and we go live now to matthew keyhole who's the president of the society of professional journalists in the u.s. welcome to the program. so your organization directly asked president biden to lift those media limits let one camera in do you regard that as a win i think this is a small step in a long journey i think that the by mr asian took too long to respond to concerns not only from our organization but from others and you know. the 1st amendment the ability of the media acting in the name of the public to report accurately on the news of the day isn't suspended in becomes more important so while it's reassuring that the binding ministration let a camera in today that needs to become. something is done as a matter of course not an exception. why do you think there was such limited access or have you been given an actual reason. well i think the administration will tell you that there are 2 primary reasons one is we are doing all this in the middle of a pandemic and there are public safety measures that need to be taken and the others are that these are on a company minors by defin

we brought you the pictures in the city of donor in texas but the president of the society of professional journalist says much more needs to be done. the 1st amendment the ability of the media acting in the name of the public to report accurately on the news of the day isn't suspended in an emergency becomes more important so while it's reassuring that the biden ministration let a camera in today that needs to become a man something is done as a matter of course not an exception to is rule government agencies need to understand that we're you know our goals should be both to. fully share what's happening with the public and when in moments when the government doesn't live up to that the press will hold that government accountable whether that's a republican administration a democratic administration or at some point in the future maybe a 3rd party. apparently a never too young to be progressive in a widely ridiculed article in the washington post than experts guided parents to books websites and companies offering quote woke material for children the feature entitled social justice for toddlers talk