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Welcome back. we are live in atlanta with the debate with the democratic candidates to be dnc chair. i want to ask each of you the same question. you will have 30 seconds to answer. why should you be dnc chair some peter should. >> i should be chair because i will reform the party. i understand the technology involved. i understand the election system and the fact that many people have doubts about the accuracy of our election system. i will reform that election system so people are assures we a...

Opinion about how we should view a leak like that? . whether thats feasible, whether thats hyperbole or something that we should be concerned about? >> i sure hope its hyperbole. the president of the united states is considered the first customer by the intelligence community. the morning intelligence briefing, the presidents daily brief, contains the most sensitive information available to the united states government. its something that i had the great honor of helping to compile when i was at...

Compile when i was at cia and the president should be pref sri to everything in our disposal that will help him make better policy to protect the american people. i cannot imagine a scenario in which intelligence professionals would judge the commander in chief is not -- its not safe to share information with the commander-in-chief. i cant speak to the accuracy of that report but i sure hope its not true. >> ned price, former spokesman and analyst at the cia, former spokesman at the national sec...

About? >> i sure hope its hyperbole. the president of the united states is considered the first customer by the intelligence community. the morning intelligence briefing, the presidents daily brief, contains the most sensitive information available to the united states government. its something that i had the great honor of helping to compile when i was at cia and the president should be privy to everything in our disposal that will help him make better policy to protect t americapeople. i canno...

Consequences. so, hell need to do more than simply hear a story in passing and then repeat that in a national address, which it ended up being. >> and lynn, what do you say to those who blame the media for making a mountain of a mole hill, for taking his words so literally as in last night? what do you say to those supp t supporters of trump who claim that? >> well, i say to those supporters, the accuracy of a statement is still something that is o of value. and the swedish newspaper, a leading ...

American people suffer. >> reporter: the enemy? >> the theory is the press is supposed to be a free forum of information to -- to speak to the american people. i think it ought to be accurate. >> there is nothing wrong with people in both parties, as they have done for years taking issue what the press does in terms of accuracy, but members of the presidents own party are in strong disagreement of what he said. the defense secretary james mattis. >> sir, president trump has said that this week t...

Proportion. but lets keep in mind to folks in sweden this is offensive. >> im just laughing at whatever we were just seeing in that scroll because that was distracting. im reading further on this note, you know, which is a transcription of some of the bites coming from the deputy press secretary sara sanders and in terms of the reference to last night that the president made in front of the audience in melbourne, that perhaps sanders, you know, reiterated that the president did not mean to say l...

About this. joan, youve written and tweeted about this, and this is this pattern that emerged and the way that the white house handles its real plans, the things that it says its going to do. this is because of the a.p. story that said there was an 11-page draft memo that said they were going to use the national guard to round up undocumented immigrants. wait for a draft memo to be leaked to the press, part two, refuse to comment when asked about the draft. part three, wait for the disputed stor...

University to put it into context. was there accuracy to what president trump said about the presidents he named including thomas jefferson and relationships with media. >> whats true is often the media is at odds with presidents. thats when theyre serving their function. theyre supposed to be a watchdog and many presidents have complained about how theyre treated by the press or even complained about certain parts of the press. i do think though that president trump has opened up a much more ag...

Talk about domestic violence. his hearing has been delayed five times and he revealed he hired a housekeeper undocumented. his company is facing lawsuits. he is a critic of obamacare and criticized the $15 minimum wage and looked skeptically at the accuracy of the unemployment rate. now the search is on for a new labor secretary. these are the three on the short list. peter kirsanow and alexander a s acosta and catherine templeton. trump backs off the shift with the two-state solution in israe...