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Access to the information that came out of the briefing so no organization was barred from getting information. its like when youre absent that day from school and your friend brings home your homework, its like that. so president trump took to twitter to further slam two of his main targets. weve got "the new york times" and cnn. joining me now is jill abramson, former executive editor with "the new york times." jill, its great to have you here with me in person, especially as we begin this new...

Being excluded from a white house briefing. take a listen. >> the thing that was most jarring to me is when we were trying to make our way into sean spicers office, that the person who was sort of shepherding us in said to some outlets, "absolutely, absolutely," and was very cold and blocked others. and when i asked, can i have a statement about why this is happening, because i thought it was really unusual, the word that came out of this aides mouth was, "youre threatening me." >> what? >> exac...

Buzzfeed, because thats a story, at the end of the day. in my opinion i think this was all a very big distraction, a way for the media to focus on themselves instead of the real story that was out yesterday which is that the chief of staff to the president, reince priebus, asked the fbi to try to kill stories about the fact that there were communications between campaign aides and high level russian officials. that was the story of the day. but instead, by blocking media, the story became about ...

Say it. >> yeah, dont. now im worried about my contract getting terminated. >> andy: you said that hes opening the doors to the president, not long ago it was outrageous that places like buzzfeed were getting credentials, and now those same people are acting all high and mighty. >> thats one of the strange ironies of the whole situation. >> andy: why do people want to live so long? tom, as usual, i didnt understand a word of your monologue. this guy, he says "the quest to live forever or for liv...

The government said he was a gang member, something the mans attorney has denied. also, in el paso, texas, the county attorneys office there says a transgender woman was arrested after seeking court protection in a domestic violence case. joining me now to discuss this is buzzfeed reporter adolfo flores and the director of the dream action coalition and a former latino outreach director for the 2016 bernie sanders campaign. good to see you. adolfo, i want to start with you. that dreamer arrest, ...

Takes a shot at cnn, everybody in the media laughs. it may include some reporters which is damming. they laugh at a guy to shut up. remember that. >> yes. he uses us journalist as a prop for his campaigning. >> what about dividing and conquering. >> this is true in his press conference where he bashed cnn and buzzfeed and set the tone about the good journalist and bad journalist. >> he started calling on this one guy in the back and a friend april, he said how about a good question. how about a ...

Customs enforcement. where do you see enforcement going no these areas with such undocumented large-- populations whether a fresno or los angeles? >> depends. cities with a large undocumented population, you know, they, a lot of them have been coming out saying they will support them and protect them and that they wont be working with i.c.e. to get them deported. you know. cities like chicago. l.a. san francisco. so i -- i mean, it seems to be growing especially now. and i think were going to se...

That a report was published by buzzfeed that essentially accuses them of committing crimes against the united states by using their companies to hack computers of the democratic national party, which is an absolute fabrication. because the reputation has been tarnished, they really had no choice. >> tucker: i want to go right to the text here. this is from the now famous dossier published on buzzfeed. it begins, redacted. over the period of 2016, a company called webzilla and its affiliates had ...

They are stuck without power. an enraged constituency, which will encourage members of the party to carry out actions which i dont think will be successful, which i think will only lead in turn to more frustration. even though donald trump, as we have seen, gives them ammunition to fight with all the time, they have not, so far, applied a very effectively. >> tucker: i hope it doesnt go to dark places. brit, thank you so much for joining us with these wisest summations. continuing to follow the ...

Campaign to hack the democratic national committee. buzzfeed has already apologized for not rejecting the name from the document, that was not enough to square the lawsuit lawsuit. a founding partner at the boston law group is representing webzilla and its owner in the suit. he joins us now. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me, tucker. >> tucker: what is the core allegation in your suit? >> the core allegation is that my clients woke up one day after having built up an incredibl...