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Were supposed to go in and they barred you from going to that briefing? >> reporter: thats right, wolf. we were waiting for an off-camera gaggle with the white house press secretary. we were told it would be an expanded pool. we werent told what that meant. apparently they created a list of reporters they wanted to speak with today. white house press secretary want today speak with. they said cnn was not on the list. its not out of the ordinary for administration officials to maybe have gaggles ...

Interesting to see if he offers more meat on the bones in terms of substance when he talks to them. back to you. >> that speech before congress tuesday night. sara murray, thank you very much. joining us now democratic congressman jim hiemz of connecticut, hes a member of the house intelligence committee. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> hello, wolf. >> let me get your quick reaction first to this truly unprecedented move by the white house today, blocking cnn, the new york times, the los ...

Investigation. and in the process he seems to be confirming cnns exclusive reporting. >> he is confirming the reporting and hes doing something more remarkable, wolf. in the midst of his comments, tweets about the fbi, how many people including the tweeter in chief from the oval office are talking about what happened several months ago, that was russian involvement in usa election. we have a bait and switch here. the media brought us coverage of wars and now coverage of russian involvement in am...

The media. but the white house is also playing defense after cnn was the first to report that top officials asked the fbi to knock down media reports that trump associates were in frequent contact with russian officials during the election campaign. the white house says it wasnt trying to pressure the fbi, but house democratic leader nancy pelosi says chief of staff reince priebus, and im quoting her now, committed an outrageous breach of the fbis independence and shes now asking for a formal in...

Says it was used to assassinate kim tsajunong-najong-nam, the ef brother of kim jong-un. a u.s. official tells cnn, quote, it certainly appears north korea attacked using a weapons of mass destruction agent when two women approached kim jong-nam with a chemical they put on his face. >> vx is not only one of the most lethal nerve agents out there, it isnt something you can make in your basement. it is stepping across a line. >> reporter: its something agents are watching closely. >> its a questio...

But malaysian police say one of them shows weakness and signs of sickness. and they could be collateral casualties. >> could other people have been harmed. >> yes. absolutely. when you think about how toxic this is, you think how it could have gone. >> reporter: malaysian police are still hunting for four north korean suspects who say trained the women and gave them the chemicals. south korea says the north korea regime ordered the hit on the half brother. north korea has ignored the ban and pos...

President trump today renewed his attacks on the news media as he addressed cpac calling some news organizations, quote the enemy of the people, and that they do tremendous disservices to our country. evan, at some point he seemed to be hitting "the washington post" for using nine anonymous sources to report, you remember this, that the former national security adviser michael flynn had ties to russia. but that story led to flynns departure. >> that story was completely accurate, wolf, and the p...

But you would have to know that it was used and at that moment in the airport there is no way that the officials could have known that a chemical as powerful as vx was rubbed in his face. brian, thanks very much. >> the white house bars cnn and other key news organizations from a press briefing, and president trump slams the news media, repeating his use of the phrase, enemy of the people. >> it doesnt represent the people, it never will represent the people, and were going to do something about...

Call a gaggle. and credited white house correspondents almost always are invited to these gaggles, theyre alerted usually whats happening in the press secretarys office. i spent seven years as a white house correspondent during the clinton administration so im very familiar with this. but all of a sudden certain news organizations reporters were barred from going in. >> thats right, gaggles arent an abnormal thing for a white house to do. they typically hold an off camera gaggle so they dont ste...

Today from barring certain reporters from their off-camera gag. i was also struck in coupling that, this is a point mark made a few minutes ago, coupling that with the things we heard from his top strategist steve bannon yesterday at the same forum cpac where bannon labeled once again the media the opposition. yet trump today calling the media the enemy. those two certainly sending every signal in the book here that they are ready for a fight, that they are going to continue this antagonistic re...