Does the press underplay the blue wave . Well talk about that. Plus, a major scandal in the news world. Houston chronicle forced to retract multiple stories from a reporter who is believed to have been making up source ofs. Ha did the chronicle do about it . Well talk to the papers top d editor. And well talk to tucker about what happened at i had home and why police are now investigating. Lots to get to, but first President Trumps attempts to distract from various negative stories in the news. Not the least of which were the results of the midterms and the gops losses in the house. What did he do the next day . He fired his attorney general and he kicked jim acosta out of the white house. Im sure youve heard by now that on wednesday night cn,s chief White House Correspondent tried to show up for his 8 00 p. M. Live shot waends told was n and he was told he was not allowed in the white house property. His press pass has been suspend until further notice. This is not about jim acosta. This is about the white house trying to control News Coverage by blacklisting certain reporters. Ultimately, its about freedom the press. The question now is whose credentials could be revoked next . As far as im concerned, i havent made that decision. But it could be others also. So, look, cnns in the thick of this story and trumps insulting acosta, insutting alty phillips on friday and others, theyre on record saying trumps attacks against the media are disturbingly unamerican. Thats the official word from cnn. But i want to try to approach this as dispassionately as we can. Right now its about cnn but nbc or the New York Times or other outlets could be next. So i want to ask if theres a legal case here, could cnn end up suing in order to get acostas press pass reinstated . Will the white house take away other press passes . And whats going to happen next here . Theres a lot to talk about. But let me start with the run, the only, sam dondalsaldson. You know him sometimes shouting questions at the white house. Thanks for joining me. Glad to be here, brian. Your view first and foremost of what the white house did this week to punish jim acosta. Well, the president s order to revoke his credentials is not only wrong and you fair, its dangerous for the press as a whole. We all saw what happened at the news conference. Theres a group of people moving through mexico toward our border described by people on the scene, observers who are neutral as made up of men, women, and children seeking asylum from persecution and from hardship. Well, the president has character rides them as a caravan composed of many terrorists wanting to invated United States. He sent thousand of troops to the board we are orders to repel them by force if necessary. So acosta asked him why he called it a caravan at the news conference. The president replied, thats my opinion. And acosta tried to press him on what basis, what evidence he used to form that opinion. And instead of answering, President Trump lashed out with a vicious personal attack on acosta. And then ordered his press credentials revoked. Now, if that order isnt reversed by the courts, what reporter, what News Organization would risk the retaliation of the white house by asking questions or publishing stories that the president doesnt like . The courts must reverse that order and im sure they will. Sam, i know that youve fwhp tou been in touch with jim over the years. He looks up to you as a White House Correspondent. Have you all spoken this week . No, we havent spoken but i emailed him and said keep it up, dont worry about the vicious attacks on you by anybody and the threats and all of this. Youre performing in the best appearance of a reporter, youre doing your job properly. And its a badge of merit. The white house says this credential was revoked because he placed his hands on a white house intern. The video shows that acosta did not mistreat the intern but thats the white house spin, thats the excuse to revoke the prix credential. Do you think theyll come up with other excuse to revoke other credentials and this will become a deepening crisis . They better tripe because the constitution f constitution forbids the presss right to freedom of speech. And what President Trump has done having no law, as the amendment for bids to fall back on, hes done it through the backdoor. If he refuses to allow a reporter to report, if he refuses to allow an organization like cnn to sbrekt e seleelect reporter but can he select it, then what is freedom of the press in the president does not understand a lot of things about our constitution, but i expect and i believe the courts will instruct him. Sam, stay with me, if you can. I want to open this up to a couple other guests, but first let me tell the viewers at home the latest on whats going on. We can show you the video from wednesday night when acosta arrived at the white house, when he was told his secret service credential was being taken away he got out his iphone and recorded it so there was a roared of wh record of what happened. That was on wednesday night. Yes, jim is reporting in paris, hes still getting scoops. You dont have to be at the white house physically in order to get scoops about the white house. But he remains on the blacklist which means hes not able to attend official white house events, hes not in a position to ask questions of the trump administration. All of cnns other reporters and producers they still have access but not acosta. So lets get to two other guests, frank and floyd. Floyd, i want to ask you about the legal consequences in a moment. Frank, there are a lot of Trump Supporters who look at accost and his grandstanding. They say hes a showboat, a loud mouth they say he should have his press pass revoked. Whats your response to that . Absolutely not. Theyre absolutely wrong. Sam donaldson, i was there when sam was at the white house, he was all those things and with all due respect he didnt have his press pass revoked. What i would say to Trump Supporters and anyone who even suggests this, imagine now its some years from now and theres a very liberal president. And the very liberal president doesnt like being berated by the personal news because theyre inconvenient and disrespectful. Thats not how this works. President of the United States refer to the white house as the peoples houses. The press corps, as rowdy did i and imperfect it as it have represent the people. And anybody who runs for the United States should know that and welcome that. As unpleasant and imperfect as it is all. But a lot of conservative commentators say he crosses a line by expressing his own point of view or by trying to challenge the president in inappropriate ways. Do you think thats a fair critique at all . I think its a critique if you want to critique different styles of coverage, fair enough. Its not a critique to determine who should have a pass or not. Thats not how its been done, its not how it will be done. Jim in the exchange the other dade mat day made a flat out statement saying this isnt an invasion. There are many reporters who say your job is not to make a declarative statement, its to ask questions of the president to the me and anybody whos thoughtful about this, thats stylistics and where do drey the line on that . Im sure youll be talk about this with floyd. There are from says for revoke someones secret service pass, and it is not the whim or the idea or the opinion of the president. I was speaking to someone whos knowledgeable about this just yesterday who basically said i want acosta gone. Right. The fact that the president of the United States wants acosta gone is not enough and its not grounded on anything and it does not recognize process for what would be a very serious move to withdraw someones press pass. So with all that in mind, floyd, does cnn have grounds to sue over this . I think its a really strong lawsuit. I mean, there was a case in washington of robert chersherren the 70s where his pass was revoked. He went to court and the court of of appeals for the District Of Columbia said before that happens you have to have notice, you have to have a chance to respond, and you have to have a written opinion by the white house as to what its doing and why so the courts can kpam exami examine it. Weve had none of those things. But should cnn sue . Because that would be quite an escalation. I can understand cnn being reluctant to sue because the president keeps saying cnn is the enemy of me and cnn might have some reluctance to have a lawsuit titled cnn versus donald trump. That said, yes, i think they should sue. And if its not about acosta, this is going to happen again. I mean, i think thats my belief. Frank setting forth the dangers as a introductory way of saying its likely to happen again. So whether its cnn suing or the next company suing, someones going to have to bring a lawsuit and whoever does is going to win unless theres some sort of reason. I mean, if the White House Position is he choked or touched this woman, thats a very good reason. It seems to be untrue. But thats the sort of reason that can be sustained in the courts. Sam, back you to in a second. Frank, remind us about a previous lawsuit that cnn was involved in with the white house. Cnn had to sue its way into the White House Press pool, right . Once upon a time when cnn was a startup cable operation. Yeah. The white house didnt want to recognize if the sam remembers this because we were there together. It was just before i went there. And cnn sued its way into the socalled press pool, that small group of people who are on air force one traveling with the president or in the oval office where there is a single representative from each, you know, print, magazines at the time, broadcasts at the time and cnn was excluded from that. So it resorted to the courts. And the courts said the you are a legitimate News Organization, you have a legitimate right in. Cnn may have to do this again. But they may not be alone. Yo you heard the president say i make kick some other people out there. Every other News Organization, including fox news, by the way, which has been on the news side rather supportive of this is going to see where it is. The president is in an untenable position here, and unfortunately for him, as weve heard so many other times on so many other things, there are so many other things to be talking about. Right. He chooses to focus on this and bring this, you know, firestorm down upon himself. Thats my last question. Sam, back to you on that. On one level doesnt the president want this fight . He wants a media fight, especially in the wake of his losses in the midterms . I think it was notable cnn did not cover this a lot on tv this week. We didnt try to play into it and take the bait, but we do have to be sensitive to this issue of distraction, dont we . We do. I hope im not mistaken but its my understanding that cnn and acosta have sued, that there will be a Court Hearing on tuesday on this very not that i know. That weve been discussing. Not that i know of. Ive been told that because ive been asked to give an affidavit which i prepared to be submitted to the court. You know, harry truman had it right. He had advice for all sorts of public officials, anda that is when they heard things they didnt like, uncomfortable questions, remember this, he said. If you cant stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. It sometimes is that simple, isnt it . For any president , for any politician. Well, the president the president seems to believe that if he wants to doing some, it should be done. Constitution aside, congress aside, certainly other than his base the American People aside. And it doesnt work that way. And hes not going to get away with it. Sam, how is this going to end . How do you see this period in history ending . I think it ends with a change in i hope the president s attitude. I believe in forgiveness and redemption of sin. But, its going to change because he and people who enable him to do what hes trying to do and has done so far are not going to be able to prevail. His small base, and i think theyre a minority, who believe if the nazis and protesters are on both sides, there are good people on both sides, his small base is not going to run this country. They dont now and they never will. Thanks for being here. Floyd, thank you to you as well. Great to see you. Frank, stick around. 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His supporters say hes an equal opportunity offend are, but thats not quite true. His exchanges with women and people of color take on a different tone. Hes prone to questioning the intelligence of women and African Americans. We saw that all week long. One venrecent exchange between president and a reporter illustrates just how nasty the interactions have been. On the campaign trail you called yourself a nationalist. Some people saw that as emboldening White Nationalist. Now other people are saying i dont know why you say that. Thats such a racist question. There are some people that say the Republican Party is supporting White Nationalist party because of your rhetoric. What do you make of that . Thats such a racist question. It wasnt a racist question, it was a question about racism. Lets talk to april ryan, shes a cnn analyst and the white house worpt for american urban radio networks. I dont want to play the sound, but the president called you a very nasty loser this week. Do you think he was just having a bad day or do you think theres a racial component to this . Its personal. The president made a personal attack. And, you know, theres not a coincidence that three African American women within a span of two or three days were singled out and targeted so harshly. You know, the president has got after other reporters, thats true, and hes gone after others. But when it comes to black women, its very personal. I mean, i think back about how he went after Frederica Wilson when Sergeant La David Johnson died along other valeant soldiers. I think about how he continues to go after congresswoman Maxine Waters saying low iq and other things. And then the words he used against me to place the target on her head by saying her question was racist, no, it wasnt, it was a legitimate question. And 2011 to say ththen to say t lipped asked a stupid question trying to say shes stupid, which shes not, its very personal. He goes in on personal attacks and, yes, i do believe black women. I will say its racial. I will say that. Let me take a look at that exchange from abby. We wanted to take a look at it from a different angle. Heres how it went down. Did you ask Matthew Whitaker to be involved in the russia probe. Thats up to him. Do you want him to rein in Robert Mueller . What a stupid question that is. What a stupid question. But you ask a lot of stupid questions. You know, just a very uncomfortable situation for any reporter when you watch that happen. And finger in the face. The context here is Newsroom Diversity is a problem across the press corps. Theres not enough female correspondents or especially African American or other correspondents. When he focuses his ire on people like you, it really stands out and theres no more denying this is a problem he has. Yeah, its a problem. And i want to go back to a tweet that i received yesterday from former White House Press secretary mike mccurry. He was there, he was my first press secretary ive ever covered under bill clinton in 1997. And he said, you know, i tangled with april ryan quite a bit. But one thing i did learn from her questions is more about issues of race and poverty. And those questions, when we ask questions, its real, its legitimate, its about people, its not about us. And this president has made it about us instead of about the American People. The issues that are on the table for all america. And, you know, its interesting low pressuring remembering back what the president said about me friday, im going to say this im a winner because at that First Press Conference the president had he thought i was so much of a winner and had enough gravitas to be able to pull together a meeting between him and the Congressional Black Caucus when his staff couldnt. He asked you do it. He sure did and its on tape and it wasnt a doctored tape. And i was so much of a winner that this administration pulled me in for a meeting with first soninlaw Jared Kushner on issues of Prison Reform and put me on a phone call with him because of my winning, okay. Because i have that kind of gravitas and understand whats going on in the black community. So and i can go on and on. And i wrote a book with this. You know, i wrote a book about the reason why this administration comes after me. You know, im not perceived to be their base and they want to use me as an example. But this has gotten personal for no reason. And whatever the disdain they have about me or the issues i ask, its on them. This is about america. Are you concerned they may try to suspend your press pass next . Because when he races dollars the issue he broit yught you up of the blue with no reason at all. I was on the president s mind and i wasnt even there. Its interesting, they may try why would they try to suspend my press pass . I understand that theyve been angry with me more so since i asked the question in january about mr. President , are you a racist . And there was a reason to are that because of the alleged shole comments he was making. And then after charlotte its been everything else. It didnt just come out of the air. So they have been angry with me about that since then. And then that the last press con conference, the day after the midterm election, there were issues and videos and comments and reports about voter irregularities in various states. I threw the question out in that pregnant pause moment when he finished answering a question and going to another reporter, i said, mr. President , what about Voter Suppression . And he responded and therefore i stood up out of respect thinking he was going to do an interchange with me. Then he tells me, he sees who it is and tells me to sit down vehemently with the venom of disdain, with disdain towards me. And i sat down, but then he started saying, oh area you k, Voter Suppression for you, those cnn polls. This was all off mike. My reporter colleagues heard me. Im talking about Voter Suppression in florida, Voter Suppression in georgia, north dakota, texas, and other states. He proceeded sit down, sit down. That was a legitimate question. Thankfully another reporter from npr, another African American followed up and he was very flip with her about Voter Suppression as hes claiming voter fraud is happening. And there are more cases of Voter Suppression than voter fraud. So many more. Real issues. If they want to suspend my pass over that, its not its not logical. Its not lath zblogical. April, thank you so much. Yeah. Thank you. I agree with you. Im up against a break, but i want to show everybody smling some something from two years ago. Were talking about one president revoking one reporters press. Well, he i was promised he with not to do that. This was a phone call i had with the president. Back then he was not allowing certain reporters and news outlets to go to his rallies. He wouldnt let the Washington Post in, buzz feed in and other outlets. So i got on the phone with the now president. Are you going to revoke krooe credentials. All i want to do is be treated fairly. If youre elected will you try to revoke the press credentials at the white house . Its a different thing. In my case im a person running for office. I read thats large arenas so i have an option. When im representing the United States i wouldnt do that. Okay. But i would let people know if somebodys untruthful. So i want you to keep that in mind Going Forward he was very clear two years ago, he would not strip credentials from white house reporters. Another broken promise from the president. Quick break here, more on reliable sorts, sources. Disturbing video from tuckers home and the late ef latest from the d. C. Police right after this break. 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Tucker was at his show prepping for his show, i think one of the things thats most troubling about this is that everyone knows when tuckers shows on they target his house and family when they knew he wouldnt be there. So hes sitting there and all the sudden he starts getting text from people theres some problem at your house. He was pretty worried and shocked. You dont expect to hear that theres a mob sitting in front of your house. Do we know anything more about what happened to the home . Well, his wife susie was home alone. Luckily his kids werent there. But size decide whe was there a to good in the kitchen and she hears this giant commotion and people start throwing themselves on the door to the point where the door cracked. She thought there was many kind of Home Invasion or something going on and she took off and hid in a closet or pantry and call the police. They say some of the protesters did break the law by defacing private property. The police are investigating and as of this morning they say its an open investigation. So i asked neil what his message would be to to these protesters and activists. Heres why he said its unfair to call this a protest in the first place. Let me just point out one thing. I dont think its fair to call this a protest because if you look at what they were saying, theyre saying we will fight, we know where you sleep at night. Brian, what does that mean to you if someone said that to you . We will fight, we know where you sleep at night. To me, thats a very clear threat. Thats a threat, not a protest. Theyre trying to continue to tim date not just him, but even worse his wife and children. I think its not legitimate to call that a protest. There are many ways you can protest, many legitimate ways you can protest. This is an act of terrorism. Hes the counterargument. What they say they were trying to do is make Tucker Carlsons family feel some of the terror that lets say kids separated at the border feel. Thats the argument, i dont agree with it, but whats the counter . What tucker does is gets up and talks for a living. So if someone wants to debate tucker they can get up and give a different viewpoint. He has a debate on his show every night. All of that is legitimate. Going and targeting somebodys family and terror rising thizin because you disagree with their dads or husbands viewpoint is crazy. David, in the reaction to this fox news said the incident was obviously reprehensible, the network went on to say in this statement when we can show you, quote, we as a nation have become far too intolerant of different points of view. Recent events across our country clearly highlight the need for a more civil, respectful, and Inclusive National conversation. Those of us in the media and in politics bear a special obligation to all americans to find common ground. Your reaction . I totally agree with it. I wish fox actually acted on that instead of rachetting tche the polarization of shows, instead of a confirmation of democracy, instead of saying i disagree with you, often you have people going youre an idiot, youre a moron. Again, i totally agree. Im delighted that one thing we can all agree on in the press is that what happened at Tucker Carlsons house is wrong. But Tucker Carlson is also one of those people who does a show that mocks, that taunts, that ridicules some of the guests when he argues with them, when he debates with them. Theres another way to debate thats nicer. Im not saying in any way that justifies it, please, dont misunderstand me. But we in the media have a responsibility. And part of this, brian, is technology. Facebook loves emotional visceral arguments. It generates more troaffic for them. Yes. And then on the other hand you have President Trump attacking the president , ratcheting up the dialogue, using tactics of 1930s europe to not just dehumanize members of the press, but to give people who are susceptible to such messages perhaps license to act on that. You have this terrible boiling situation. You know we call it the conversation of democracy. Its more like gangs in an alley armed with clubs swinging at each other calling each other names. Thats where our discourse is today. And we all have to bring it down. We cant control the president , obviously hes going more in that direction. But every time one of us writes a story and we turn the lang with language up higher, we say this is a disgrace were we need to bring did down on our end too. But were being driven by social media where that gets you traffic and clicks. Did we have these kinds of problems, these kinds of threats, protests, you know, a decade ago . Not like this. I mean, i think weve its getting worse. Were in a place, as david says, the rhetoric has been turned up, the heats been turned up, its been turned up in the political world, we see that with the president all the time and others and in the media world. Its lots of talk radio and television. At times this network included where we have people screaming at one another, accusing one another, demonizing one another. On the far left look at what happened with tuckers house. On the far left there are people who are convinced hes a racist. And showed up and banging on the door and driving his wife into a pantry in fear is not the way to go. I fear that theres going to be more of this. And theres going to be more of this across the board. If anybody listened to ted cruzs victory speech, he called for a more civil dialogue and civil discourse. Politicians, ted cruz included, and media, this network, fox, others included, need to take davids comments and ted cruzs comments to heart because people do listen and people are triggered by these things. And we are in danger of hearing much, much more. We have a responsibility to convene smart, tough, provocative, hardedge debate and discussion. Fine. But it also needs to be within the realms of civil discourse and we can lead the way on that and should. All right. Stand by both of you. A quick break here and then the midterms. The democrats making major gains. In fact, theyre stacking up every day. Did the media initially miss the strength of the blue wave . Thats next. I know i can be challenging. But im deeper than what you see. Im craving something were missing. The ceramides in cerave. Cerave contains three essential ceramides, to restore the ones weve lost and help repair my natural barrier. So i can lock in moisture, and keep us protected. 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This was the day after the narrative on fox news. Watch. It was not the blue wave that a lot of people predicted. With regard to the blue wave, i feel more like i got purple rain. Thats a good line, right,a and it reflects the democrats disappointment of beto orourke coming authority in texas and the challenges in georgia and florida. But the election still isnt over. Votes are still being counted in arizona, california, and other states and recounts are taking place. So it now appears the democrats will pick up at least 35 seats in the house. I mean, heres the map already. Theyre already far ahead of the 23 they needed in the house. Day by day the Washington Post notes the outlook for democrats in the house has improved. The senate is a very different story. There was no blue wave in the senate. We can debate how the governors race has performed. But in the housing soe somethin happened. We didnt know it on tuesday night. Heres tuesday night versus saturday night. This is heartbreaking, though. Its heartbreaking. Its not a blue wave but its still a blue war. In the end this blue wave was actually bigger and it bluer than actually it looked like at first. Hes right. Thats the story now, its becoming more true every day. Think about it this way. In 2006 the last time a republican president faced a midterm referendum, the democrats picked up 31 house seats. George w. Bush came out the next day and said it was a thumping. Look, this is a close election. If you look at race by race, it was close. The cumulative effect was not to close, it was a thumping. This year the democrats are going to pick up at least 30 seats, likely 35 or more. Sorry, theyve already picked up 30 seats. Likely to end up picking up 35 or more. President trump spun the results, though, as a big win for his party. It was nonsense, but do people really know what the real results were . Lets bring back frank and david. I wonder, frank, if had is about resource allocation. We spend so much time and so much focus on tuesday night, but were still counting votes in parts of the country. Its kind of like this is a slowrolling midterm cycle and the narrative of tuesday night is not the narrative now. Sometimes covering the news in realtime is treacherous, dangerous for your health. Covering in realtime you follow the poll closings. You start in the east, florida, georgia, some of these key races where was tight but not to tight and at the end of the day the democrats didnt burst out, at least not at the gubernatorial and senate race. That took time. Then it rolled across the country and some of these races still being counted. So the early narrative was really kind of hemmed in by those realtime realities. The other thing was, is that there were two separate narratives, right . The senate was on a very favorable was on very favorable terrain from the outset for republicans and we talked about that a lot, the house less so. So we ended up with these conflicting stories and in the end donald trump comes in, the president , the bully pulpit says great victory. I think that it was a false narrative or lets not say false narrative but incomplete narrative early on. I dont think they made a mistake on tuesday night, its just that the story was still happening. Thats what was happening. There was all this talk and expectation blue wave which suggests its going to sweep everybody away. Thats what waves do. They wash everybody away. Thats not how it works and thats not how it worked in this case. If you look at what the democrats did in the house and governors mansion, even beto orourke losing, that he came that close to in a state thats so solidly republican, whether its a stsunami, no. Is it a wave . Looks like it. Were going to have a threehour prime time is personal called midterm continued to look at these recounts and how things are being assessed. Thats a part of the solution to this issue about tuesday nights narrative versus now. Thats a great idea. I tell you something else, brian, thats interesting about this. Is trump, again, on wednesday, so quickly changed the narrative. Listen, i was in my Editors Office wednesday afternoon pitching a thursday morning print, a thursday morning online, sunday print piece an lie analyzing the role of the governors race in maryland and people were sticking their heads in going youve got to see this press conference. Trump is totally off the rails. Right. Halfway through my pitch i said forget it, im writing about the press conference. It was, right, he changed it. And also, brian, its the nanosecond news cycles we now have. Listen, i remember the days, and i loved them, where you spent a week evolving through sifting through the results of a tuesday night election. So the sunday piece made perfect sense. Not anymore. Were off and running. 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