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John mccain joked with his contentious issues with the media. he said dictators get started by attacking the press. >> i hate the press. i hate you, especially. the fact is we need you. we need a free press. if you want to preserve democrat ty as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. without it, im afraid we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. thats how dictators get started. >> the cnn reporter who won for his reporting on watergate. and a...

While they await proceedings. it is toughening the law on asylum seekers. an appeals court has suspended proceedings on the original travel ban. the president trumps attacks on the media is coming under fire from senator john mccain. the fake news media failing new york times and nbc and abc is not my enemy, but the enemy of the american people. john mccain says he was not calling the president a dictator, but dictators get started by attacking the press. >> i hate the press. i hate you, espec...

Spoken to the russians about sanctions. a very questionable statement. the third issue is we have this spe spectacle of high ranking officials, rex tillerson and mike pence, overseas in europe cleaning up some of the statements that the president has made. theres an enormous amount of daylight between his delegated em bas sars and the things he have said. those are real stories. while we ought to have discussion about the press role, we have to keep our eyes on the prize. >> we need to be priori...

Across the country getting national media attention. so much so that maybe the trump administration tried to change the topic on saturday afternoon by attacking the press. back with me now an all star panel. lynn, we seen the schedule for trump for the day. we know he will be on camera this afternoon. what can you tell us? >> i got planning. i got the press schedule and now i saw it said planning purposes only. >> all right. >> i can say in general that the president is going to have activities ...

Is playing well with this crowd here in south carolina. >> thank you so much, katy tur in south carolina. it was very professional of her. i guess she didnt hear what he was saying about her. im sure she did. >> im sure she heard. >> what do you think, jay? >> he spent a good chunk of the speech going after the press. >> yeah. called them dumb. >> called them scum, scum, scum. look, attacking the press has been popular with the republican base for a long time. he is kind of doubling down on that...

Bimbo. why have you let megyn kelly get so far under your consistent? >> well, i havent. you tweet a few tweets, or retweets in this kargs thats not getting under your skin. i personally am not a fan. i dont think she does a good job. i dont think she is a very good professional and i think the show is better without her. thats up to them and they can do whatever they wantism respect roger ailes. >> it starts to sound a little bit, and take this in the right way, like youre a guy with a school y...

I personally am not a fan. i dont think she does a good job. i dont think she is a very good professional and i think the show is better without her. thats up to them and they can do whatever they wantism respect roger ailes. >> it starts to sound a little bit, and take this in the right way, like youre a guy with a school yard crush. when we were in elementary school and junior high school, guys often say the meanest things about the girls they like the most. >> trust me, matt, there is no crus...

investigated. we know it was under a car and thats about it. well continue to follow this for more information on that. a wild day in london from extreme disappoint to a golden moment for an american teenager, we start though with a 16-year-old chinese swimmer who did one lap faster than ryan lochte. its raising doping suspicions. atika schubert is live in london. >> reporter: it was an incredible performance, she basically won at the 400 meter individual medley with stunning speed. sh...

Apollo theater. i guess he should have said another. i like charlie but he should just be quiet because he is caught dead to center on so many things here. what is his tame game? >> i like he says i came in with dignity and i thought he was going to say i am going out with dignity and its too late for that to happen. he is falling back to the last refuge of attacking the press. i think theres a point at which you become so entrenched in power that you just cant let go, right? like youre going to...

President trump fired back, he aggressively defended general flynn less than 48 hours after firing him from misleading the vice president about his conversations with russia. president trump responded to the escalating fallout first by attacking the press, then by alleging a political conspiracy inside his administration. >> general flynn is a wonderful man, i think hes been treated very, very unfairly by the media. as i call it the fake media in many cases. people are trying to cover up for a t...