Obstructed justice because he cite sized what is a witch hunt. Telling the truth. The white house and their attorneys say this is what the president thinks. First amendment. Hes not you. Hes not me. Hes the president. He has control over these probes. The President Tweeting out to his Attorney General that he should end this travesty, the mueller witch hunt. Then you hear the clucking nasty voices from the left. Howie trump brings more attention to the manafort case by saying hes being treated worse than al capone. Well talk to corey lewandowski. A war of words erupts between the president and a. G. Sulzberger. As the crowd screams at cnns jim acosta. With cbs chairman Les Moonves Fighting for his job. One of his own stars speaks out. I like working for him. But accountability is meaningless unless its for everybody. Whether its the leader of a network or the leader of the free world. Howie im howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. [ ] President Trump has been denouncing the Mueller Investigation for many months. But this week he caused a Media Explosion by Ratcheting Up The Media on Jeff Sessions. He said the Attorney General should stop the witch hunt right now before it continues to stain our country any further. Joining us. Mollie hemingway. Gillian turner and capri cafaro. A Washington Examiner contributor and former democratic senator in ohio. Hes suggesting his Attorney General blow off the fact that he recused himself for ethical reasons. Is the media storm around this justified . Mollie its good to talk about this. But we need media people who understand how donald trump speaks. After two years of seeing him speak in public and seeing his tweets you would expect them to understand him better. Hes expressing frustration with a probe that sidelined his administration for a year and a
hes asking good questions. Capri it doesnt mean they shouldnt continue to do the work they are doing. Howie i interviewed Rudy Giuliani this week, the president s personal lawyer. I asked him, i said he i said he named sessions. And he said he was talking about a generic Attorney General. Capri i think there has been a lot of scrutiny on this. On one hand there are some in the media that understand sort of the nuances of donald trump. He gets frustrated. He sees something, he takes to twitter and reacts. But because of the nature of this. Because there is all the
implicitly. Howie the president takes to twitter and he says, who was treated worse, al capone or Paul Manafort and driving attention to a trial that was already being covered, but maybe not being covered constantly. Ill that was an instant trump tweet. The president wants to do a sliding scale, everything is comparative, egg i everythins subjective. The first thing he did when manafort was indicted. He said well, what wall man for the has done is not well, what Paul Manafort has done is not nearly as bad pass what was done by hillary clinton. Capri should you not be asking
were surveyed. Number 1 was [inaudible] howie the president used the word disgusting at the pennsylvania rally. This morning he tweeted they purposely caused Distrust Answer they also cause war. They are over the top and sick. Mollie the best way to cover donald trump is to cover him straight. When you behave in such a clownish fashion where they are open about how they view their job as resisting him. Its a talking pointed that resonates with the American People. A recent poll shows 72 of americans believe the media regularly puts out fake, false
and misleading information. This is going to continue until such time as the media take their jobs more seriously and start covering him straight. Howie ivanka trump was interviewed by axios, she said though i do not like the inaccurate media about me, but i do not view the media as the ken any of the people. Gillian there is a reason the president gets pushback on comments from the left. And not from republicans, lawmakers on capitol hill. Other government officials. Its because i think a lot of this comes from the idea the president is expressing a frustration the president has had since the reagan
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smart. Is it smart to be brawling with an nba star . Mollie people dont like to see the president go after athletes and they dont like athletes to go after the president. He gave it to don lemon. The media and some of his colleagues only focused on what he said about le bron. Howie le bron says who is the real dummy, someone who puts kids in cages. Capri don lemon is always resisting against donald trump every night on cnn. If the tables were turned. Don lemon is giving some trump to trump. People praise donald trump for saying if he has his back up
against the wall, hell fight back. Thats what don lemon did. Howie Melania Trump says it looks like Le Bron James is working to do good things. The first lady encourages that. New york Times Publisher a. G. Sulzberger has an offtherecord meeting with President Trump. And then sulzberger pushes back. The fact that he had this meeting does it suggest he cares about the opinion of his Hometown Newspaper . Gillian the more important thing with this meeting is it underscores what i love to talk. With regard to foreign policy. He believes fervently in the
power of his interpersonal skills. If he can just get these people face to face he can make them see the light. Howie i have seen him do that. Suldulds berger said he warned t its leading to threats against journalists and will lead to violence. There are two problems with his statement. If inflammatory rhetoric causes violence, the media needs to be thinking about their inflammatory rhetoric against republicans. We have seen shootings of congressmen and people getting arrested. I think people are responsible for their own actions and you cant blame the rhetoric. He says Donald Trumps rhetoric
is dangerous and divisive. This week the New York Times hired sarah jeong and necessity testified it as if its not a problem. Howie the president comes back with a series of tweets. When the media driven insane by their Trump Derangement Syndrome, it puts the lives of journalists at risk. Very unpatriotic. Revealing the secrets of government has gone on since the founding of the republic. Capri i suspect well continue to hear Trump Derangement Syndrome from the president in his tweets. The fact of what happened in this meeting between President Trump and the New York Times. Who do we trust answer who do we
believe is telling the truth. The president of the United States or the New York Times. Howie if its the epa or hhs. Both leaders who were fired. Itits jim acosta says the president is whipping up violence against him. John kelly is still alive and Walking Around the white house. And whiskers on kittens bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens brown paper packages tied up with strings these are a few of My Favorite Things
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he would stay on for the rest of the first term and he said yes. What does that say about this Media Drum Beat based on named sources. The a. P. , its leading Trump Staffers to believe kelly is work on borrowed time. Abc, the president has once again started contemplating his possible replacements. A source telling cnn the president is talking to friends about possible replacements for john kelly. White house Chief Of Staff john kelly may be ready to leave his job very soon. It could come this week or the midjuly trip to europe. The reports he was likely to leave by july 31. And that he repeatedly referred
to trump as an idiot. Hell be leaving by his own choice or by President Trump deciding he had enough. Howie trumps decision to keep kelly doesnt knock down stories that kelly has vented to others about wanting to leave or he offered his resignation after the furor over rob porter. And kelly may not make it through 2020. The president could change his mind next month or even next week. Those who work for this president dont always know what hes going to do. Using sources to predict what hes going to do and dismissing the official denial is risky business. Corey lewandowski has constantly been battling the press on twitter. With the Crowd Yelling and
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howie with so many Media Controversies swirling around the president from the manafort trial to the angry antipress crowds. Joining us is corey lewandowski, President Trumps former Campaign Manager now with pences pac. I covered the mutual warfare with the press. I have never seen the president so resentful of his coverage and using language like unpatriotic and enemy of the people. Is this a strategy working for him . I dont speak for the president. But on behalf of him. When you look at the coverage of one historic thing that happened this week was almost nothing. We had u. S. Soldier remains
returned back to hawaii after the north korean conflict. Mike pence went over there. Most of of the major Media Outlets didnt cover it. Its frustrating for the president to get so little credit on something so important. He has to talk about his own message. He knows if he doesnt do it, nobody will do it for him. Howie i said earlier it was a mistake. Only fox news carried the care money live. When you say he has to talk about his agenda. Beating up on the press, he has the right to do that if he thinks the coverage is mostly negative. What does he gain out of the pounding every single day . If you look at the recent numbers, the plurality of the people believe the press is not fair to this president. 90 has been negative to an unbiased source. This company delineated each individual Television Network and hot American People believe is the fairest. The bbc is number of one, fox is number two. And at the bottom is cnn. They have been so bias against this president. 4. 1 growth rate in gdp. The lowest unemployment for hispanics and africanamericans. The president is receiving almost 30 of the africanamerican you north this country. Thats unprecedented. If that was barack obama and he was a republican, they would be touting this. Hes up 15 points are covered. That the president isnt qualified to have these conversations. Other World Leaders see that and they take exception to it. Howie the summit with kim jongun got a lot of coverage. There is a way to go in the negotiations and the white house would acknowledge that. The Mueller Investigation the subject of many president ial tweets. The president is obsessed with the Russia Collusion allegations. But every time he tweets about it, and particularly the President TweetingJeff Sessions should do something by the and shut it down, he just drives more coverage to this story. The president knows clearly Jeff Sessions has recused himself from this investigation. I heard Newt Gingrich talk about the fact that 90 of the items Jeff Sessions recused himself from he didnt need to. I think thats probably true. The president knows Jeff Sessions wont end this investigation. But its also fair, this has been going on for a year and a half. There is no collusion, coordination and cooperation between them lets have the country move on and prove there was no collusion between the Trump Campaign and anyone in russia to impact the election. Thats a fair thing to do. Howie Paul Manafort, the trial began this week. He replaced you as Campaign Chairman in 2016. Given what we know now, millions of dollars from ukraine and he was broke at the time and trying to retain a lavish lifestyle. Do you think hiring Paul Manafort was a mistake . I think it was a mistake. I think i should have stayed until the end of the campaign. I was doing a pretty good job in primaries and caucuses. Im not a fan of Paul Manafort. Whatever he did had nothing to. With the campaign or with his Tenure Volunteering or working for the trump organization. But is he getting the same treatment every other american would get if they were accused of the same thing . Im not a Paul Manafort fan. But i look at this objectively. Would somebody else be locked in prison in Solitary Confinement when they were never audited by the irs . And the Media Scrutiny around Paul Manafort is at the highest levels because for a brief period he was associated with the campaign. Looking back on it, paul
probably realizes it was a mistake to come to the campaign. A federal judge appointed by reagan says its not a crime to spend 100,000 on a vehicle or 1 million on a suit. You are entitled to do that but you have to pay your taxes. This judge is right by the book. Hes very fair and i think paul is getting a fair trial. Howie i agree another lobbyist with the same charges wouldnt be getting this attention. The reason hes back in jail is because the judge ruled he violated the terms of his bail. Corey lewandowski, good to see you. Ahead on mediabuzz, cbs chairman les moonves is challenged for his job by a guy he hired, Stephen Colbert. Too cold for camping . Too hot to work . Nah. This is the gator xuv835. With gamechanging heat and air, its never too anything for anything. Can make you feel unstoppable. But mania, such as unusual changes in your mood, activity or energy levels, can leave you on shaky ground. Help take control by talking to your doctor. Ask about vraylar. Vraylar is approved for the acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes of bipolar i disorder in adults. Clinical studies showed that vraylar reduced overall manic symptoms. Vraylar should not be used in elderly patients with dementia due to increased risk of death or stroke. Call your doctor about fever, stiff muscles, or confusion, which may mean a lifethreatening reaction, or uncontrollable muscle movements, which may be permanent. Side effects may not appear for several weeks. High cholesterol and weight gain; high blood sugar, which can lead to coma or death; decreased white blood cells, which can be fatal; dizziness upon standing; falls; seizures; impaired judgment; heat sensitivity; and trouble swallowing may occur. Youre more than just your bipolar i. Ask about vraylar. You are hearing a lot of folks letting their feeling be known at his rally in tampa. Howie Sarah Huckabee sanders was challenged the next day. Is the white house willing to say it is wrong for its most of vocal supporters to be menacing toward a reporter in that situation or any situation . The president does not support violence against anyone or anything. When it comes to the media the president does think the media holds a responsibility. We fully support a free press. But there comes a high level of responsibility with that. Howie joining us is david martosko, and sara fischer. David, why did you ask Sarah Sanders that question. She obviously didnt want to engage on this phrase enemy of
the American People. I asked the question not because i thought Sarah Sanders should side with the press. But our viewers are curious whether the white house has gotten tired of his Pro Wrestling atmosphere. Clearly they havent. The president wants to define his enemies before they define him. The First Amendment of course is crucial to our republic. Everybody has the right to scream and yell. During the campaign when we had the press charters and all the reporters would enter the arena at once. It had the feeling like we were the visiting nba team coming on the floor. But it part of the pagentry, part of the event. Howie let me play for you jim acosta asking a similar question
of Sarah Sanders the next day. But for the sake of this room, the people in this room, this democracy, this country, all the people around the world are watching what you are saying, sara. The white house for the United States of america, the president of the United States should not refer to us as the enemy of the people. Howie acosta gave a long speech there. I have been critical of him in terms of the way he interrupts the president. But then he walked out. How much of this was play together cameras, and how much is a serious issue, a point of visceral disagreement . Sara i think its a little bit of both. The president on the campaign trail, the contentious relationship started there. Jim acosta was not as contentious until the campaign at the time started to utilize
him as a symbol of what they were calling the fake news media. A part of this is a representation of this combative relationship getting out of control. But part of it is jim acosta taking issue with the fact that the president has called the news media the enemy of the people and attacked them in a way that could potentially bring danger. Howie she got a lot of criticism for not being willing to say we have a lot of problems with the way the press performs its job. But we dont approve of angry people giving Press Correspondents the middle finger and yelling angry word at them. What the reporters see is never asking what do we do to
make them angry. One said the reason they are annoyed is they look like they never changed their toil or walked into a walmart. The white house takes advantage of that and tries to drive that wedge. Howie they dont seem to look have much at their own side of it. A number of msnbc pundits likening President Trump to stalin. Enemy of the people is a phrase the soviet Mass Murderer used. Sharisara i couldnt agree mor. They are using a one will sided perspective in analyzing this relationship. If you are not look to be introspective, then it becomes harder to obtain the trust of the American People. Thats something the president recognizes and its tapping into every single time he tries to paint the media as a disassistant establishment that cant relate to the average american. Howie san antonio hannity going after acosta. Acosta coming back saying hes a prohespropagandist. When he started this, he was talking about 13 or 14 seats in the press room. He doesnt hate all of them. Howie after the break, Stephen Colbert says les moonves is my
guy, but criticizes him anyway. Shimkus. I have been tough on colbert for being relentlessly antitrump. He didnt have to take on his guy. Carley Stephen Colbert calls out politicians he disagrees with all the time. But its got to be different when its someone in your inner circle. He made the comment about trump and putin that some said are homophobic. Moon versus saihomophobic. Moonves said dont worry about it, you will weather this. He does deserve credit for this. That must have been hard for him to do. Howie do you feel he felt compelled to take on the guy. Hes also championing the Metoo Movement and he didnt want to appear hypocritical. Carley he says if you are going to hold one person accountable, you have to hold everybody accountable. Les moonves could survive this and still be colberts boss. But les moonves does have a lot on his mind, and colberts monologue might be far down his list. Howie that brings my question about moonves. There was an investors conference call. They were told you cant ask about the Sexual Misconduct allegations being investigated by the outside law firms. They went along, they were
wimps. I dont think reporters would have done that. Is this giving the network a black eye . Carley if these allegations came out last year les moonves would have brandnew placed on administrative leave. I think hes benefiting that there has been some time since the Harvey Weinstein scandal. Cbs has faced backlash from the times up movement. But we havent seen the push for him to step down like what we saw last year. If there was an allegation you took a Leave Of Absence or were fired immediately. Howie charlie rose left immediately when he came under
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