we discuss that with tom dupree. i am in for lou dobbs, i am tom sullivan. today, amazing, president trump delivering a stinging rebuke of the left wing national media, during his first solo press conference, president blasting what he called, out of control media and government leakers during the one hour, 15 minute long press conference, knock fox news chief white house correspondent with the report. reporter: an opportunity for president trump to recapture the free wheeling days of his campaign, a spirits back and forth with media, he sees as hostile and out to get him. >> along with new york, los angeles, in particular speaks, not for the people, but for the special interests and for those profiting off a very, very obviously broken system. we have to talk about it. to find out h what is going on, because the press, honestly out of control. reporter: president dismissed negative reporting that has besieged his white house as fake news, insisting, this is a ruse invented by the democrats. >> you can talk all you want about russia, which is a fake news fab

tom: joining me now, tom dupree former deputy assistant attorney general rally in bush administrationm this is a who done it. and i suspect you and everyone your old colleagues are buzzing about who do you think did it? how did the phone calls to the prime minister of australia, and president of mexico, how did those get out? >> right, a lot of times in the executive branch you have a number of people who have access to classified information they could range from high level political appointees to civil servant whose role puts them in place to access to that. you could have a dozen to 50 or more people all with variety of interesting and motives, some of whom might be the leaker, it could be more than one leaker, we've been talking the leaker in some cases you could have multiple leaks, maybe several different motives, turning that material over to reporters. tom: many times we hear stories about investigation, going to be held, we never hear another thing, do you believe, that there is going to somebody that will face the music and we'll know who it is. tom: name, date and serial nu

tom dupree, it does happen a lot. is it disproportionately happening to this administration. >> i haven't seen what we've seen in the last couple weeks. leaks are a common feature in washington. they've been here many years and will continue to be here. two things that make the current situation different. the magnitude of the leaks. we've seen them on national security, diplomatic issues, immigration issues. all happening in the last two weeks and sabotaging the administration's efforts. the other things, this is reflected in the flynn leaks, this is a leak of classified information. it's one thing to leak information that puts your adversary in a bad light or to leak inside baseball information for a reporter. but it's another thing to leak classified national security information, which is what happened here. >> neil: you're right. but what if it's an internal leak and it's not the russians or whatever but our own people leaking on our own people? >> it's unacceptable to matter who is doing it. in this case, what a

tom dupree, thank you. president keeping up his furious pace today, signing bills and executive actions ahead of the big speech tonight. >> there are those saying that i have done just about more than anybody if you add the tax cuts that we are going to be doing as soon as we finish healthcare. i think i have done just about more than anybody in the first four weeks. lou: indeed he has. ed rollins and michael goodwin join me next live from washington, d.c. for the president's address to the joint session of congress tonight. an historic evening, beautiful next nation's capital. this is the silverado special edition. this is one gorgeous truck. oh, did i say there's only one special edition? because, actually there's 5. aaaahh!! ooohh!! uh! holy mackerel. wow. nice. strength and style. which one's your favorite? come home with me! it's truck month! find your tag for an average total value over $11,000 on chevy silverado all star editions when you finance through gm financial. find new roads at your local che

as we watch that play out i want to bring back tom dupree to talk about this potential leak investigationhe president is ordering the doj to undertake. how serious a step that he himself as the president has said let's get this going? >> it's a serious step and an unusual step. normally what you have is you have agencies themselves make what is known as a criminal referral to the justice department for investigation. there is nothing that prohibits the president himself from directing an investigation but it is unusual. it underscores the seriousness of how the president views the current environment and the leaks that seem so prevalent these days. >> shannon: all happening at the beginning of his administration. a lot of folks will ask if the doj will do the investigation however it leads, but to make an example of someone or to show this administration won't put up with this. we're one month in and find a name and crack down and make an example. >> that's right. look, leaks are prevalent in washington they've always been here and always will be. what makes this different, the leak envir

tom dupree, good to see you.wait the battle over the vote on senator sessions. >> bill: we've had a lot of action in the last hour, 45 minutes. senator orrin hatch suspending the rules in committee which allows the nominations of steve mnuchin and tom price to go forward. democrats sought a delay. that delay is apparently over. the room is empty. we expect democrats to come back in the room for comment. that should be interesting. don't move. we're watching all of it. that's all coming up next. jeff session on deck as well. back in three minutes. when heartburn hits, fight back fast with tums smoothies. it starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. ♪ tum -tum -tum -tum smoothies! only from tums >> bill: the democrat from rhode island. this is the committee room that will advance the nomination of jeff sessions to be the next attorney general. that is the big action at this hour. as we await that, we say stand by. >> shannon: one of president trump's senior ad