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Story, the network, thomas frank, their departure as resignations following the fiasco. cnn imposing a new rule, get permission from executives before putting any story about russia on the air. cheryl atkinson, author of the smear, worked at cnn for three year saying there has been a >> in the past two years in the medias position as unbiased arbiter toward one that pushes narratives. >> we have now invited pundits and political operatives into our newsroom not just as commentators but as report...

You just heard from jared : from jigsaw whos using artificial intelligence to try to fight online hate. he talked about how you can measure comments and how you can read them weed them out. well thats the end of twitter right there. in fact, the panel, during the interview you were amused. >> well, i think the ideas pretty insane. as he was talking about it, all i could think about was when facebook was sorting real news from fake news and they had such a trouble and had to have a worldwide symp...

Subjective including the arbiter who decides whats mean. >> that is a very important question that is yet unanswered. let me give you a slightly different perspective. in the united states and especially in silicon valley, we have a very expansive view of the first amendment. i am german by heritage. other countries have drawn different lines in whats appropriate commentary or not. i thought jared solution was very interesting because it doesnt get into censoring content. as you know, the intern...

Subjective including the arbiter who decides whats mean. >> that is a very important question that is yet unanswered. let me give you a slightly different perspective. in the united states and especially in silicon valley, we have a very expansive view of the first amendment. i am german by heritage. other countries have drawn different lines in whats appropriate commentary or not. i thought jared solution was very interesting because it doesnt get into censoring content. as you know, the intern...

Times out. theres that 90-day time frame. >> right, that was an open question the administration sought to address by basically formally amending the executive order and saying they wanted it to be interpreted they will reinstate it whenever they get the option from the courts so it wasnt muted, but this is the thing the court does sometimes, it likes to either take more time or go away. the supreme court does take its role seriously as kind of a last arbiter and if they think theres more time t...

>> one more thing. change of subject. theyre keeping the cameras out of the press briefings and theyve had on-camera briefings and do you think this is a stunt, and there is a good argument to be made for not doing press briefings on camera. in some cases its a stunt and the big thing that worries me is not this particular action by the white house and its the fact that if you look at the decades and the credibility of the press has gone down and down and down and thats something you see in the ...

>> this is a really big deal. the security clearance process is set in place so that you know who is a risk for classified -- for leaking classified information or compromising classified information. not going through the process, not fitting out the paperwork, it shows theres being very cavalier, which we see over and over again with this information. >> the president doesnt have to go through any of this security clearance hurdle to get into the position hes in. we know. this is a public fact...

Leakiest creature. >> the security clearance for the commander in chief has always been predicated on the fact that the popular vote, which of course we know donald trump did not win, is supposed to be the ultimate arbiter of whether someone is appropriate for receiving top secret information. in this case, im not sure that is the best standard but it is the only standard we have and the one thats still in play. >> lets listen to what the acting fbi director said today about the resources that t...

Just days away. >> absolutely. the courts have ruled -- the lower courts have ruled against the president time and again. the supreme court is the ultimate arbiter. if the court does rule against the president, what does he do? this is not typically a president that doesnt necessarily keep his mouth shut when it comes to attacking the courts. will he go after the supreme court, the highest court in the land if they rule in a way he doesnt like? that remains to be seen. thats a real test for the ...

So what youre seeing is youre seeing them gather up a bunch of witnesses and see what the totality of that is. >> okay. let me ask glenn. if you were to have like a universal judgment like we studied religion, where everybody is going to be in the room and know the full truth. >> i hope not, man. >> in this case, i hope were going to get close. who would you want in the room to find out whether there was obstruction of justice here, which is now apparently going to the subject of this general co...