so after the press briefing the first press briefing. i marched up to tony snow's office i said do you realize what you do? he apologized and from that moment on we struck up a really good relationship and he apologized for the insensitivity. he did not realize hoin sensitive it was and what it would spark. to the credit of the white house correspondence association, i talked to mark smith who is was a president at the time and he addressed the issue. i got an apology but people really do not understand from the reporter. the reporter that did that. and people do not understand how much what you say what happens at the podium it can reverberate in the room or outside of. there are so many ripples to go beyond that room and it really affected me that day. the press briefing. you and i have cover the white house together for many years. when i was with abc and the press briefings were off camera largely up until about the time that you came in mike mccurry was the second term clinton press secretary and agreed to do this on camera. somethi

and the press was feeding that fear all the time. there are three other words that are involved in this are ise nise and kibe. ise was the japanese word for first generation. the people who came to america largely as farm workers or to build railroads were the first generation ise. they were not allowed to become american citizens. in 1924, the congress passed the asian exclusion act of 1924. asians could not become naturalized citizens of the united states no matter how long they were here. but according to our constitution their children could become citizens. and their children were called the nise, the second generation. there was another group greatly suspected, mostly unfairly many of whom became great war heroes. and we'll get into that, called the kibe. and the kibe were american citizens that is second generation japanese americans who would be -- who were nise but they were called kibe because they were of a group whose parents sent them back to japan to be educated. so they were born in the united states at a certain age,

tony snow was the new press secretary. what happened with that comment? >> guest: the first day he came into the press briefing he was a rock star in chief when he came in so many people were in that room i couldn't even get to my seat and typically when you're in the white house and the briefing area you are downstairs doing your work or upstairs and then you have your designated seat and feel comfortable i can wait until the last minute or the two-minute warning to get my seat that wasn't the case to my surprise when i came upstairs every seat was taken. it was standing room only so i was on the right side of the briefing room against the wall and there was a question posed to him by abc's martha radek and he was explaining what was going on and said i not going to hold or touch that and i kind of shrieked because that is something that the phrase was very sensitive racially sensitive. it was a rare rabbit story and i actually have that book just to remember this is what used to be but it is not. i couldn't believe it and when you think about that so the

but those mistakes are eroding the confidence of americans in the press. few constraints on the net, it's extremely important that the national media stop the corruption. and begin telling the truth without an agenda. i get the "new york times" every morning. that paper has tremendous resources. but over the years it's become a left wing enterprise. that's crept into its hard news coverage. i mean, the paper can't even put out on honest best seller list for books without injecting ideology. the stuff has got to stop. now on a personal note some have me for not condemning brian williams. here is what i said on jimmy kimmel monday night. >> anybody looking at the destruction of this man real happy his career is going down the drain. that disturbs me. he embellished a story. now, again, if it's just one time, he will get by. but if it's a pattern of this, it's going to be hard for him to come back and be the main anchor on nbc. >> so now we know there is a pattern, it's my belief that mr. williams, after the new orleans deal, will not return as the main ancho

i got a call from the white house press secretary at the time. he said you want to interview condoleezza rice? i said sure. so we'll tonelli talk to she made it clear he or she made it perfectly clear that she's supportive quote unquote targets of opportunity, but some would consider affirmative action. there she was again the train of thought that there should not be preferences there should not be preferences in admission to the university. >> host: specialty media reporter like you get that message to the audience that cares the most. >> guest: not just my audience. and that's the great dean. the audience now reverberate to "the new york times" and cnn and out to abc in our reverberate into the "washington post." i'm not just specialty media, but not, but now the go but now the go to person that of immediacy off of when there is a black issue black or urban issue or something of that nature. postcode is your really cook a soul food dinner for bill clinton when he was president? >> guest: i didn't cook it. and i can't did. >> host: start from t

the reason they hold the press in contempt is two fold. it's perfectly fine for common commontators like me to give an opinion, but when hard news people deceive viewers to advance a political agenda, that is when the nation gets hurt. enter brian williams. 9 million people watch him report events of the day. now, we know brian williams exaggerated certain stories so nbc had to suspend him for six months he apparently misreported other situations as well. nbc news won a pea body award for coverage of hurricane katrina in new orleans he said he was attacked by gangs, gangs in the ritz carlton hotel. talking points was suspicious of the story and so was the washington post. said, i talked with post reporter dennis mccoy who has been investigating. >> i'm reflecting what the hotel manager said in her assessment of brian williams when he said he misremembered gangs were inside of the hotel. >> how can you misremember there are gangs in a hotel? >> it's impossible. according to the article the manager said there were no gangs in my hotel. where

and so after the press briefing the first one and i said the realize what you did and he apologized. and from that moment on we struck up a relationship and he truly did apologize for what he did and he didn't realize how insensitive he whines and to the credit i talked to mark smith who was the president at the time. and i got an apology. do people really don't understand the apologies from the reporter who did bad and people don't understand what happens to deliberating in that room what goes beyond that room and it really affected me. >> the press briefing, you and i covered this for many years, the press briefings were off-camera largely up until about the time that you came. mike was the second term secretary and agreed to do an on camera and i tend to agree that the press briefings are supposed to be the raw ingredient. and also do you have which struck me because i was there for it, not just because you are an african-american reporter, but maybe because you were a woman. >> yes, i think you might be right about this issue. it also could because i'm part of this specialty medi

. >> did the barrage of negative press help push him out? sarah palin once so popular also get being pounded for suggesting she might run for president and delivering a rambling speech in iowa. >> the man can only ride you when your back is bent. so strengthen it. then the mancomplaint ride you. >> should the media take herplaint ride you. >> should the media take her seriously? and a focus group on whethers 2016 coverage has been fair. >> do you think you're getting an honest look at the politicians based on what you see in the media? >> no. everything boils down to sound bites and snippets. the station's bias comes in to play. >>> today's sprubl showdown under the under the shadow of deflategate. plus television goes haywire over a big storm taking aim at new york city. >> blizzard of 2015. >> winter storm juno. >> historic record breaking. >> snowmageddon. pointing fingers when only new england gets walloped. what explain this is blizzard of fear. i'm howard kurtz and this is "#mediabuzz". >>> if mitt romney was testing the waters for anot

thanks for coming on "meet the press." i want to turn to the republican chairman of the senate foreign relations committee bob corker of tennessee. he just got back from the middle east. senator corker, welcome back to "meet the press." >> good to be with you, chuck. >> let me ask you about this debate about words. do you think it matters whether we call isis radical islam or just radical extremists? >> well, you know what matters is what i call them. and they're islamic extremists. i just spent a week there as you know. and look, these -- they are islamic. no question. they are extreme in what they're doing. and they are a threat to our country. and we need to deal with that appropriately. it looks as if we have some pieces that are coming together appropriately in iraq. i think there is still a lot of questions, chuck, as to how we deal with isis and syria and as you talked about earlier in your program, they're a threat now in libya and other places. so this is something that we as a nation are going to be dealing with f

and the press was feeding that fear all the time. there are three other words that are involved in this are ise nise and kibe. ise was the japanese word for first generation. the people who came to america largely as farm workers or to build railroads were the first generation ise. they were not allowed to become american citizens. in 1924, the congress passed the asian exclusion act of 1924. asians could not become naturalized citizens of the united states no matter how long they were here. but according to our constitution their children could become citizens. and their children were called the nise, the second generation. there was another group greatly suspected, mostly unfairly many of whom became great war heroes. and we'll get into that, called the kibe. and the kibe were american citizens that is second generation japanese americans who would be -- who were nise but they were called kibe because they were of a group whose parents sent them back to japan to be educated. so they were born in the united states at a certain age,

. >> did the barrage of negative press push him out? >> sarah palin was so popular and is pounded by conservative pundits for suggesting she might run for president and delivering a rambling speech in iowa. >> the man can only ride yeah when your back is bent so strengthen it! then the man can't ride you and america won't be taken for a ride. should the media take her seriously as a presidential contender? we will have a focus group on whether the 2016 coverage has been fair. >> do you think you are getting an honest look at the politicians based on what you see in the media? >> no. everything is boiling down to soundbites and snippets and individual reporters where the buyy comes into play if they don't like a canidate they bury him. >> today supervise super bowl showdown taking place under the shadow of deflate-gate. have the charges of cheating become the dominant story line if the big game? television goes crazy over a big storm taking aim at new york city. >> blizzard of 2015. >> ferocious blizzard. >> record breaking snowmagedden.

"meet the press" is next. >> go >>> this super bowl sunday mitt romney gets out just as he was being decided it's best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity to become our next nominee. >> with romney out, the republican field is now set. which candidates benefit from the romney departure? i'll be joined by mitt romney's 2012 running mate, congressman paul ryan. >>> plus, isis executes a second japanese hostage. former defense secretary robert gates joins me on the fight against the terror group. >>> also, are the big hits the fans love jeopardizing the future of football? >> i wasould forget things, i would forget places. i would have this erratic behavior towards my child.

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this was the big change from previous press conferences. generally, most of the questions, especially at the beginning are about domestic policy. today, it was about international affairs. with this surprise announcement of the new initiative by the french president and the german chancellor to go this afternoon -- which is probably why this press conference was scheduled this morning instead of the traditional afternoon press conferences. he was going to ukraine to present a new plan to the ukrainian president and then on to moscow tomorrow to the russian president a very dramatic announcement, basically hinting there are two options -- either war and total war or diplomacy. he indicated it was the last chance for diplomacy after previous efforts to try to make sure there can be at least a way out of the conflict that is raging now in ukraine. he said it is very clear that this is a war taking place in the heart of europe. >> the president also have much to say about the mastic issues -- also had much to say about domestic issues. let's lis

it's "meet the press." >>> from nbc news in washington this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good morning. it's been a weekend of tense diplomacy. we will bring you my exclusive interview with secretary of state john kerry in a minute. the fate of kayla mueller remains unknown. isis still has offered no proof and state department says it has been unable to verify the claims. meanwhile, peace talks have been taking place at the munich security conference in an effort to end the intensifying fighting between russia and ukraine. france and germany's leaders are warning that the conflict could develop into a total war that could spill into eastern europe unless a peace deal is reached. >>> on friday president obama revealed his updated national security strategy a document criticized by republicans for outlining too cautious of an approach. here is susan rice outlining the new strategy. >> while the dangers we face may be more numerous and varied they are not of the existential nature we experienced during world war ii. we cannot be buffetted by alarmism. i started by asking whether t

members of the press have to ask that question. simply because you have a source of information you have the ability to expose that to the public. should you? i'm saying it is for you to decide. it's not for the government to decide. but it is for you to decide. i will use an extreme example, perhaps unfair. in world war ii, is a reporter found out about the existence of the manhattan project, is that something that should have been disclosed? we are not in a time of war, and i'm saying that's an extreme example. but there's a question the numbers of the press should ask. about whether or not the disclosure of the information has a negative impact on the national security of the nation. we have tried to be appropriately sensitive in bringing those cases that warranted prosecution. we have turned away, and i turned away substantially greater number of cases that were presented to us, and where prosecution was sought. >> is there a realistic chance that president obama will be able to close guantanamo before the end of his term? if so

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this program has been plan to jointly by the national press club and the capital press club. tonight is historic because of how we came together here this evening as partners to discuss the very issue that once divided our two organizations. race. the 107th president of the press club, i want to acknowledge the presence of the 108th president of the is club who took office last week. thank you for being here. one of the highlights of my year was to be invited to speak in this very room at the 70th anniversary celebratory awards meeting of the cap patel press club -- captial -- capital press club. african american journalists have been members of the national is club since 1950 five, and we're proud that many have been in leadership positions over the years. i also am proud, very proud that's one of our newest members is the president of the cap patel press club. -- capitol press club. thank you for inviting me to speak, thank you for joining the national press club and above all, thank you for working hard. so hard to ensure the success of this evening's program. as we announc

. >> moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd joining us now with more on that. he white house is expected to seek congressional approval for more military action against the militants. i guess the question is is this a slam dunk for the white house or what needs to go into this resolution? >> there's broad support for obviously going after isis. bipartisan support there. i think how this thing is worded is going to be something that i don't know if they'll be able to come to an agreement to. the president has authority to do this without congressional authorization. the war resolutions from iraq and afghanistan that are still league. he could use that or the war powers act. the problem is they want to narrow the scope, but at the same time that the old war resolution -- and at the same time give flexibility because isis is in syria and iraq. if they pop up in other countries, you have to write the resolution broad enough that you can go after isis in yemen or syria without declaring war on yemen or syria. >> you have an exclusive with secretary of state john kerr

welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press." with chuck todd. >>> good morning. it's been a weekend of tense diplomacy and we're going to bring you my exclusive interview with secretary of state john kerry in just a minute. but the fate of american aid worker kayla mueller remains unknown two days after isis claimed that she had been killed in a jordanian missile strike in syria, isis still has offered no proof, and the state department says it has been unable to verify the claim. meanwhile, peace talks have been taking place at the munich security conference in an effort to end the intensifying fighting between russia and ukraine. france and germany's leaders are now warning that the conflict could develop into a total war that could spill beyond ukraine's borders into eastern europe, unless a peace deal is reached. on friday, president obama unveiled his updated national security strategy. it's a document that has been criticized by republicans for outlining too cautious of an approach. here's the president's national security

this program has been planned jointly by the national press club and the local press club. tonight is historic because of how we came together this evening as partners to discuss the very issue that once divided the organizations race. the 107th president of the press club. i want to know if you presence of john hughes, the 108th president -- acknowledged the presence of john hughes, the 108th president. one of the highlights of my year as president was to be invited to speed in this very room -- speak in this very room for the 70's anniversary of the press club that was formed by african-american journalists in a time they were denied membership in the national press club. african-american journalists and communicators have been active members since 1955 and we are proud that many have been in leadership positions over the years. i also am proud trauma very -- home of-- proud, very proud proud that many have been in leadership positions over the years. i'm proud that one of our newest members, the president of the capital press club. thank you, hazel, to have the national p

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what is the proper role of the press? what are they doing, what should they be doing as these two stories come back to the front pages of the news? >> the first thing we have to remember is we are no longer the exclusive conduit for news. you are all reporting everyday on your twitter feeds. you are sending out instagram pictures. everybody trades information. not all of it is good, believe me. all we had to trade on is our reputations. i can ask you to watch cbs news because we want to believe we are trustworthy. some won't believe it. our role is the same as it always was, which is to represent what is going on and do it in an unbiased way. we have the resources, more resources than the people who are simply out there with twitter and their own iphone cameras. now there's a lot of information. there's a lot of bad information. in the face of that, we have to continue to do our utmost to bring out what is actually going on. >> we want to invite you to add your voices to this conversation. if you have questions you want to

in vice chair of the national press foundation -- and of vice chair of the national press foundation.thank you. a couple of awards you do not want to miss. the word captivating is one i rarely use when describing energy policy issues. that is before i read a project of bloomberg news which takes a hard look at issues facing our national energy grid. noting that while the grid hasn't changed much since tom edison invented the light of all and it is doomed to obsolete area read on and you will see why the judges were so enthusiastic about the choice of chris martin, jim of bloomberg news are the winners of the 2015 thomas stoltz award for energy writing. [applause] >> thanks very much. thanks to the judges. and to the national press foundation. and i have woken up in a dream five years ago and think i would be honored by a national news organization about utilities, i would've killed myself. [laughter] i am fundamentally a storyteller and my view is "what is the story there?" it is an amazing story. i spent many of my years on the wall street journal and i was and san francisco in the 1

welcome to "meet the press." >> thank you, chuck. you having me this morning. >> let me start with that basic question. do you feel as if the game is as safe as it can be for the players of today? >> i think the game is safer than it has ever been. and the progress that is being made means it is going to be safer in the future. and i think if you look at what has been done during commissioner goodell's tenure, whether it is in the context of preventing concussions, better -- by rule changes, better equipment and teaching safer tackling techniques, better medical care for the players with the use of independent neurotrauma consultants and negotiated return to play protocol with the nflpa and the research being done in conjunction with the nih, general electric, international sports federation, i think there is a tremendous amount of progress being made and i would say to people the game has never been safer. the statistics show that. the fact is that helmet to helmet collisions, which have been the biggest cause of concussions in the

that's the top issue on this morning tease "meet the press." . good morning. >> good morning. >> from isis to vladimir putin, there seems to be no end to foreign policy issues for the obama administration. what seems to be the president's strategy for these hot-button issues? >> we did get an outline of sort of his overall vision of how to deal with these sort of hot spots. and susan rice when she outlined it on friday she used a phrase called strategic patience and cautioned against this rush to sort of overreact at a moment's notice whether it is isis or putin with ukraine. but, of course the president's critics have said, you know, what he's been too patient in how he reacted to isis and too patient in confronting putin. all three of those topics are what i delve into with secretary kerry, including this idea did the president actually wait too long in confronting isis? and more importantly, has the u.s. reacted fast enough to the problem? in fact there is a kurdish leader that has been directly critical richard engel did an interview, i'll h

the other thing about the press coverage it didn't challenge the president. what christian's role in the civil rights movement, martin luther king, there was no push back on that from print papers that actually covered it. >> when you don't cover it at all, you don't get any analysis or context which is why i ifind this puzzling. coming up, a huge flap over some saying childhood vaccinations should be voluntary. but is this a problem for conservatives? and rand paul denounce as cnbc anchor for loaded questions. was the interview fair. >>> the question of vaccinations is suddenly ineffecting the presidential campaign. "new york times" calls the controversy, quote, a twist on an old problem for the republican party. how to approach matters that are largely settled among scientists,. that drew a rebuke from matt lauer. >> becomes a hot potato. liberal "new york times" puts this way and let's make it clear, this does not break down completely between the right and the left. >> everybody wants to paint this as a right wing thing. it's not. >> still, there was stro

bush to want to withdraw further and not be so exposed to the press. his run by jeb bush was not an easy thing for her. it's a question that had hung over her really for 20 years knowing that he might seek the presidency one day. and she was forced to wrestle with it and ultimately came to the conclusion that she could back a run but she's not an eager campaigner and i wonder how enthusiastic she will be on trail for her husband. >> although she could be a huge asset given the fact that she is from mexico and has all sorts of interest that could be a real asset to a republican in the national campaign fascinating profile. >> absolutely, republicans are looking to expand their tent and looking to embrace the hispanic vote. many hispanics are up in arms over the hard line stance some republicans take on immigration. mrs. bush would be the first latina first lady she could be a very powerful draw for her husband in those communities. >> cheryl thank you very much and chris as well. speaking of immigration policy join us on wednesday at 8:00 for msnbc and t

horrible week for rand paul, another guy who shows that the worst thing you can do is signal to donors, the pressand activists that the thing you think is weakest in value is actually true. he did that this week on vaccines. he got some scrutiny from the new york times. he seemed thin-skinned. if he is going to have to be a nominee he is going to have to stop being thin-skinned. >> going to have to be tougher. >> finally, what happened was overlooked. >> we have these bloomberg politics that came out of the very beginning the week. i was struck most high the fact that the past winners of the iowa caucus, neither doing well in iowa at all. rick santorum in the single digits. if you added them up together they are still short of what scott walker was in the poll. they are very well known in iowa. they're doing so poorly there. it is one of the many factors that show the iowa race is wide open for republicans. >> rick perry is building a good staff, out there being aggressive on media and money. i'm certain jeb bush will raise the most money this year by a lot. keep your eye on the ball. the ball is

secretary of state john kerry on "meet the press." they discussed the escalating war in ukraine and todd asked if the plans to increase its role there. >> i have no doubt that additional assistance of economic kind and others -- other kind will be going the ukraine. and we do so understanding that there is no military solution. >> you can hear the full conversation on "meet the press sunday" here on nbc 4. >>> nbc nightly news anchor brian williams quote, decided to take himself off the desk for the next several days. williams wrote an e-mail to colleagues today saying it's apparent he is too much a part of the news. now earlier this week he apologized for statements he made about his reporting in iraq. he is now admitted that the statements were not true. nbc news president turner says announced an internal nbc investigative team is working to gather the facts about the statements. lester holt will anchor nbc nightly news until williams returns and for more on the story go to nbcwashington.com. >>> still to come a second change for a

in closing, i would like to again thank the national press foundation for recognizing my work. i would like to express special thanks to my bosses at "the chattanooga times free press" for their support. and my wife, cindy, for her incredible patience over the past 15. lastly, i will like to thank all of you still here and for not walking doubt during -- walking out during my slideshow. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, clay. please join us for the post-dinner reception in at the jefferson room on this level. while live music and sponsored by pepsico. on your way, i invite you to take a look at some of clay's cartoons available for purchase with all proceeds going to the national press foundation. i appreciate you having me here tonight and thank you and we will see you next year. bye. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the >> it's my pleasure to introduce dr. horn. he is an author and former white house presidential speechmaker who spent years researching and writing his robert e. lee biography "the man who w