sean spicer, press secretary to donald trump. we welcome viewers and listen are's the bbc parliament channel and c-span radio and channel 24. i want to get your information to the piece, mentioning the media. he writes the news isn't fake but flawed. he says, quote, one of my overarching fears but the trump era is he hill drag the rest of the country, including the media, down to his level. little he would loaf more than to inval tate us because then he could sell whatever alterative fantastics he chose. to that's a chill chilling pros prospect and that's why we cannot abet his cause. >> guest: i agree with part disagree with part tomorrow. the extent that journalists need recognize the, especially in this age of social media that rushing to be first and then ultimately being wrong undermines their credibility. i am a believer in a free and robust press corps. but the same first amendment that gives every journalist their right to -- or anyone to write what they want, publish what that want gives every other american and anybody

spicer. do you think more people will be charged in the special counsel investigation? do you foresee any changes in the current cabinet that mr. trump might nominate someone else for different cabinet posts later on in his administration? host: we will get a response. guest: those are two good questions. on the first one, i have no idea. obviously, robert mueller tends do not have a lot of leaks coming out of that office and i do not know what they have going on. i would not presuppose to guess. the odds are good that either somebody in the cabinet chooses to step aside or the president as someone new -- adds someone new. last for morenot than a couple years, generally speaking. especially when you have gotten a disruptor as president, he will not sit back if someone is not performing. host: from collierville, tennessee, vivian, you are next. caller: good morning, mr. spicer. i would like to know -- and please, i am looking directly at you -- the president, when you get out there and have a

that is fine with former white house press secretary sean spicer. he says the daily on-camera briefing is worth reexamining. >> the briefing is more of a show rather than outlet for information. we should provide the media on a daily basis answers to the questions they have and issues ongoing. the time and effort it takes to get that briefing going and what you get on the outside or in return is not worth it. >> you recall that spicer's time as white house press secretary was marked by confrontational briefings. he was parodied by melissa mccarthy on "snl." >>> and we have surveillance camera footage at doral resort in florida. watch. >> shots fired. >> the miami-dade officer firing and ducking for cover before entering the lobby. the officer can be heard how to get downstairs before going upstairs as the suspect's description comes in. >> 42-year-old jonathan odie was shot in the leg before arrested. he faces charges including attempted second-degree murder. police say he draped an american flag across the front desk and shouted derogatory comments

spicer. do you think more people will be charged in the special counsel investigation? do you foresee any changes in the current cabinet that mr. trump might nominate someone else for different cabinet posts later on in his administration? host: we will get a response. guest: those are two good questions. on the first one, i have no idea. obviously, robert mueller tends do not have a lot of leaks coming out of that office and i do not know what they have going on. i would not presuppose to guess. the odds are good that either somebody in the cabinet chooses to step aside or the president as someone new -- adds someone new. last for morenot than a couple years, generally speaking. especially when you have gotten a disruptor as president, he will not sit back if someone is not performing. host: from collierville, tennessee, vivian, you are next. caller: good morning, mr. spicer. i would like to know -- and please, i am looking directly at you -- the president, when you get out there and have a

sean spicer was one of my sources before he was the white house press secretary.ns, he would take my calls. sarah does the same as well. >> jimmy: she does, she takes calls? >> she does, sure. we try to have a good relationship. you know. this is a job. i think she understands that. but at the same time, you know, we're not going to go out and be bowling buddies after hours. my job is to ask -- >> jimmy: why, because she would beat you at bowling? >> she would probably beat me at bowling, come to think of it. >> jimmy: when you do call her and she picks up the phone, do you ever hear her go, uhh, what, what now? is that how it goes? >> that is, pretty much. then there's a click. and silence. >> jimmy: there must be -- there must be moments, maybe even every day, where you go, wow, i can't believe that this is what i'm covering today. >> yeah. >> jimmy: what moment has stood out above all others in that respect? >> well, you played that clip. when the president of the united states calls you fake news to your face at a press conference, the one and only press confe

when sean spicer was in the chair, everybody wanted to get sean spicer in the chair and they wanted sara in. howie: that's it for this edition of "mediabuzz." i'm howard kurtz. glad you are watching. hope you like our facebook page, check it out. give us a like. i mentioned earlier the reince priebus interview. priebus interview. we'll see you later imagine traveling hassle-free with your golf clubs. now you can, with shipsticks.com! no more lugging your clubs through the airport or risk having your clubs lost or damaged by the airlines. sending your own clubs ahead with shipsticks.com makes it fast & easy to get to your golf destination. with just a few clicks or a phone call we'll pick up and deliver your clubs on-time, guaranteed, for as low as $39.99. shipsticks.com saves you time and money. make it simple. make it ship sticks. rob: monday may sixth, this is fox fox first i should say happening at 4:00 a.m. fox news alert. florida sheriff's deputy shot in the head and now clinging to life. what we learned overnight about the suspect's history of violence against police. >> john kerry

a man joining me now, former white house press secretary sean spicer. also the author of the upcoming book, the briefing, which we are looking forward to talking to him about as well. while matt, sean. people using the media to she shiv shiv each other. it sounds like there are going to be some people who will get fired. >> might once have started to heal so i feel pretty good. she's absolutely right. it's an absolute honor to be able to work at the white house and serve the american people and help implement the president's agenda and anybody who goes there and leaks really undermines both the honor that the president has bestowed upon them and the agenda that the president is pursuing on behalf of the american people and i think kelly anna's absolutely right. any unauthorized leaks information -- >> martha: this is like a year and a half. all the cycles of people in the communications department and then john kelly was brought in. this was going to stop the leaks. anthony scaramucci said he was going to stop the leaks. what is the problem? how tough i

bring your challenges. >> former white house press secretary sean spicer says the white howell dailys need to be cut back. here he is this week. >> the briefing is more of a show than an outlet of information for the media. the time and effort that it takes to get that briefing going and what you get in return is not worth it anymore. >> spicer says the white house press office should still be available to give responses and updates, but he points out that other agencies like defense department don't always have a daily on-camera briefing. a man who stood behind that podium many days, what do you think? >> makes the nfl issues look easy. >> what is the solution? >> no, they should continue. but take it off camera. we've been arguing that a show. the government should be able to take questions. it's healthy. it's a good part of the process. it's painful. every government should have to endure it. take it off camera so it's more serious. >> then the american people might claim hey, we want more transparency. >> i don't know. i think people watch the media now and they watch that briefi

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i watch sean spicer who did -- sean, i don't know how you did that job.n't pay number enough. and sarah huckabee sanders is amazing. she has the patience of jobe. i could not do the job that you two have done. >> the wounds are finally starting to heal. i would agree -- can i just say something on north korea though? the funny part is, all the clips forget what the president said at the beginning. if we get a deal, great. i might walk out. he laid the predicate for this a long time ago. everybody is forgetting how he approached this to begin with. the president has made very clear he's willing to meet with him but willing to walk away. that's what all the people have nor gotten. you're right. he's gotten kim jong-un to give three american hostages back, gotten to start talking about denuclearizing the clean peninsula. so many millions of americans are benefitting and they're doing whatever they can to figure out what negative news to cover. what is so fascinating, most americans are saying this president is getting things done and keeping his promises and

at least sean spicer was entertaining. it comes to that sean spicer interview, you can see mr.picer's interview he did on this program and all of his activity and work as president trump's first spokesperson on our website at c-span.org. idaho is up next on our independent line, lisa. good morning. caller: good morning. i agree with some of the callers that have called already and i think sarah sanders is doing a great job for what all she has to put up with because trump changing his mind every other minute and. ort: how much information how worthwhile do you see these press briefings when you see them? caller: i think they are ok. i don't think they should be on live tv because maybe there is something said that shouldn't go live. host: you would prefer to see them taped and rebroadcast? .aller: i would i know the reporters and all those people would not want it that way, but it is ok the way it is. host: from fayetteville, north carolina, we will hear from ray on the democrats line. caller: good morning, sir. i think they should shut it down because all they do is lie all th

i watcheded our friend sean spicer, w who did -- sean,i don't know how you did that job.y anyone enough. sarah huckabee is amazing. she has the patience of job. i could not do the job you two have done. >> the wounds are starting to heal. can i just say something on north korea? the funny part is, all those clubs, forget for the president said at the beginning,de if we t a deal, great. i might walk out, he laid the predicate for this a long time ago, everybody is forgetting how he approached us to begin with. that is the important thing. the president made very clear that he's willing to meet and also willing to walk away from a table. that is what all the people of the reports are forgotten. you are right. he's gotten kim jong un to give three american hostages back, talking about denuclearizing the korean peninsula. unemployment is at a record low. so many millions of americans are benefiting, and they are doing whatever they can to figure out what negative news to cover because at the end of the day, what is so fascinating, most americans are saying, this president isi

let's go with you, sean spicer.ou know, it is fascinating if anyone ever leaked any of this from any special counsel, and to "the new york times," another anonymous source, it would be against a democrat, you and i both know, there would be such an outcry in the country about that. >> absolutely. i think that what you are seeing now is definitely concerning. i understand why the president wants to get this wrapped up. we've seen this go over and over again for the better part of the year, no evidence has come forward, everything gets leaked out, it's about time that they fish or cut bait. the president and the white house have been very forthcoming with individuals information and it's about time that we either wrap this thing up or we allow the president -- this president is doing great things and has to move on on the agenda in this country. >> sean: what was your opinions of mr. comey? what is a matter? you can fire him for any reason, joe concha. >> i think we see, sean, with the behavior of james comey on the b

then a conversation with former white house press secretary sean spicer. and at 11:00 p.m., another chance to see q&a with history professor william hitchcock talking about his book, the age of eisenhower. this week, british prime minister theresa may outlines details of her plans talking about the european union. at the start of the session, the house of congress -- house of commons discussed a joe coxe in 2016. this is just under an hour. >> order. colleagues, today is the two extremely brave police officers who apprehended the killer of our late friend and colleague, joe caulks, are in the side gallery for prime minister's questions. i'm referring to jonathan right and craig nichols, both of the west yorkshire police. we honor your public service, we thank you for it, and we offer you the warmest of welcomes here at the house of commons. [applause]. we are also also enjoyed by the residing officer. rosemary butler. you two are very welcome. thank you mister speaker. i'm sure the whole house will wish to join me. the tireless work to raise awareness. of

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sean spicer admitted he lied about the inauguration size.e humor of how many people showed up at the inauguration, who do we believe? i'm not sure i know anymore. >> i have about a dozen at least questions that i would love to see answered today in the white house briefing. we're actually waiting to see if they're -- what is up with the white house briefing. as you can see, folks are ready for it there in the briefing room. sarah sanders spoke briefly this morning about north korea, which is a huge, huge story today and she hinted at the fact that there would be a briefing. let's listen. >> i think so probably. i feel like we've covered it all now. >> now we're waiting to see, right? and it's late in the day, 2:42 p.m. eastern time. normally you'd have an idea of kind of what is going on here. we don't. we did not see a briefing yesterday. there was a briefing on monday. it was not sarah sanders, it was her deputy. there's so much to answer for, the committee transcripts released about the trump tower meeting and north korea. should we be se

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remember sean spicer turned the cameras off and remember who turned them back on?nthony scaramucci. >> i don't think anyone is advocating -- >> well, he did have some briefings that were off camera. >> and selectively invited people but go on. >> yes. >> april? >> so here's -- i understand frank's point. i understand frank's point and i agree with frank to a certain extent, and i really respect what he has to say. but here's the thing, the reason why all the major networks are tuning in for the briefing is because it is a reality show that people want to see. they love to love it or love to hate it, and that's unfortunate. but it started happening for day one when sean spicer came out in that ill-fitting suit talking about the size, the crowd size and how size matters and then went from there. and then it continues. people want to watch and see the nonanswers and the answers. >> let frank weigh in because i want to get to the other part. >> one thing if we are turning ourselves into a reality show in response to trump, well then he's remaking us. >> i'm not. >> he'

later, former white house press secretary, sean spicer. announcer: this week on "q&a" university of virginia history professor william hitchcock. professor hitchcock discusses his book "the age of eisenhower: america and the world in the 1950's." host: william hitchcock, why did you call your new book "the age of eisenhower"? william: i think the period of the death of roosevelt to john kennedy, 1945 to 1963 is a period in whh

then a conversation with former white house press secretary sean spicer. and at 11:00 p.m., another chance to see q&a with history professor william hitchcock talking about his book, the age of eisenhower.

they're giving sean spicer our press secretary gave alternative facts to that. >> the president himselfays going to be the president. i think he's got some of the best political instincts in the world. i love the president and i'm very loyal to the president. the president has really good karma and the world turns back to him. he's a genuinely a wonderful human being. >> i'm joined by mark leave bowvich from the "new york times" magazine tan msnbc contributor. i don't know what to say here. just today, rudy giuliani's putting out the word there's different versions of reality of truth and that they have their own version. it sounds so much like kellyanne talking about alternative facts. is this what these flacks are engaged with selling an alternative universe? >> it's basically what it sort of comes down to. if you look at things like alternative facts and whatever rudy said and hope hicks' white lies and what sean spicer said on day two, they have tried to reorder reality around donald trump's whatever it is he's doing. and look, i mean i think there's a pretty wide consensus among th

- [sean spicer] uh, no. - [journalist] why did it stay up so long? is no one watching this?] (stumbles over words) the president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant. - [narrator] unlike news organizations, social media has no editors, and limited internal means of judging the integrity of the information that it spreads. it is simply a digital platform. - the fundamental difference of editing is playing out in the way traditional media and social media are interacting with one another. for example, facebook launched an entity called facebook live, which allowed any individual, essentially, to become a television producer. - [mark] we've seen social media taken over by groups like isis, and who use it quite effectively. we've seen authoritarian regimes take social media and use it to great effect to spread false information. - [narrator] social media platforms seek to maximize the amount of time users are engaged. people tend to spend more time consuming information they agree with. - social media is more vulnerable to what we call cognitive bias. we know t

this makes it the third time a woman played a male follow following melissa mccarthy's sean spicer spoof on. >> i didn't think it would be possible for her to play. look at that. rudy giuliani. you would never think she'd be able to play him. she's so talented. she's able to play everybody. really just a funny episode and all-star catch. >> worth a watch definitely. >> over the weekend it was a muddy track in louisville and the favorite justify outran the field and won the 144th kentucky derby. justified took the lead through the rain that poured all day long on the 150,000 fans there. making it the wettest kentucky derby on record. but it was one woman who ended the day soaked in cash. she raked in $1.2 million on an $18 bet. she guessed the winner of that event plus the four races that led up to it just a stunning day for them. that's everybody's wish when you go out there, throw some money on the horses. >> literally making it rain. literally and figuratively. here's something you don't see every day. brad marshawn has a weird habit of licking faces. in the match up against the tampa

sean spicer, welcome back to c-span. guest: it is good to be back. i looked around and realized i n'

abby: let's bring in sean spicer. who going to win this battle? smokes. nate silver would have been rolling over say nothing way. ed: thanks, sean. appreciate it, bud. >> the army needs to up its game. pete: full bore colonel. navy man himself. i will do my best. abby: well played, sean. ed: we have a lot of news. overnight we hear two top fbi officials are now abruptly resigning. the president has been talking about this for a long time. his critics have been pushing back. but i think his point has been it's time to investigate the investigators. and you saw there lisa page, mixed up in that texting scandal and then will james baker who was the general counsel. what do you think this says that they're getting out before this inspector general report comes out? >> well, that's a good thing. obviously, nibble that doesn't uphold the highest standards of the law and in pursuit of justice needs to go. the men and women of the fbi work, you know, throughout this country to uphold the law. and i think they have a sterling reputation for the most part t

o'clock slot they've got five pts rejected eric bolling coming on at nine and get this ten pm sean spicer so stay tuned oh my gosh can't get any more exciting unless you're watching r t america holland cook on your per pill thank you both for your time sure appreciate it you bet commish. in one thousand nine hundred ninety one the first web site went live over the internet today there are more than one point two billion web sites and nearly four billion users logged on last year we're becoming more connected and at the same time more exposed to criminal elements the nine month study estimated that annually cyber crime nets more than one point five trillion dollars in revenue even as cyber crime continues to rise the trump administration's decided to do away with the top cyber security official at the white house seems like a mistake to me but perhaps that's just me let's ask an expert joining us to discuss the impact of this decision is todd shipley the c.e.o. of vera software who's been with us before he so great to join us from reno todd thank you for joining us again it seems strange t

. >> martha: sean spicer. thank you. so the announcement of the north korean summit cancellation came hours after north korea claimed to have destroyed their nuclear site. but is there more to the mountain that sunk at this nuclear site? senior foreign affairs correspond greg palkot live in seoul, south korea with a story that's important in understanding the elements in all of this. >> reporter: hi, martha. completely overshadowed by a cancellation of the upcoming summit of president trump and kim jong-un which should have been the banger story, that's the destruction, the dismantling test site we know about in the northeastern part of the country. they part a small group of journalist to observe this and the folks on the ground said it was very loud and very strong. north korea claimed at the time it was a good will gesture. a transparent measure by the regime to promote peace and stability. they didn't invite international experts or in thes or observers to substantiate their claims. they even admit the main tunnel th

eastern. >> sean spicer, welcome back to c-span. >> good to be back. i look around and realize i didn't have a new c-span cup. they need to come back and get the new condition. >> would glad to have you, let me given with news this week. the upcoming summit on june 12th. will it happen between president trump and the north korean lead center sunny think it will but >> guest: i think it will but who knows, as president trump said. i think the president wants this to happen. gait for the country good, for the world. but you don't know what kim jong-un's motives are. is he trying to do enough that people have a better image of him and allow -- give him some economic relief? or does he really want to deal. that's the million dollar question. >> there. >> host: some compare it to the honeymoon to an the leader and then the military exercises take place which he knew would happen and then they use that as an excuse to stop any talks with the south. >> guest: that's what i think gave me pause, which was they almost were fishing for an excuse. using your words

mark penn joins us now with press secretary sean spicer.ark i didn't expect you to be on the program. i'm not going to lie. we have been opposing each other for many years. we have never had this happen to an american president ever. it's never been this bad. we got pfizer lies. we have a deep state, spies in a campaign. this is bad for the country. explain what you meant. >> that's right. i spent a year fighting ken starr when i thought that was wrong. a lot of people on fox news were gung ho in that. i saw how destructive it was to the presidency, the people around him and it resulted in nothing. i'm a skeptical person. at first it seemed like a good process. it made sense. more and more questions came to the fore. how did this get started? what techniques were used? what was behind the warrant? people are raiding people and shaming them and threatening relatives. this seem like a charge chamber series of events. this is opening awp afte up aftr and testimony of the intelligence chiefs, they never said they were using this kind of intelli

. - it was, it was spicer, dubke, um, scaramucci, and hicks, now have all come and gone in the first 16 months. at the end of the day, whoever he replaces hicks with, the communications director of the white house is donald j. trump. - true, true. - i mean, that's part of the problem here. and it's the thing that we're talking about. - well, he, the thing is is that, he will tweet something that will undercut the message of what the communications department is trying to push that day. - [evan] correct. - and they're not on the same plane. - so why not just eliminate the middle man and let him do the job for it? - but the thing is, they have lost so many folks at the white house, i don't even know many of the folks that are still there. - yeah. - and i wasn't someone that covered the campaign, but i had some familiarity with the folks that were there, and i kind of wonder if there's empty offices in the west wing. - right, as you seek to do this kind of reporting, as you do this as part of your job, does the nature of the trump administration, which is both very leaky and filled with

[applause] josh's story about the resignation of white house press secretary sean spicer grabs the readerm the opening sentence. duffy hustled to find a wide variety of sources and conveyed in the drama of the resignation and help the reader's attention. he reported details others said we did not have, beautifully reported and written, say the judges. [applause] i also congratulate chris johnson. where is chris? honorable mention for the merriman smith award, chris johnson of "the washington blade." >> honorable mention for the merriman smith broadcast award, lester holt of "nbc news." [applause] >> the edgar a. poe award honors excellence in news coverage of significant national or regional importance of the american people. it is in honor of edgar a. poe, longtime correspondent for the "new orleans times picayune." the edgar a. poe award goes for the report "shock tactic." the judges call the 18 month examination of taser-related deaths and litigation stunning, new and disturbing. the series involved impressive reporting from multiple angles, revealing the risks of a weapon that is not

sounded like sean spicer, stop shaking your head.or the president to say that, back it up with something. that's what a lot of people are saying. i go to the question i asked on the martin luther king holiday, mr. president, are you a racist. naacp, so many black leaders came out and said they didn't want to classify it, but if you continue to do what you're doing and not trying to make amends, something is wrong. if you use the term racist, this is what it is defined off. when the intersection of power and prejudice meet, that is racism. what has the president done to change the dynamic? we heard about him putting cs on the applications of those who tried to get houses through his companies. c for color. this continues to crescendo. there were dog whistles during the campaign. it has to be more tangible. this is all america. this is not just one segment of america, roseanne's america. this is all america. >> i think that's the point. it is a mistake to call in our political debates people we agree with racist deflexively. but the pr

when sean spicer tried to have briefings off camera, we heard, you can't do that. this is the way the government communicates. we hear criticism all the time. this is an exceptionally important part of leadership where she needs to discuss what's going on. six questions about a joke made in the white house. that was inappropriate. and the whether or not they were going to apologize it makes a mockery of what's going on in the briefing room. i think there is culpability the white house should apologize. and the media is dragging it out. from these entire mccain family by making a huge issue out of this when we have a nuclear summit getting ready to happen in korea. we moved the embassy from jerusalem today. we're focussed on an inappropriate joke. there's a lot of blame to go around. >> she's a member of the family. she has a right to talk about it. and a right to demand an apology. >> >> and the media doesn't have the right to talk about it because -- let me get the question out. the white house has not said it was inappropriate at all. all they said was the leaker

when sean spicer tried to have briefings off camera, we heard, you can't do that.is the way the government communicates. this is an exceptionally mornt part of leadership where she needs to discuss what's going on t. it makes a mockery of what's going on in the briefing room. i think there is culpability from these entire mccain family by making a huge issue out of this when we have a nuclear summit getting ready to happen in korea. we moved the embassy from jerusalem today. we're focused on a low part of this. >> and the media doesn't have the right to talk about it because -- let me get the question out. the white house has not said it was inappropriate at all. all they said was the leakers, it's being handled internally, and we're going to get the leakers. that doesn't bother you? >> there's a couple things i'd like to say. sdp >> they should apologize, i just said that. >> i said it was inappropriate, that's what i said. >> they're not going to say it. you can report that to the news, then drop it as opposed to something that matters. one of the reasons this is

>> welcome back. >> bill: sean spicer just out of washington, d.c. that's the big thing, kim wants to sit with an american president and he has an opportunity. we'll see whether or not he takes advantage of that or blows it. >> sandra: fascinating to watch how the president is navigating through this deal. breaking news on capitol hill as we await a big hearing on the future of the isis threat. the physical caliphate may have been decimated but isis's reach can go way beyond that. jack keane will testify at the hearing. first he joins us live in "america's newsroom." plus this. >> president trump: these are animals. they're coming into our country. we're getting our country, we get them out. when ms-13 comes in and other gang members come into our country i refer to them as animals and guess what, i always will. >> bill: the fight against ms-13 will be the focus of the round table in new york. the administration not mincing words. talk about that with hogan gidley coming up in 15 minutes. >> sandra: charges have now been filed in the killing of a mar

>> are you just taking a shot at sean spicer on the way -- the actual largest -- we're not doing crowdize tonight, we did that already and melissa mccarthy did it, it's done. it's done. but i do want to know if you think that, does that show terrible mismanagement. and we like to give credit, rachel maddow was the first one that handled this, that looked so large as to be suspicious. >> they either totally mismanaged the 1$107 million thy that raised or it was treated the only way they it can be treated as an opportunities to have a slush fund. this guy got elected president with a -- >> wiso you say this was paid fm a slush fund? >> i know they paid a lot of different production companies to come in and do a lot of different scenarios, but it takes a lot of work to add up to $26 million. >> the producers of the beat, you mentioned the actual largest, you guys pulled off the 55 milli$55 million and it was accounts a very good event. when i covered donald trump's campaign, it was notoriously cheap and the nicest thing you can say about that is that he won on a cheap budget, and in busin

, the white house press briefing was under way, and then the press secretary at the time was sean spicer of reporter questions, including does president trump have confidence in fbi director comey? well, at that point in time, this was his response. >> i have no reason to believe. have i not asked the president since the last time we spoke with this. >> well, whiplash. by 5 p.m., comey was thousands of miles from washington, talking to agents in california, when the news broke that he was gone. the fbi director learned himself fate like the rest of us, by watching television. >> the president of the united states has terminated the director of the fbi, james comey. >> confuse tonight on capitol hill around the country and around the world. >> an enormous moment in american history that we're watching. >> the bombshell announcement, something that was completely unexpected to anyone. >> as president of the united states, he needs confidence in his fbi director and he doesn't have it. >> trump wrote, quote, you are not effectively able to lead the bureau. >> the president of the united sta

white house, which is about i would say about 30 yards or so from the white house briefing room, sean spicere press secretary at the time was reading from a folded piece of paper that he had indeed -- the fbi director had indeed be fired. the -- a sense of disbelief in the white house. the context of it was -- this is about a week after james comey was on capitol hill and was testifying and this is a -- something the president was furious at him. he spent the weekend before in bedminster at his resort and several of his advisers had a conversation with him and they thought this would be received in a positive bipartisan way. because democrats of course were in the pleased at all with james comey. but the role -- the roll out was haphazard and we rushed out and read the news from the press statement and then the white house released a letter the president sent initially not exactly the reasoning -- it was sort of murky and that went on to be the situation -- the president blamed it on the clinton investigation of course we found out in a couple of days, it was not that, wolf. >> jeff zeleny,

sean spicer, the former white house press secretary a few months back went through staffer's phones before he left. they wouldn't say if that is something they're planning to do now or whether the president was talking about a department of justice investigation. jeff sessions had said earlier this year that they had 27 leak investigations open but that referred to classified information and what we're talking about today is not classified information but gossip within the white house. >> jon: the irony here is john mccain is a navy veteran. during many discussions during the navy he heard comments far worse than this and probably wasn't offended by them. >> that's perhaps true. however, this is not been very good for this white house because first of all, kelly sadler has not apologized publicly as she was supposed to do reportedly after speaking with megan mccain and raj shah would not say from the podium whether or not this white house thinks that it's inappropriate the comments that she made or whether the white house thinks that she needs to apologize in this situation. >> jon: raj sh

president has not taken that obligation seriously since day one of his administration since he sent sean spicer out to say this is a most widely viewed inauguration. so why would we expect that 17 months in, we will suddenly see some turn toward a diligent verasty from this president we have never seen. >> guys, i'm not trying to defend the tweets from this morning. i'm telling you -- >> it's not b object this morning's tweets. it's about a consistent pattern over the course of this man's career over which he has no interest in telling the truth. >> i'm not a time, but i think i must play and i know my control booth is going to go, what, but i got to play what leslie said in an interview. a conversation she had with the president after doing an interview with him. >> i said x you know, that is getting tired. why are you doing this. you're doing it over and over and it's boring and it's time to end that. you know, you've won the nomination. and why do you keep hammering at this. he said, you know why do it? i do it to discredit you all and demean you all so when you write negative stories about

sean spicer i think might still be in the bushes over there. and sarah sanders.nd unfortunately, they don't know how to tell the truth other here. and it's an ongoing problem over here at the white house to try to decipher what is real and what is fake. for all the president's claims of fake news, when they lie to us on a daily basis, unfortunately we repeat some of those lies on a daily basis, the end result is in some cases fake news. and it just makes it incumbent upon all of us, and especially on press world freedom day like it is today to try to get through the fog of lies and deceit that we deal on almost a daily basis over here. >> april, i was watching the briefing today. i want to play your exchange with sarah sanders and then we'll talk on the other side. >> why didn't you talk to the white house press office about his impacting statements about what was happening? >> the white house press office wouldn't coordinate with the president's outside legal team on a legal strategy. >> you said yourself you were blind sided. >> i didn't use that term. >> well,

sean spicer said the same thing. i'm giving you the best information i have. that is plausible deniability. that is the president of the united states told me this. i am going to believe him because he is the president of the united states. that assumes he believes he is telling him the truth. and i don't believe they always do. >> press secretaries in the past held themselves to a higher standard. they have threatened to resign when asked to give false information to the press. because it is their credibility. their point person is to be a mouthpiece for truth as well as the administration's interest. that line she was holding kwrop to like a life line, it is not only plausibility deniability but a lot of times they know the information they get is not good. there is awe quote said to be believable you have to be credible, to be credible you have to be truthful. that's the way that relationship works. the white house secretary depends on it. that has been erased not only yesterday but for months. tone comes from the top. and this president has a truth-telling

un and south korean moon jae-in meeting for a second time, former white house press secretary sean spicersays kim has few options. >> kim knows that this meeting is the only shot he has as being seen on the world stage and that you're going to see kim do whatever he can to make concessions if they want to get that meeting on track on june 12th. >> greg palcock live in seoul, south carolina, great. >> this story does not take any breaks over the weekend, we witnessed what could be another development to bring peace to the region, as you noted kim jong un and moon jae-in meeting on saturday, they did it along dmz as they did last time, this time on north korean side, we understand the session lasted two hours in addition to interkorean matters, we were told there was a frank and candid exchange of views about how to achieve a successful summit involving president trump and north korean kim, that summit as was noted basically canceled by the white house on thursday and revived on friday, saturday's meeting is seen by experts on the ground as the clearer signal yet that that june 12th singapo

this is a reporter asking then press secretary sean spicer, remember spicy? about the comey firing.e a listen. >> seems so abrupt where james comey even found out about it by television. >> i think the president was given a recommendation by the deputy attorney general who the fbi director reports to. the attorney general concurred with that. that the fbi director lost the confidence to lead the fbi and the president took the recommendation and agreed with it. >> not two days later, literally two days later on may 11th, this was donald trump explaining the firing to our own lester holt. >> what i did was i was going to fire comey. my decision. >> you had made the decision before they came in the room. >> i was going to fire comey. when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. >> okay. can't be both! okay? first, spicer who's his spokesperson says, nope, nope, a pure recommendation of the attorney general rod rosenstein and then trump says, nah, i was going to do it anyway. >> he was in the clear. he was

. >> we watched sean spicer's at the podium. we know sarah sanders has the toe the company line.t to be either slightly untrue or entirely untrue. and that's her job and she does it well. president trump has no problem, according to the latest assessment by the "washington post" fact checker. he is up over six untruths a day. michael cohen did slip up when he said he facilitated a payment to stormy daniels. but this revelation by mr. giuliani comes after a poll released yesterday following a similar polling result last month that a majority of the public knows, believes that the president paid off stormy daniels and that they don't care. candidate trump has never paid a price for lying. and he continues to retain a solid base between 35% and 40% of the country. and he just believes he can create his own reality. we have seen many people working for him, alisyn, who have been rewarded when they backed him up by lying for him. so i don't expect anything else. i expect it to continue. unless people are talking to the fbi or under oath, this happens all too frequently. >> right. that