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Would former director comey have to actually abide by that if he does, in fact, invoke executive privilege? so a lot of open questions, but in terms of the enormity of the fact that were going to hear from james comey, that cant be understated. and i think the fact that if the president did try to essentially block his testimony, it could be very different politically. the counter programming again to try to focus on infrastructure. remember, hes going to be in an environment hes very comfortabl...

Its like sharon osbourne meeting ozzie. thats what they are trying to do.. you might not be the person that can change the little guy. >> ahead, president trump chose to spend his 100th day in office with the people. p p instead of the press at the white house correspondents dinner, and it made for some interesting counter programming. greg has the highlights. oh, how waso good!en house? did you apply? oh, ill do it later today. your credit score must be amazing. my credit score? credit karma. i...

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Do it in seconds. because we should fit into your life, not the other way around. go to xfinity.com/myaccount howie: president trump made a great show of blowing off the white house correspondents dinner, holding a rally in hairn harrisburg instead. mollie hemingway, author of this cool little book, "trump versus the media." and joe trippi, fox news contributor. it was a form of counter programming against the white house. did it work? erin: i think it did.

100 days. it is of course logical important the president. it creates a split screen image, the president with voters, who he would say are noerd americans, and then you have a bunch of people in black ties, myself included, all dressed up at this dinner, all about white house correspondents sell will brating journalism, so two split screen. >> do you think it is a popularity contest for him in some ways? >> i think a lot of things with president trump are about popularities. about ratings. a gr...

This is first time in nearly four decades a sitting president has chosen to not attend the white house correspondents dinner. let as discuss. cnn media correspondent and host of "reliable source" brian stelter joining us. brian, this maybe the first time in a long time the president does not go to the white house correspondents tiner but it is not the first time for president trump to hold counter programming. >> exactly. this is straight out of his reality tv play book. perhaps clever, perhaps ...

He says, you cant have romney, he choked. you cant have jeb bush. this is where people start to get fired up. its as if there is this pent up frustration from a lot of the losing that the party had done in presidential elections and elsewhere. so in this sense, conditions were ripe for a figure like trump to come along and, in a sense, tear down and remake the party. sort of like he did -- >> remake campaigning and polling and political modeling as we know it. before i let you go, tom, was there...

If you ask trump to look up a bit, he says no or he just doesnt do it. he literally has one angle. if i ask him to smile, he puts on a big grin and goes back to his zoolander blue steel look. really hes far from a natural, because it seems that his every move is really orchestrated. >> its orchestrated and clearly hes a tv guy. this dueling banjos thing he had in new hampshire, isnt that brilliant counter programming. like he knew bush was going to be there, so thats why he showed up. donald tru...

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And get in the movie. >> is it a date movie or girls night out movie. >> both. because if you are a couple you will have fun going and getting ideas of what you could or couldnt do later. >> guys dont want to see the movie. they want to see what will happen after the movie. >> we will sit through two with hours and then -- for the payoff. >> yes. >> what are the other options. another valentines day option? >> thankfully, everybody can exhale. because if it is really not your thing -- another mo...