vegas mass shooting investigation, involving the man who sold the shooter hundreds of armor piercing bullets. >> i feel terrible about what happened. again, i keep racking my brain, what did i miss? what did i miss? there were no outward signs. he appeared as normal as anybody in this room. it takes a lot of work to run this business. but i really love it. i'm on the move all day long... and sometimes, i don't eat the way i should. so, i drink boost to get the nutrition i'm missing. boost high pr

sean spicer was the first communications director because they couldn't find a communications director. he was playing a dual role of press secretary and calm director. then they brought in doug and then spicer was named communications director again and then anthony scaramucci was brought in for 11 days and then hope hicks was named the communications director. i am told hope hicks really wanted to leave, she had been thinking about it. she really wanted to get the testimony for the house intelligence committee out of the way. before she made the decision to leave. she told the president today she had made the final decision to go. one is unclear in this is, we will try to dig to get more information, how much did her white lies, play into it? we don't know what the president's reaction was to the knew she had said that. we don't know if people thought maybe after that there was a little bit of a credibility problem. we will continue to shake the bushes to find out if that played into it at all or if she had simply decided after three years of running at this breakneck pace that it wa

all some good see is sean spicer hide anything the bushes.ced a similarity to beyoncÉ's pregnancy announcement. he choked up thanking his mom. >> we didn't have much. but she found a way to get paint. >> amy cheryl painted michelle's portrait using gray tones to down-play skin color so her personality could come to the fore. >> hotness of the woman that i love. >> the first lady reacted to her own image. >> let's start by saying wow. >> but who instead of wow. >> is she an actress? i have no idea. >> a little like michelle obama. >> but i don't think it is her. >> who is this wo many? >> that is a gorgeous picture of michelle obama. >> some who recognized michelle obama. >> god only knows, michelle obama. >> did it the roundabout way. >> i know those arms. >> and you know what they say about obama's portrait, he has very big hands. >> i am jim sciutto in for erin burnett. ac 360 starts right now. >> good evening, we begin tonight keeping them honest with a simple question, what is worse than a cover up. the answer came today from the white ho

this is now the fourth departure of a communications director here at the white house t was sean spicernce held dual roles as white house press secretary and communications head. he handed off that responsibility to mike dubke who was here a couple months or so i believe. it was then anthony scaramucci had the job for 12 days or so when scaramucci left, it was hope hicks who was given the reins of the communications apparatus. now she is gone. so there will be a fifth communications director in just the first 13 or 14 months of this white house. of course, they will often make the case that the president is the single best communicator for himself and for this white house. but yet, again, it is a high-profile departure and some will question, melissa, whether or not this has anything to do with the testimony hope hicks gave up on capitol hill. melissa: just yesterday. >> the reporting of new york tiles, which she said occasionally she had to dabble in some white lies with her job, but never did so on the russia front. timing coincidental? maybe or maybe not. either way now, the white ho

. >>> press secretary sean spicer hiding in the bushes. >> and another one was homer simpson emergingm that. >>> and how about chris christie photo shopped sitting down right there. the president seems to like it. >> and the memes keep on coming. >>> when we come back a ticket mix up that has one music fan piping mad. ♪ skinny the skinny the skinny >>> just give me it skinny. then there were four on bachelo" >> our senior global contributor "bachelor" analyst is here. >> appreciate it. amazing. i did. i considered my whole outfit, i really did. you mention the final four. there were seven ladies who started this whole thing. the whole thing happened in italy. there was more drama than a deaf leopard documentary. first of all this is becka and ari. nothing quite like falling in love in the tuscan sun. you get the idea. becka wound up getting a rose. also in a one on one date was lauren b. who we're not seeing there but that's okay. becka ann got emotional on this one. this is the two on one date where tia got the rose. so she is also in the final four. organized now next. she is gone.

. >> reporter: she has been behind the podium longer than sean spicer and a long list of fibs to prove >> this is a witch hunt and a hoax. >> reporter: on the president's relationship with steve bannon. >> i am not aware that they were ever particularly close. >> reporter: she is lying some say. she is showing a trumpian tendency to attack the media. >> you cannot say it is an honest mistake when you are purposely putting out information that you know is false. >> reporter: some days you can see the frustration. >> it wasn't confusing to me. i'm sorry if it was to you. >> reporter: sanders might not know what the president is going to say or tweet next. so deflection is an all too familiar deflection. sanders can be combative, dismissive. >> you said it was a racial slur what is your response that. >> i think that is a ridiculous response. >> i think the press mem mise i ridiculous and shows the lack of knowledge thaw have on this process. >> reporter: self-aware about her combative style, she has a sense of humor too. >> great to be back with you guys. >> reporter: by the end of the b